Today is World Wetland Day so we’re looking at all things wetland. Wetlands are a particularity good eco-issue for kids to get involved with because wetlands can be extremely interesting places for kids; full of animals, gooey wetness, plants, dirt, and all sorts of neat stuff.
With the above in mind, I rounded up some very cool wetland projects for kids…

Introduce your kids to the Estuarians -nine loveable action heroes who serve as wetland mascots for the America’s WETLAND Campaign’s fight to save Louisiana’s coast. The info provided by these fun characters is not totally specific to Louisiana though.
Build a wetland [...]

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Wetland Conservation for Kids

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Today is World Wetland Day and wetlands, although seemingly non-complex, are a big deal if you care about the balance of ecology here on earth.
If you want to help preserve, protect and restore wetlands in your area, below are some ideas…

Celebrate both World Wetland Day in February then celebrate again in May when American Wetlands Month pops up. One of the best ways to celebrate is to educate a friend or family member about wetlands and why they matter to us.

Join up with Ducks Unlimited a world leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation. It’s just $25 to join and right [...]

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How to protect wetlands

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World Wetland Day is tomorrow, February 2nd and although you may not know it, wetlands are actually a huge part of your world.
Wetlands such as bogs, marshes, swamps and so on all have three things in common; water, wetland soil, and wetland plants. If you’ve got these three things, congratulations, you’re a wetland. However, most wetlands are much more than this.

Wetlands house thousands of living creatures and help positively support literally most of the life on this planet. For example, every single freshwater fish on earth depends upon wetlands. Half our bird species live in wetland areas or go there [...]

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World Wetland Day – Why Wetlands Matter

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Did you know that in the United States alone, there is 25% more trash during the Christmas season? Yes. That is technically between Thanksgiving and the color New Year’s Day. That may look like much to you but it is the truth.
With that in mind, what should you actually do? There are things that you [...]

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Not literally, mind you. I am talking about how you can wrap your gifts to your loved ones this Christmas so much so that you do not help add to the large amount of waste in the trash. There are ways and you should start choosing which one to use for yourself because in just [...]

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There are some schools in Calgary which are going to be having solar panels or wind turbines. This is part of a program that Enmax has with the area’s school board. This project is Gen E and it is a pilot program which is aiming at teaching and promoting the advantages and benefits that come [...]

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Anybody here uses disposable plates?   I’m sure a lot of us do,  specially on family gatherings and parties or during those times that we just don’t want to wash dishes.   Unfortunately a lot of these disposable plates end up in landfills and will take a long time for it to decompose.
So what if [...]

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So you may have decided to dispose of that Dell product that you have had for ages (or so you think) because you have the newest one available and there is no place for the old product. Before, you may thinking just how do you dispose of that computer product. Well, now, Dell has a [...]

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