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Environmental projects for the whole family to enjoy:
· Create a backyard wildlife habitat with help from the National Wildlife Federation - You Help To Save A Place for Wildlife…One Backyard at a Time For over 30 years, the Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program has helped to make a place for wildlife in the modern world, at the same time helping both kids and adults connect with the nature just outside their door. The NWF provides educational materials, practical advice and official certification to homeowners, schools, businesses, community groups and in some cases entire communities! To date, they’ve certified over 60,000 habitat sites-special places that provide the essentials for attracting songbirds, butterflies and other wildlife.
Start a child on a life-long appreciation of nature - it's only a few steps away! The Backyard Wildlife Habitat™ program gives you all the practical guidance you'll need to create an enticing habitat for wildlife-and a wonderful place for kids to learn about nature. Visit www.nwf.org/bwh.
· Create a Rain Garden in your own backyard, school or community – Rain gardens are a way we can all help protect one of our most important resources: water. A rain garden is a slightly depressed garden full of native plants where rainwater can soak into the ground, replenishing groundwater and protecting our surface water. Groundwater is important because it replenishes our streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and most of us get our drinking water from wells that tap into groundwater. Links for rain garden construction manuals: How-to-build a rain garden manual – http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/wm/nps/rg/index.htm Homeowner’s how-to manual and household tips to improve water quality - http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/home.htm Edgewood College 10 steps to a basic rain garden - http://natsci.edgewood.edu/wingra/management/raingardens/rain_build.htm Rain Gardens of West Michigan plans - http://raingardens.org/docs/Create_A_Rain_Garden.pdf Details for planning and building a school campus rain garden – www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/school/articles/rain-garden.pdf
· Some fun websites for kids to learn about the environment while doing neat projects- |
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New websites of interest:
Healthy Schools Campaign, Chicago, Ill.—a voice for people who care about the environment, children and education. Their mission is to advocate for policies and model programs that allow students and staff members to learn and work in a healthy school environment. wwwgreencleanschools.org Tree Musketeers is the nation’s first youth environmental organization, a non-profit charity where kids are the boss. While taking action to help the planet, kids teach other kids to become active citizens and community leaders. Neighborhood by neighborhood, kids can rescue Earth. www.treemusketeers.org EARTH 911—This website delivers action oriented information on the environment that empowers people to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability. Users of the website can access local resources for community-specific action items on recycling, green shopping, composting, household hazardous waste and more. Visit www.earth911.org Environmental Resources Center—The ERC promotes informed decision making on natural resource issues in Wisconsin and nationwide by working in partnership with individuals, community leaders, and resource professionals to develop and deliver research-based educational programs and materials. Visit www.uwex.edu/erc Earth Force—Website for youth to develop and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their own communities. Develops life-long habits of good citizenship and environmental stewardship. Visit www.earthforce.org |
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