Great tips, resources, links and contacts for schools and parents to teach kids, children and students about green living, recycling, the environment and fair trade, organic and eco-friendly products.
TreeHugger: How to Go Green Guides Treehugger is quickly establishing itself as THE reference for eco-consumer reviews and advice. Along with their sister site Planet Green, they offer a wealth of invaluable resources for green living.
Planet Green: How to Go Green Guides Like its sister site Treehugger, Planet Green is a priceless reference for eco-consumer reviews and advice. News, articles, reviews, videos, quizzes, it's got it all!
Yahoo: Green Yahoo have brought together a fantastic collection of articles, reviews and guides to advise you on every aspect of green living. Areas covered include: Buying a Fuel-Efficient Car, Commuting, Finding a Green Job, Gardening, Recycling, Recycling Electronics, Researching Global Warming Basics, Researching Your Vote and Reusing Stuff. The site also features a great shopping area where everything from bags made from truck tires to biodegradable golf tees is reviewed under the heading Why It's Green with a link either to subsidiary stores like The Green Loop or to Yahoo's own shopping page.
Eco Kids This excellent Canadian site presents lots of info on wildlife, climate change, water, waste, and renewable energy issues in the form of fun games and quizzes for school-age eco kids.
All Things Eco Fantastic resource for finding UK eco businesses for every eco product and service imaginable. Categories include: Clothing / Accessories, Conservation, Eco Building, Eco Children, Energy / Technology, Ethical Finance, Family Events, Farms, Markets and Veg, Boxes, Food and Drink, Garden and Land, Health and Beauty, In the Community, In the Home, Recycling, Resources, Stationery and Office, Transport and Travel and Leisure. You can also view the eco news and green campaigns sections as well as browse their eco bookstore.
Haute Nature Really cool blog on ecologically-based creative ideas, art & green products for children, home and lifestyle. Regularly updated and bursting with fab eco design ideas.
The Green Guide: Kids Excellent guide on green living for babies, toddlers, pre-school and school-age kids and college students. Advice on toxic-free toys and green school supplies right through to sweat-free college sweatshirts and tips on organising an eco-friendly Spring break trip.
The Daily Green: 13 Trash-to-Craft Ideas 13 great ideas from the people at The Daily Green to inspire you to turn your trash into craft projects, have fun and save the planet in the process. From plastic bag dispensers made from tissue boxes to backyard golf courses using aluminum cans, there are lots of good ideas in this short but useful guide.
Think Button Thinkbutton offers a range of educational toys, books, games & children's gifts that focus on "environmental awareness, creative expression and social understanding". Sections for Environmental Awareness include: an Activity / How to... section, Earth Friendly, Eco Education, Animals, Astronomy, Nature, Science, Optics, Prehistoric, Geology and Wooden Toys.
Thames & Kosmos Thames and Kosmos produce science and technology related educational products for children of all ages. Many of their products have a degree of environmental understanding. You'll find a whole range of fabulous, mind-expanding science kits and projects under the different categories: Little Labs, Biology, Technology & Electronics, Alternative Energy and Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Fun and Fundamentals, Sophisticated Science, Air, & Space, Earth Science and Natural History and Classic Sciences. The Alternative Energy & Environmental Science section is particularly cool with a Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit and kits that investigate Wind Power, Hydropower and even Global Warming.
BeliefNet: Raising Green Kids A 12-point guide packed with ideas on how to get your young children interested in looking after the environment from an early age.
Sustain US SustainUS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of young people working towards sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States. The site will tell you how to get involved in policy change and grassroots action.
Recycle Now: Schools Resources The Schools scetion of this UK-based site has Recycling Guides, Downloadable Recycling Posters and Signs and educational materials and fun activities for primary and secondary schools.
EPA Environmental Kids Club Developed by the US Environemental Protection Agency, this site has lots of good puzzles, games and case studies to get kids interested in environmental issues. Its categories include: Air, Water, Garbage & Recycling, Plants & Animals, You & Your Environment, Art Room, Game Room, Science Room and the 'Trophy Case'.
Recycling-Guide.org.uk Great resource for recycling information including lots of good ideas on how to reuse and repurpose everyday household items.
Sustainable Table In their own words Sustainable Table “celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food”. A really useful site to keep abreast of green food issues and news, and a good place to share your opinions in the forum section.
It's Getting Hot in Here Its Getting Hot In Here is a community media project, it features the student and youth leaders from the movement to stop global warming and to build a more just and sustainable future.
Book Crossing is an international book exchange initiative which spreads knowledge and pleasure while cutting own on book readers' carbon footprints. Sign up for free to find out how you can join in the literary revolution!
Earth Print The official online bookshop of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has books on every environmental topic imaginable, all available to buy online.
Better Worldwide Books These guys collects used books and sells them online to raise money for literacy initiatives worldwide. They've got a stock of over 6 million used and new titles, with free shipping anywhere in the U.S. What's not to like about them?
Planet Green: Videos Just some of the short film titles viewable on the Treehugger and Planet Green sites: Sustainable Skateboards, Grid Alternatives and How to Buy Green Fish. Lots of variety and all short, well produced and easily digestible.
