Environmental Education Kids Clubs

Series Summary

The environment is currently one of the biggest hot button issues. Global warming is on everyone's minds. It is an topic that is sure to affect generations to come. Educating our children about environmental issues is crucial so they can understand the potential of what changes are taking place. The sooner children are educated about the environment, the sooner something may be done before it could be too late. In this free video series on environmental education, find out from an experienced elementary school teacher how to involve kids in helping out the environment. She gives tips on finding environmental clubs, how children can improve air quality, how they can conserve and help protect the ecosystem. She also explains how kids can recycle, plant a tree, improve water quality and global warming. Knowledge is power!

Video Transcript

"Young children are not only willing but very eager to do their part in saving our planet. They just need our help. Hi, I'm Debbie Noah and I'm here to talk to you about getting your children involved in protecting the planet through clubs and organizations. One of the best ways to teach kids about the environment, not only is using yourself as a model and practicing what you preach at home, and teaching them all the important things of what's happening with our environment is getting them involved in some clubs; environmental clubs. There are so many great ones around that kids can join. You go on the Internet and just do a search for kids environmental clubs and you will find a wealth of information from local clubs to national clubs, clubs that are focusing on animals, clubs that are focusing on rain forest or just generic environmental clubs. There's a ton of them. There's a lot of great books out there for young children on getting them involved. "I helped Save the Earth"; great activities and experiments for kids to do. "Fifty Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth." This is one of my personal favorites and "Projects For a Healthy Environment"; super good things for kids to do. They can do them at home. They can do them at school. They can do them at church to help learn about the importance of taking care of the; our planet. Also, if you don't want to do one of these, a lot of kids are very motivated to start their own clubs at school. At our school, we have a recycling club. I know other schools, we've also done the adoption of animals. They can start their own club at church. They can do it in the neighborhood. A lot of kids would love to be able to be a leader. Not only is it teaching them leadership skills, it's teaching them responsibility. We are the important person in your child's life in cultivating that reverence for the environment. When we do that, we're giving; empowering our children. We are; hopefully, they'll grow up to be responsible, caring, knowledgeable adults, who will be custodians of our planet. I'm Debbie Noah, and those are some few ideas, if you get your kids involved in clubs to protect our planet."