According to research, having one child in a developed country could contribute 58.6 tonnes of carbon emission a year!
Given that our children are already born and cannot be “unborn”, I figured the best solution is to educate them to care about the environment.
Knowing consequences impacts behaviour
Yesterday, 8-year old Jae wanted to eat a piece of chocolate from the refrigerator. This is a present from Grandma, and it is individually wrapped like candy.
He took it and after one second, declared, “Oh… I’ve to wash the wrapper after eating it. Better not.”
And he put it back.
Wow… the power of knowing immediate consequences!
Over the past months, we have educated our children on plastic pollution, climate change and the need to avoid single-use plastic.
If we do use single-use plastic, then we have to wash and dry each item, then send them for recycling at a local community.
Or make eco-bricks with them.
Creating plastic waste means extra housework, and no busy child would be keen to increase their workload.
So try it out and let us know how it goes!
(Oh… here’s a bonus side benefit: the child eating less processed food and sugary snacks.)
Small change. Big difference.
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