What can I do to be a Green Christian?
Sometimes its hard to figure out how you can really help. Here are some great ideas for you to try out. If there are some suggestions here that you aren’t yet practicing, we challenge you to start! (Some of these suggestions will require parental permission or cooperation.) Let us know how you’re doing so we can cheer for your progress.
Be a Vegetarian
Save Animals
Animals slated for human consumption are often kept in terrible conditions, and slaughtered by cruel and inhumane means.
Save 1.5 Tons
of CO2 emmisions each year by being vegetarian. Thats the difference between your parents driving a small efficent car or a big gas guzzing SUV. Producing one fast-food hamburger uses enough fuel to drive a small car 20 miles and enough energy for 17 showers.
Conserve Water
Save 300 gallons
of water per month just by turning off the faucet while you are brushing your teeth.
Play fewer Video Games
Save Electricity
Did you know playing video games on both computers and systems uses a lot of energy…the game system takes about as much energy as you could generate lifting weights while running as fast as you can…
Start a Garden
Enjoy Good Food
did you know its easy to grow delicious food in your own back yard or at school. Its basicly free and vegetables you grow yourself save lots of fuel by not having to be shipped from far away… they taste great too!
Plant a Tree
Make Oxygen!
Plant a fruit or nut tree and you give a gift that lasts many many years. Volunteer with community organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation.
Use Recycled
Save Resources
Use green school supplies. Environmentally friendly products sometimes cost a little more, but leave a much smaller footprint on Planet Earth.
Buy Less “Stuff”
Be Happy!
Don’t beg for new toys, and give some of what you have to a charitable organization, such as the Goodwill.
Enjoy Nature
Feel Great!
Spending time outside makes you feel better and makes you realize just how great a world we have
Make Compost
God’s Recycling
Did you know that God’s creation doesn’t make any trash? Its fun to see how nature recycles. Start a compost pile or worm bin and watch the magic…its great for your garden too!
Walk, Bus or Bike
Slow Down!
get creative about how you get where you need to go. Can you walk? Is there a bus? How about riding a bike? Not only will you help perserve God’s creation…you’ll enjoy getting there more if you slow down and take a stroll.