Environment Activities
Dive into activities that make a big impact as you learn how to care for the environment. From recycling superhero to litter-picking champion, join in to discover simple yet powerful ways to protect our Earth and create a brighter, cleaner future for all.
Eco-friendly
Take the plastic challenge
Could you live without plastic? Skipper and ocean activist Emily Penn has a coll way to keep an eye on the amount you use.
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Turn milk into plastic
Plastic is mostly manufactured using chemicals extracted from oil, a fossil fuel. However, there are other ways of making plastic – here’s how you can create your own.
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Bake apple peel crisps
Don’t throw away your apple peels – turn them into this super snack instead.
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Gloriously grubby green fingers
Why not veg out this summer? Growing your own fresh food is delicious and good for your health, too.
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Make a water-bottle sprinkler
There’s nothing better on a warm summer’s day than getting soaked by a sprinkler. Don’t have one? Don’t worry, we have a solution.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce your plastic waste
Cut down on your family’s plastic waste in just three weeks.
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Recycle: Create colour-coded bins
Make recycling simple with these easy-to-use waste bins.
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Reuse: Make vegetable-scrap stock
Use your veggie offcuts to make a delicious soup.
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Go seed collecting
To celebrate National Tree Week, get out and about and become a seed planter.
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Organise a litter pick
Gather a group of friends and get involved in the Million Mile Clean.
Join the Great British Beach Clean
Adopt and care for a local stretch of coastline.
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Make seed cards
Give your friends and family the gift of flowers with these DIY plantable cards.
Create a microscope out of rubbish
Reuse leftover junk from around your home to build a functioning microscope.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Start your new year off by doing something to help the planet.
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Go nurdle hunting
Protect your local coastline from tiny pellets of plastic.
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Make a model earth
Experience the mysterious “overview effect” without leaving the planet.
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Go into nature
Completed the eco activities? Why not head over to our nature pages for loads more activities to get stuck into outside?
Check out The Week Junior magazines' FREE Activity Hub. The team has compiled some super exciting activities from the award-winning magazine that you can enjoy at home with little to no resource - something to fun, free and easy help keep curious young minds educated and entertained.
