Homeschooling on a Shoestring Blog » earth day http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Calculate Your Carbon and Cash Savings http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/12/20/calculate-your-carbon-and-cash-savings/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/12/20/calculate-your-carbon-and-cash-savings/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:17:22 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=578 Stop Global Warming calculator The Stop Global Warming calculator shows you how much carbon dioxide you can prevent from being released into the atmosphere and how much money you can save by making some small changes in your daily life. It’ll promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.
I don’t see a link to the calculator from when I posted this on another blog back in 2008, but they do offer tips to take action.

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2010/12/20/calculate-your-carbon-and-cash-savings/feed/ 0 It’s Easy Being Green http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/05/06/its-easy-being-green/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/05/06/its-easy-being-green/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 02:19:10 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/?p=131 This is a great group with wonderful ideas that has taken off like a shot. I love it!

It’s Easy Being Green!

In honor of Earth Day (and every other day), a homeschooling mom decided to start a group for all interested in going “green”. Whether you are new to “green living”, or have been living it your whole life, there are a lot of simple things we can do for a healthier life and a healthier planet.

If each and every one of us made even one small change in the way we do things, it could make a big difference, for our planet and ourselves.

This group is a place to share ideas, resources, and just general information on green living, including (but not limited to) recycling, reducing, reusing, and use natural, organic, chemical free (in other words “Earth friendly” products

Join Its_Easy_Being_Green

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/05/06/its-easy-being-green/feed/ 0 Freebies at Wal-Mart on Earth Day http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/04/03/freebies-at-wal-mart-on-earth-day/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/04/03/freebies-at-wal-mart-on-earth-day/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:29:15 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/04/03/freebies-at-wal-mart-on-earth-day/ As part of Earth Month 2008, Wal-Mart will be giving away a million custom-made reusable shopping bags on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8:00am Local Time.*

Plastic bags can take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. If you miss out on the free reusable shopping bag, don’t panic. Wal-Mart sells their reusable shopping bags made from recycled materials for just $1.

Your kids can also pick up a free, Nickelodeon’s The Big Green Help seed card, that you can plant and watch grow into a beautiful wildflower.*

These wildflowers help promote biodiversity and create great environments for honey bees and birds.

*While supplies last

Also check out Wal-Mart’s T-Mobile Handset Recycling Program

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/04/03/freebies-at-wal-mart-on-earth-day/feed/ 0 Earth Day Photo Contest http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/27/earth-day-photo-contest/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/27/earth-day-photo-contest/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:46:25 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/27/earth-day-photo-contest/ The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is sponsoring an Earth Day photo contest for middle school students. Interested students are asked to photograph something that is changing in their local environment. They are to take the photo between Tuesday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 29. The change could be occurring in the student’s backyard, outside the student’s school, in a local park or even off in the distance. Participants must research and write an explanation of the change documented in the photograph.

The contest is open to all U.S. students in grades 5-8.

Entries must be received by e-mail or postmarked by May 9, 2008.

For more information about the contest and how teachers can use it in the classroom, visit http://www.strategies.org/EarthDayPhoto. If you have questions about the contest, please e-mail your inquiries to info@strategies.org.

]]> http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/27/earth-day-photo-contest/feed/ 0 Earth Day – April 22 http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/21/earth-day/ http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/21/earth-day/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:48:59 +0000 Jodi http://homeschoolingonashoestring.com/blog/2008/03/21/earth-day/ Celebrate Earth Day EPA’s Earth Day Web site offers you many tips and fun ways to protect the environment and your health every day. Check out the Earth Day Take Home Kit.
Earth Day Network find all the information you need to plan your event, get involved, and help protect the environment.
Planetpals Greatest Earth Day Pages has earthday activities, teaching aids, earth science and history. Make every day Earth Day.
Order free from the Environmental Protection Agency coloring books, poster and comic book environment topics.
Play Earth Day games
US EPA Endangered Species Picture Book
Trees Coloring Pages
Reduce, Recycle and Reuse Song for kids
EPA Kids K-12, fact-sheets, interactive games, and more
Environmental News Network
The Nature Conservancy
Sierra Club
Earth Day coloring pages
Earth Day EarthSavers
The Story of Earth Day
Caring For Earth and Earth Day Theme Unit
Earth Day worksheets and printables

Learn 50 ways to help the planet.

Download free Earth Day activities from Evan-Moor with a sample from their book Seasonal Activities EMC 2004

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