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Green Kids: Sites and Books |
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
 Green Kids: Websites and Books
This summer, bring your kids into the world of Greenrock with our Green Kids Summer Series. This month, we offer some of the top websites and books available to share your love of the environment and sustainable living with your children. Next month, tune back in for some great activities and challenges for them to put what they’ve learned to the test.
Great Green Sites for Kids
- EcoKids Online: Earth Day Canada’s environmental education program for youth. It includes interactive games and activities and an eco-calendar with trivia and riddles. www.ecokids.earthday.ca
- Nature Challenge for Kids: Environmentalist David Suzuki offers 10 fun and easy ways kids can help protect the environment. www.davidsuzuki.org/kids
- Environment Canada Kids Page: Reading suggestions, contests, clubs and homework help. www.on.ec.gc.ca/kids_e.html
- The Big Blue Bus: Learn about water conservation and creatures. www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/index_e.asp
- Tunza United Nations Environment Programme: Separate sites for youth and children, with information, projects and opportunies to share ideas with other kids. www.unep.org/Tunza
- Children of the Earth: Unites children around the world to educate them in ways to protect the earth. www.childrenoftheearth.org
- Field Trip Earth: Travel the world and read about wildlife conservation projects. www.fieldtripearth.org/index.xml
- Treetures: Teaches younger kids about trees and their role in the environment. www.treetures.com
- Give Meaning: Encourages kids to use a coin box to raise money for a cause of their choice all year long. www.GiveMeaning.com
- Buy Different: Encourages kids to consider the impact that their material possessions have on the earth, for example, “What does a cell phone in the US have to do with a gorilla in Africa?” www.ibuydifferent.org
 Great Green Books for Kids
- How to Save the World in Your Spare Time (Key Porter, 2006) by Elizabeth May.
- An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Rodale, 2006) by Al Gore.
- David Suzuki: The Autobiography (Greystone, 2006).
- Change the World for Ten Bucks: 50 Ways to Make a Difference (New Society, 2006).
- The Everyday Activist: 365 Ways to Change the World (House of Anansi, 2006) by Michael Norton.
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