Sep
27
Green living is a hot topic in many schools all around the UK. At secondary schools green issues are an integral part of citizenship, science, and geography classes. But there’s no national policy on whether and how to teach about being green, so what your children learn is usually down to the individual teacher and [...]
Sep
27
Planting trees
You can plant trees anywhere as long as the owner of the land doesn’t object. If the school has no land of its own on which to grow some oxygen-producers, find somewhere else you can plant a few trees that the children can watch grow.
People who fly are asked to plant a tree or [...]
Aug
11
If you’re like anyone else you’ve probably bought many things over the years that you didn’t really need and didn’t get much use out of. Everything you buy has a tally of carbon emissions — emissions in the manufacturing process, emissions from the packaging, and emissions from transporting it to and from the store. The [...]
Aug
05
Counting the Cost of Car and Air Travel
If there’s no choice but to use your car for most journeys ask your children to think of ways to cut down using the car. If children get used to going to school by car and never walk or take the bus, it’s hard to break the habit. [...]
Aug
05
Often interest in green living starts with children. They’re taught about being green in schools and pass information on to their parents. They may already know more than you! The more you discuss with each other the need for living a greener lifestyle and the more responsibility children have for leading the way at home, [...]
