Last Sunday was "Clean up Australia Day" where once a year likeminded people gather in groups to pick up rubbish & do their part in keeping this earth clean. I took Kobe along to help clean up across from an amusement park (where 80% of the rubbish we picked up came from, yet there were ZERO volunteers from that amusement park which was a BIG letdown).
Most of the rubbish collected was the amusement park wristbands which customers casually discarded once they exit the amusement park. Every time we picked one up, I would remind Kobe we just saved a wild animal from accidentally swallowing one.
It is so important to me to instill values to Kobe so that he doesn't take this earth for granted. That we should all give back to maintain it. He loves picking up rubbish so he really didn't need convincing to help out.
As a thank you, us volunteers received an Onya cloth bag (made from 51% recycled bottles per cloth bag which is awesome considering around 65% of plastic bottles are left in landfill per year taking up to 1000 years to decompose). These bags are so durable, lightweight, can roll up into the tiniest bag & can easily clip onto your handbag. I am madly inlove with them.
If you want to encourage your child into picking up rubbish then look no further than these rubbish pick up tools (they are seriously fun for everyone you just cant stop picking up rubbish with them, plus they are great for picking up sharp objects). And these Little Pope gardener gardening gloves are delightful & come in the sweetest patterns like ladybugs, dragonflys, flowers (& more). I have about 4 pairs for Kobe. The only downer is handwash is recommended & I hate handwashing.
Interested in being more sustainable? (**Most of these are Western Australia based)
*Recycle Australia you can list items you either want to swap or giveaway.
*Recycle right website (& they even have an app) is a useful tool if you want to learn more about what can be recycled. You can even go on a tour of a recycling centre (I'm waiting til Kobe is a few years older until we go).
*Living smart has courses on wormfarms, compost, growing your own food & cutting down on your energy bills.
*Subiaco has a series of nature play themed activities during March for the kiddies.
*Rockingham regional environmental centre is a non for profit centre with a strong focus on educating everyone on environmental issues. They do charge a small entry fee.
*Canning River eco education centre offers an extensive list of "Nearer to nature" activities (in Mundaring) to encourage kids into nature based activities for a fee.
*Cockburn council has worm farm workshops, bokashi compost bin work shops, city chooks & green gardening work shops to name a few.
*Perth city farm (which Im frequent because I love it so) is hosting an Eco fair on April 3.
*Join in with earth hour at Hilton Harvest community gardens annual twilight fair on March 19.
Happy Wednesday friends!
Grace
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