Peter Rabbit is teaming up with the United Nations to bring awareness to sustainable food and promote individual action. Join Peter and his friends and learn how to be a food hero today!
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Has anyone else noticed how often our kids tell us they are starving or can’t wait for their next meal? In my home, we are all guilty of using that term loosely and not really thinking about what it really means to people (and children) around the globe that are actually starving and don’t know where their next meal will come from. Here are 20 Service Projects for kids to help fight hunger.
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Most kids could probably tell you what the word “hunger” means. After all, I must hear our 5 year old say “Mom, I’m hungry” at least 15 times a day!
But how can we help them understand why some children, day after day, do not have enough to eat? What can parents and educators do to nurture kids’ empathy and fuel their desire for fairness?
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Climate change is a menace to our world. Our league of superheroes is taking action now and they want YOU to join them!
Empowering children to be heroic leaders for change and believe in the impact they can have on the planet is crucial. Meet our eight superheroes. Each of their missions has downloadable content including activities for kids to do with the help of an adult.
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Turn any plastic bottle into your own DIY composter! Compost is a great way to think sustainably in your kitchen and turn food waste into nutrient-rich soil for your garden. This activity uses recyclable materials to make environmental science quick, simple, and fun for young kids.
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In the 21st century, at a time when recycling and reusing is of utmost importance, games made with recycling material can be a useful tool for teaching kids the importance of not wasting anything. With the oceans and the air getting polluted more with each passing day, any level of recycling that can save wastage and be made in waste games is appreciated. This will also help future generations to live a comfortable life.
Read on to find out more about the best recycling games for kids.
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Some of the favorite toys for kids are ones that have been "upcycled." Parents love using recycled materials, and kids do too. It's amazing what items around the house and a little imagination can create.
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Ecobricking is a way to stay safe and help your community during the CoVid-19 period. Ecobricking can help relieve the burden on centralized waste management systems, prevent plastic surfaces from being contagious and secure plastic out of the biosphere. Then when its all over, we can use our ecobricks to build green community projects to make our communities even more resilient.
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You might have noticed that a lot of plastic waste can’t be recycled. This means that it will usually end up either in a landfill, being burned (creating toxic gas) or in the ocean.
A great way to stop this happening, and put all that existing waste plastic to good use is to make ecobricks, or bottle bricks. All you need is an empty plastic bottle and as much non-biodegradable and non-recyclable trash as you can find.
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Plastic Oceans International, a nonprofit organization working to end global plastic pollution, recently released its new kids film "Earth’s Ekko," a 20-minute educational tool created for educators and parents to engage, inspire and teach children ages 10 and younger to be part of the solution to the global plastic pollution problem.
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It can be hard for young children to understand the magnitude of our pollution problem and why they should take action to reduce plastic use.
You can help by making a conscious effort to reduce plastic use around the home, and by involving them in hands-on activities that teach them about the issue and what they can do to help.
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Travel may be limited these days, but discovering incredible experiences from across the globe doesn’t have to be. The World at Home brings some of the top tours, activities, and attractions to you online.
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Race and the harmful effects of racism are common topics of conversation for some families. Other parents, though, might talk about racism and discrimination with their kids rarely, or not at all.
But when parents stay silent, kids can get the message that racism doesn't matter or that it's someone else's problem. To help put an end to racism, everyone has to take an active role, no matter who they are.
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In a new episode of Home School, The Atlantic’s animated series about parenting, Tisby offers advice on how to have a conversation with children about race, from experiential learning to watching classic animated films.
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These books about race and racism can help start important conversations in an age-appropriate way.
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Parents should foster conversations about race with their kids — not just one time, but all the time! — but if you're finding it difficult to know where to start or how to further educate yourself and your family, explore the movies, documentaries, and shows that you can watch with your tweens and teens to ensure you work together to educate yourselves.
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This website shares a letter of the alphabet and a word associated with it to explain a concept, an idea or a method of introducing globalization to our children and raising them as global citizens – respectful of our Earth as one country and people its citizens.
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This website lists various games related to different SDG goals.
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The materials available on this page are for adults and youth alike – a fun and engaging way to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals and what you can do to take action to make them a reality.
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Believe.earth has created a series to help give you some ideas on how to contribute to gender equality, from childhood through adolescence and, also, into adulthood.
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This article is about teaching young children on how to become global citizens in a world thats becoming more globalized.
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Mary Anne of Mama Smiles gives her top 10 tips on raising globally aware children. This post is perfect for parents who want to expose their kids to the world when they unable to travel frequently.
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All about raising a child at home in the world, from language learning, books, and geography games, to talking about race and appreciating diversity!
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The following 10 websites for teaching global citizenship are full of activities and resources about world culture and important global issues.
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Comics Uniting Nations makes the Sustainable Development Goals accessible to the citizens of the world through comics. There is a guide available to assist teachers on using comics in the classroom. Comics are free to download.
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The article is about why individuals should be saving energy and how they can do it.
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