'Love Where You Live' Tool Kit for Eco Heroes (Primary)

It is absolutely essential that today’s children understand the importance of looking after our planet and what they can do to help protect it for future generations. At It’s Our Planet Too, our vision is for every child to believe that they have the power to protect our planet. Our Tool Kits For Eco Heroes are designed to help children learn and understand the world where we live and ignite their interest in protecting it.

Research suggests that both educators and young people care deeply about environmental issues and have a strong desire to protect our planet. Environmental issues such as climate change, decreasing biodiversity, habitat destruction and pollution are huge global issues, however the thought of teaching them can be intimidating, leaving many feeling overwhelmed. Our Tool Kits provide a comprehensive, cost effective and easy solution for educators. They offer hours of activities, news and information that gently explains key issues and links to the National Curriculum.

Our love where you live box will help you understand that you might be small but you have the power to protect our planet. As eco heroes it’s understandable that we want to change the world, but taking care of our environment starts at home. Simple things like using less water and energy, recycling and creating less waste helps us create a lifestyle that’s better for our precious planet. Before long you’ll be an eco expert…

Here’s what’s inside:

Use our 50 eco tips poster to start making little changes today and check out our ‘love where you love’ fact file to see how your home could be made more sustainable. Our recipe will challenge you to shop for local, seasonal ingredients to make some yummy savoury muffins. Our eco hero card features Chris Packham who has dedicated his life to campaigning to protect local wildlife. Our I Spy card will get you outside on a scavenger hunt, plus you’ll find a postcard to help you start a campaign to get everyone protecting their patch. There’s also an eco anxiety guide to help you understand why the plight of our environment might make you feel sad, a quiz to test your eco knowledge, a pledge card and 20 eco facts to wow your friends. There’s 2 activity cards packed with eight fun puzzles so you can start becoming a sustainability expert immediately!

Activities include crafting your own recycled home, making a recycled soap dish and creating your own face mask to help us on the road to a plastic free bathroom, making a water filter to help you understand why water is so precious. There’s also instructions for making two different bird feeders to help our local wildlife.

There’s also a little something for grown-ups inside to help you understand why people are causing the environment so much harm as well as a useful glossary.

Bonus online content: Once your little eco hero has completed the activities, they can download a certificate to show their friends that they are a real ECO expert! (QR code included in box)