Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack is one of our favorites. The songs are filled with rhyming that both kids and adults can {and do!} enjoy. But, there is one song that stands out to me. With My Own Two Hands. Actually, I haven't been able to listen without brainstorming ways we can nurture Mother Earth with our little mini's beside us.The lyrics are here and below are some ideas to "make the world a better place" with our kids beside us. Only a few as there are so many more ways, but for this Earth day I ask that we help the Earth by not only going green but making a change in humanity. It can be done.
Make it {Earth} a kinder place
- find a charity of choice and donate {time or money} www.sixdegrees.org
- write thank you notes
- help new neighbors move in
Make peace on Earth
- learn a second language
- don't hold grudges {whether it be deep rooted family issues or road rage}
- volunteer {after baby is in bed} at a women's shelter
Clean up the Earth
- pick up a piece of trash while walking outside
- find volunteer opportunities in your area www.earth911.org
- reuse your paper grocery bags {or purchase canvas bags to carry them in}
Make it a brighter place
- smile at people in line while running errands {community pool, grocery store, bank etc}
- change your lightbulbs to GE energy smart bulbs
Make it a safer place
- make friends with your neighbors
- plan and attend community events
- recycle old batteries {tiny Energizer ones and big car batteries}
Help the human race
- pray, think, or feel for others
- give money to the homeless {wo}man on the street
I love Earth Day. This is the first year I have REALLY gotten into it...but your approach of not only going "green" but also making the earth a GOOD place is the perfect push to do more and to do better.
ReplyDeleteThese is such a great list. Thanks Missy.
ReplyDeleteHi, I am Brad (Kelli's husband)'s sister. I have noticed lots of posts on trading lightly on the earth. Anyway, we have been doing that a lot in our family lately. Here are some things that we are doing:
ReplyDelete-we try not to use our car. We bike, walk, take the bus, or train or a combo of those. I have two little girls (ages 3 and 16 months) and they absolutely LOVE it! It helps the environment and it is so good for us. We get fresh air, exercise and notice flowers, birds, trees, little local shops and restaurants...
-we have been hanging all of our laundry. We hung a little clothes line for our 3 year old to help us and now even the 16 month old is helping! we save money on our bill and we also get to see the forces of nature in action.
-we have started a garden and it is producing so much! It's great for our girls to see how veggies and fruit can grow from a seed and also to see the work that it takes to do it. It also gets them outside.
-We love our local libraries. They have storytimes that are so great. We can get out as many books as we want.
-We buy from thrift stores. They have some really cute stuff there!
Thanks for the post. I really liked your simple suggestions of being friendly. The earth is a greater place when people know each other. This song on the album is a great song, one of my favorites as well. We love this CD. My girls and I dance to it nearly every day. Have you heard Ben Harper's version? I love that too, in fact I think I am going to go look for it and play it.
Great ideas Kelli's sister-in-law (didn't catch your name. We love new ways to sustain our Earth!
ReplyDeleteThese are great ideas! I think there are simple things that we can do, all we have to do is make ourselves AWARE! It is amazing how many things we can do on a DAILY basis when we are paying attention to the earth that we live on. So many people think "it will last through my lifetime, so who cares?" But I'm thinking about Jayden (1yr) what about HIS lifetime, and so on?
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