Author(s): Rachael Kinsella
Published: 2008
28 pages
Introduce children to environmental education through everyday experiences they can understand and enjoy!
Everyday learning about being green demonstrates easy, everyday ways you can engage children in thinking about the environment and the future, and the importance of sustainable practices.
This easy-to-read guide is filled with great activities and advice for green living at home, saving money, keeping children healthy and reducing harmful impact on the environment.
Everyday learning about being green supports parents and early childhood practitioners in helping children engage in the key environmental sustainability areas:
- energy saving
- water conservation
- waste minimisation – rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle
- gardening and composting
- sustainable food practices
- green play experiences.
About the author
Rachael Kinsella is an experienced early childhood practitioner passionate about education for sustainable development and its role in daily practice. She is also the author of Greening services: Practical sustainability, part of Early Childhood Australia's Research in Practice Series.
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