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Be an Eco Reporter or Movie Maker
With so much readily available and relatively cheap technology to be had, there’s never been an easier time to launch your own career as a budding eco reporter or...
Bird Watching: How to Get Started
Starting bird watching with your kids couldn’t be easier. Even in the depths of the city, in parks and back gardens, on lamp-posts and roadside trees, you’ll find...
Build Your Own Greenhouse from Plastic Bottles
Here’s a great practical project for the whole family – turn used plastic bottles into a greenhouse, and then enjoy the chance to grow some of...
Colouring Sheets
Get your young children immersed in all things eco by providing them with an array of colouring sheets to crayon or paint - and most importantly enjoy!
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Do Your Own Energy Survey
With energy being one of the biggest issues of the day, doing your own energy survey can be a great way to involve all the family in doing something that’s both...
Energy and Recycling Quiz
Most of us know that saving energy and recycling whatever we can are important ways of protecting the environment but do we really know why or how? Do you know the...
Free Jam Jar Crafts for Kids
The humble jam jar might not be the most obvious choice of raw material for a crafting session, but with a bit of imagination, a box of scraps, glue and odd-and-ends,...
Get Creative Making Sock Puppets
If you feel like you’ve got enough plastic stuff then it’s time to get creative and come up with some entertaining ways of using recyclable materials. Making sock...
Getting Involved With Conservation
For children who care about the plight of the natural world, there’s never been an easier – or more important – time to get involved with conservation. Whatever...
Getting the Most Out of Woodland Walks
Wherever you live in Britain, there are very few places where you’re more than a short distance from a good woodland walk and whatever kind of...
Go Rock Pooling
Whenever we plan a trip to the seaside, it’s almost always a sunny day that we see in our mind’s eye. If it’s the British coast, however, as we all know only too...
How Children Learn Through Involvement in Eco Campaigns
Whether it's a much-loved local park about to be bulldozed, or a species of whale about to be wiped out it's always inspiring to hear your child...
Making Recycling a Fun Activity
Recycling should be a family-wide effort that comes naturally to everyone – though like most household tasks is much easier said than done where children are concerned!...
Paper Making
Paper making is a centuries old craft that is both practical and great fun – and used as a way to recycle your waste paper it is also extremely eco friendly!
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Planting Your Own Mini Wildflower Meadow
Wildflower meadows have an appeal all of their own and if you’re a bit of a wildlife fan, there’s not much to beat a few hours spent watching the...
Quiz: How Eco-Aware Are Your Kids?
Whatever way you want to look at it, children really are the future of the planet. With our natural resources running out, the way they choose to take charge could...
Safe Pond Dipping
Ponds are fascinating places for most kids, but for any wildlife-mad youngsters they’re an unbeatable Aladdin’s cave just waiting to be discovered. There’s not much...
Spot the Recyclable Products
We are all encouraged to recycle our rubbish these days with recycling provisions readily available in almost every district and clear information on most packaging as...
Starting Your Own Eco Blog
From politicians and pop stars to the people next door, it seems just about everyone’s blogging and for eco-friendly kids, there’s probably no better way of making...
Take Your Kids on a Back Garden Safari
If you’re blessed with wildlife-mad youngsters but you just can’t quite manage to conjure up that flight to Africa before bed time, then don’t...
The Eco Photo-Essay
When it comes to getting any story across, there’s not much doubting that video is the dominant way of doing it, but never-the-less, there are still times when a...
Watching Worms at Work
Children are naturally fascinated by worms – few can resist picking them up and examining them in the garden or squealing with delight when they see them on the pavement...
Weather Observation Chart
A weather observation chart can be a fantastic motivational and educational project for young children. It can also act as a springboard for the introduction of many...
