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Tips on Getting Your Children Involved In Your Earth-Friendly Lifestyle

There are many tips on getting your children involved in your earth-friendly lifestyle. If you are in the process of going “green”, it is important to know and understand that this is a lifestyle choice, a way of living that should involve every member of your family. Children of all ages can get in on the “green” epidemic by learning how to live in a manner that is healthy, and rewarding to themselves, as well as the environment. The secret is to ensure that your children enjoy what they are doing, and have fun doing it. If you make it resemble a “chore”, then they will likely lack interest. However, if you make it a fun task with a lot of initiative, then they will be excited about it! Here, you will be introduced to tips on getting your children involved in your earth-friendly lifestyle.

Water

While the earth is composed of 75% water, we are unable to use all of the water resources in the world. There are many water resources available for our use when it comes to cooking, cleaning, hygiene, and drinking, but even those are limited. It is important to teach your children that water is the single most valuable resource that we have on earth. This substance is important as it is the basis of all life on our planet. When teaching your children how to live “green” and save our planet’s water resources, there are many things that you can instruct them to do:

1. Teach them that when they are washing their hands, it is important to use hot water but they should not turn it on full blast. Instead, they should challenge themselves to create a small stream of water about the thickness of a pencil.

2. Encourage your children to turn off the water while they are brushing their teeth when they are not using it to rinse their toothbrush.

3. When children are allowed to wash dishes in the home, encourage them to run a half sink full of soapy water, and then turn the water off. Tell them to wash as many dishes as they can, and set them in the empty sink. Once the empty sink has been filled with dishes, then inform them to turn on the water and rinse them with a small stream of water.

While there are hundreds upon hundreds of ways to save water, these are the most common and a good way to get kids into going into a lifestyle that is friendly to our planet.

Electricity

The next way to live “green” is to save on electricity usage. Children should be taught the importance of saving energy. If your child receives an allowance, you may use saving electricity as an initiative to that allowance. For example, if a child is caught turning off a light, or some other electrical device, then maybe you can give them a penny or a nickel. In the same respect, if they are caught leaving something on, then a penny or a nickel can be deducted and added to a special jar that goes towards something that helps save electricity, such as energy efficient light bulbs, outdoor solar lights, etc….

Conclusion

There are many ways to get children excited about living “green”. The two most important areas when it comes to this type of lifestyle are water preservation and limiting energy usage. By using the idea listed here, you are likely to excite your children about getting involved in your earth-friendly lifestyle!