For example, if my daughter is thirsty she doesn’t truck out to the well, she turns the tap. (Actually she heads to the fridge for a cold soda but that’s a different issue ;-) When my son wants to chuck uneaten lima beans, he doesn’t bury ’em in the back yard (they might grow more), he sneaks them into the trash. End of story. At least as far as he’s concerned. But where one story ends, another begins. To help our kids become “Earth-smart” we decided to take them on an environmental tour of our community. It was half-lark, half-serious and all fun. To make it a family project (and to build a source of future science project stuff ;-) the kids decided to record their experiences in a family ‘Green Book.’ Into this scrapbook went press clippings, drawings, and photos of sights seen along the way. Armed with cameras, pens, note paper and, natural curiosity we set out to explore our connections to the greater environment by taking a series of self-made tours, and you are welcome to come along.
Tour #1: The Trash Trail Tour #2: Flushed with Pride Tour #3: The Power Trip
