Help Your Children To Adopt Energy Conservation Habits
- Date: 2010-04-01 - Word Count: 425
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As our society adjusts to the fact that energy usage patterns must change, children and teens also need to begin developing lifestyle habits that will enable them to take action on this issue throughout life. Regardless of your age, conserved energy translates into less impact on this planet, and the ability to ensure that future generations can be born and live in this world. At the very least, if you have young children or teens at home, you should begin helping them find ways to create renewable energy sources, as well as help them cut back on current energy usage.
Playtime and Energy Conservation
While you may not realize it, video game systems take up an enormous amount of energy while they are running. Surprisingly enough, they also take an enormous amount of current when they are plugged in and standing idle. At the same time, your children develop unhealthy interests that lead them away from living a healthy and rewarding life. Rather than let your children be destroyed by video games, you can easily re-channel their interests with renewable energy products. This may include purchasing solar experimentation kits, or allowing them to build and operate solar cookers and windmills. At the very least, when your children are occupied with energy conservation, they will be getting fresh air, as well as enjoy a practical chance to develop teamwork skills.
Conserving Energy with a Healthy Diet
Today, many people are becoming aware of the fact that raising animals for food creates just as much carbon dioxide as transportation via automobiles. While you may not feel that you can reduce your needs as a commuter, it is fairly easy to start cutting back on meat consumption. Interestingly enough, your children may just wind up being a good bit healthier once they are no longer exposed to the antibiotics, hormones, and other lethal chemicals found in commercial meats. For example, if you cut chicken out of the diet, you won't have to worry about meat that is routinely treated with chlorine before being sold.
No matter how hard you try, it may seem impossible to find ways to make sure that your children grow up to be healthy, strong, and responsible adults. That said, once you put some of your focus on conserved energy, there are plenty of things you can do to involve you children. Even if you start with changing one or two meals per week, or set aside one day for energy generation instead of playing video games, you are sure to notice plenty of positive changes in your family.
Playtime and Energy Conservation
While you may not realize it, video game systems take up an enormous amount of energy while they are running. Surprisingly enough, they also take an enormous amount of current when they are plugged in and standing idle. At the same time, your children develop unhealthy interests that lead them away from living a healthy and rewarding life. Rather than let your children be destroyed by video games, you can easily re-channel their interests with renewable energy products. This may include purchasing solar experimentation kits, or allowing them to build and operate solar cookers and windmills. At the very least, when your children are occupied with energy conservation, they will be getting fresh air, as well as enjoy a practical chance to develop teamwork skills.
Conserving Energy with a Healthy Diet
Today, many people are becoming aware of the fact that raising animals for food creates just as much carbon dioxide as transportation via automobiles. While you may not feel that you can reduce your needs as a commuter, it is fairly easy to start cutting back on meat consumption. Interestingly enough, your children may just wind up being a good bit healthier once they are no longer exposed to the antibiotics, hormones, and other lethal chemicals found in commercial meats. For example, if you cut chicken out of the diet, you won't have to worry about meat that is routinely treated with chlorine before being sold.
No matter how hard you try, it may seem impossible to find ways to make sure that your children grow up to be healthy, strong, and responsible adults. That said, once you put some of your focus on conserved energy, there are plenty of things you can do to involve you children. Even if you start with changing one or two meals per week, or set aside one day for energy generation instead of playing video games, you are sure to notice plenty of positive changes in your family.
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