|
Little Bears
29 November 2008
Ideas for a Greener Homeschool
I think that home-based education already has the potential of being automatically greener than travelling to school elsewhere: we don't need to drive to school, small 'human' scale operations tend to be less wasteful than big 'corporations', for example.
But here's a place to share and think about ways to become greener in our homeschooling.
Here are my preliminary ideas:
- Use both sides of paper, including using the other side of printed papers (recycle your unwanted post this way)
- Avoid consumables where possible (do your writing on whiteboards or chalk boards or maybe, if you're technologically up-to-date, on interactive whiteboards!) and / or get your children to give their answers orally rather than writing them down in consumable books - that way they can be used again.
- Sell, 'freecycle' (give away) or exchange any unwanted materials http://www.freecycle.org/
- Use second-hand books and materials where possible
- Use online materials that don't need to be printed where possible
- Use recycled materials for your arts projects, or non-recyclable materials that would otherwise end up in the trash (but better still, try to purchase less non-recyclable items)
- Go on nature walks (instilling a love of the natural world in your children is probably the best 'green' thing you can teach them!)
- Get involved with a conservation trust as part of your homeschool activities
-
Please add your own ideas!
|
| • Post A Comment! • Send to a Friend!
|
Comments
|
|
|
|
