Our civilization needs to change, and what better way to start than with the future of our planet, children? Teaching children three basic words between the ages of 9 and 12, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle could make the difference between actually having a planet tomorrow or utterly destroying human culture from our own ignorance and lack of understanding.

We have created a machine that needs to use the knowledge it has achieved in the last 200 years to replenish and repair the damage we have caused the Earth and its life-forms through a technological crusade that now threatens us all with disasters like climate change, water shortage and energy shortage.

This 144-page paperback was intended for children around the ages of 9-12, written by Earthworks Group and published by Earthworks Press March of 1994, with black and white illustrations, measuring 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5 and shipping at 0.8 ounces.

50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Recycle covers the three Rs Reducing, Reusing and Recycling for kids learning about sustainability and what they can do themselves to Save the Planet, starting today, starting right at home, where it counts most.

NoteNiks Software brings you Eco-Pack Games, this one specifically focused on teaching kids between ages 5 and 10 about recycling in well known places like the beach, park, city and school. Notice: Out of stock checkout this recycling DVD set!

Children are meant to play, they love to play, and what better way to teach them about sustainability and the future, than through the wonderful world of games?

Knowing what goes in the trash and what can be recycled is a thing that needs to be taught while our children are small, and NoteNiks software takes that seriously, with Eco-Pack Recycling.

Endangered animals clean energy and composting make up the other titles in this series, as well as two other related games from NN, Healthy Eating and Exercise and Respect Our Earth Games; they even have a game on astronomy and one for the food service.

Each Eco-Pack Game comes with two games focused on specific lessons, at a price that is accessible to the average child-loving parent.

This recycling game for ages 5-10 comes with a curriculum for parents and teachers, certificates that can be printed/easily edited, enhanced sound control and game wide scoring.

Educators and concerned parents looking for a way to guarantee a more self-reliant and sustainable world for the next generation, will find NoteNiks Eco-Pack Games such as Recycling, fun, entertaining and educational from ages 5-10.

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Game to play online.

Bottle Biology was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a companion book can be found here.

By using recycled, transparent (clear), two-liter soda bottles, cutting them up, organizing them in a column like fashion and then filling them with composting materials, it is possible to observe the different stages of breakdown more readily.

BottleBiology.Org proposes something incredibly helpful with this device as a parent and child activity, especially for those who enjoy biology, gardening, nature or just composting and want to enlighten themselves and others into this remarkable field of sustainability.

The possibilities with this tool are virtually as limited as the kinds of things that people throw away or compost and the different techniques used in composting itself.

Decomposition columns are even used for investigating such things as acid rain by using vinegar as a simulation tool instead of water.

Investigating first-hand with children what is really going on down their in our soil, either from landfills, leaf compost, kitchen refuse with worms or whatever the imagination might think up to investigate is a great way to see up and close how moisture (adding water) and oxygen (adding holes in the bottles) effects the conditions of a compost pile underground.

So if you find yourself looking for an interesting tool for exposing the conditions we find below the ground, no matter if they be aerobic or anaerobic, making a decomposition column is easy, fun and most of all, educational for everyone, opening a plethora of possibilities to even the most experienced composter.

Robert E. Richter, CEA-Horticulture, Travis County and The Texas Agricultural Extension Service put together a great composting slide show for kids. It shows and teaches about the basics of composting in compost bins and trenches in an easy to follow way. I would like to see more educational institutions and non-profits do this type of thing.

Here is the composting for kids slide show.