We need your help! As we were writing this Eco-Activity about grizzly bears, we dropped our notes and now all of our words are scrambled! Can you help us fix it? For today’s Eco-Activity, unscramble the grizzly bear words below:
Think you’ve got them all? Find out if you’re right! Next, challenge a friend or family member to beat your score!
Turning down the temperature in the winter may sound crazy, but it’s the best way to protect your home from the Thermo Inferno, one of the 7 energy-wasting culprits from Operation Conservation! These guys have been contributing to climate change and we need your help to stop them.
The Thermo Inferno loves it when you keep your home too warm in the winter so it can steal all the extra energy. All you need to do to stop this culprit is lower your thermostat by 2°C! Aim to get to 20°C to keep the Thermo Inferno out for the whole winter! Now we know it’s going to be a little chilly when you do, but don’t worry, we’re here to help! Check out these top ten ways to keep warm while you save energy!
Have you checked out the Act Like an Animal Challenge yet? It’s all about adopting habits from the animal kingdom to help us slow down climate change. We’re very excited to say that we’re so close to meeting our goal. Will you help us get there?
One of the habits is to snack like a rabbit and leave the meat behind. This will be no problem for our vegetarians, but it might be a little harder for the meat-lovers out there. Don’t worry, we’re here to help. Bust out those veggies because we’re making some delicious lettuce wraps!
Instructions
1. Ask your parent or guardian to help you with this dish
2. If you’re using beans and rice, prepare them according to their instructions, or for extra eco-friendly points, use leftovers!
3. Wash and chop up your veggies. Cook them up if you want them to be softer, or leave them raw for some crunch!
4. Remove some leaves from the head of lettuce, wash them and let them dry.
5. Grab some of your prepared ingredients and veggies, and place them in the centre of one of your pieces of lettuce.
6. Add some hummus for some extra flavour.
7. Fold your lettuce around the ingredients and enjoy!
Looking for more meat-free meals? Check out these ideas to help you get started!
We need your help! This bear is trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what it’s thinking?
The EARTH RANGERS MOST WANTED ENERGY WASTERS are on the loose again and are looking to make trouble in your home this winter! For today’s Eco-Activity, help Captain Conservation stop the sneaky Thermo Inferno and Devious Draft!
Follow these steps and help take down the Thermo Inferno and Devious Draft!
With the help of an adult, find your family’s thermostat. Turn it down by two degrees. The Thermo Inferno does NOT like being cold in the winter. You can keep warm with some extra cozy layers! Ask an adult to consider turning the temperature down at night, and when nobody’s home.
Run the back of your hand around your windows and doors. If you feel any wind or cold air, that’s the Devious Draft sneaking in! With the help of an adult, seal off any of the cracks or holes you find to keep this energy waster out of your home.
These are just two of the Earth Rangers’ Most Wanted Energy Wasters. Learn how to stop the others by accepting the Operation Conservation Mission in the Earth Rangers App!
Do you miss bees as much as we do in the winter? For today’s Eco-Activity, we’re going to make some bee buddies to keep us buzzing until our pollinator pals return in the spring.
Instructions:
1. With an adult, go find some rocks to use for your bees. An oval rock works best, but any shape will do! Â
2. When you’re back home, wash the rock to make sure all the dirt is gone. Â
3. Set up your painting station. Lay down some newspaper to protect your table, and get your paint and paint brushes ready.
4. Paint the entire rock yellow. While you’re waiting for it to dry, brush up on your bee facts!
5. Paint on some black stripes—now it’s looking more like a bee! While they’re drying, see if you can spot the difference between these two bee pictures!Â
6. Give your bee some wings with the light blue paint and let them dry.
7. Glue googly eyes on the bee’s face. If you want, you can use your black paint to give it a nose and mouth too.
8. Your bee buddy is done! Place it somewhere it can buzz all winter long!
Making a car work is super complicated. It seems like there’s a million buttons to press and levers to pull! Thankfully, making sure your family cars are the greenest they can be isn’t nearly as hard as driving one. This winter, help the adults in your life adopt these eco-friendly driving habits!
Speed up gently and coast to slow down
Does your parents’ driving sometimes make you feel like you’re in a Fast and Furious movie: stepping on the gas to go crazy fast and then slamming on the brakes to stop? This type of driving actually uses lots of gas! In order to be more eco-friendly, ask your parents to accelerate slowly, and go easy on the breaks.
Drive less by combining trips, taking public transit, or carpooling
See if your family can drive less! Walking is always a healthy idea, but if it’s not an option, taking public transit or carpooling is better for the environment. You can also encourage them to combine trips whenever they can.
Don’t Idle
We all know how cold winter can get, but keeping the car running when you’re not in it is a no-no, even if you’re just out of it for a few minutes. While it might be cozier, it’s not good for the environment! Ask the drivers in your life to give up idling their cars this winter (and maybe dress with an extra layer or two instead!)
Use an eco-friendly windshield washer fluid
You know that spray drivers use to clean their windshield when it’s dirty? It’s super important for driving, but the chemicals in the spray can be harmful to the environment! Ask them if they can switch to an eco-friendly windshield washer fluid instead.
Purchase eco-friendly cleaning supplies
The insides of cars aren’t exactly their cleanest in the winter. You’re probably bringing in all sorts of things like salt and mud on the bottom of your boots. It’s not surprising that your parents are most likely going to want to clean the inside of their cars from time to time! Make sure that when they do, they use eco-friendly cleaning products.
Use a funnel when replacing fluids
In order to keep their cars running, drivers need to keep them topped up with different fluids, like oil. A lot of these fluids aren’t great for the environment, so it’s important that they don’t spill a drop! Ask your parents to use a funnel when pouring in these fluids so that they don’t end up in the environment!
We need your help! This pigeon is trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what it’s thinking?
It’s the perfect time of year to make some homemade decorations for the holidays! Why not show off your love for forests by getting twiggy with it? For today’s Eco-Activity, you’ll be making some twig ornaments that are sure to be the star of the show!
Instructions
1. Head to the forest to collect twigs. Look for ones that have the same thickness. While you’re there, pick up any extra forest materials you’d like to use as decorations for your ornaments.Â
2. When you’re back home, glue the twigs into shapes you like. It can be stars, snowflakes, or anything else you can come up with.
3. Once they’re dry, start decorating them. Don’t be afraid to get creative! You can use paint for some colour, cotton balls for snow, glitter for some sparkle, and other forest materials to spruce it up! Â
4. Glue both ends of some string to the end of one of the twigs to form a loop. Make sure the loop is big enough for you to be able to hang up your ornament.
5. When the glue is dry and the loops are in place, hang your ornaments up where your friends and family can see them!
Did you know that transportation is a big source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? The more we drive, the more GHGs we release. For today’s Eco-Activity, make a plan to cut back on car time this winter and help fight climate change!
Instructions
1. With your family, download a map of your town or city from the computer. You can also use Google Maps.
2. Mark all the locations that you and your family visit often. Include places like school, music lessons, work, the grocery store and even restaurants you like!
3. Write down which locations are close to each other.
4. Encourage your parents to visit multiple locations each time they need to get in the car by combining trips!
Join #Project2050 and team up with kids across Canada to tackle greenhouse gases and slow down climate change! Start by joining the #ActLikeAnAnimal challenge!
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