Community Engagement

Hi there, green beans,

Let’s see if there are any ways we can celebrate Easter while keeping the environment in mind. And the great thing is it’s an excellent opportunity to teach your children to be eco-conscious.

• Maybe instead of buying chocolate wrapped in plastic, cardboard and shiny foil you could make your own chocolates. Bonus - this way you can control the ingredients. But if you do buy chocolates covered in foil and the foil is clean you can ball it up and put it in the recycle bag.
• Beware of the plastic grass that comes in baskets; it is petroleum based and takes hundreds of years to degrade. Shred up any old paper you can find to replace the grass.
• Visit a thrift shop and find baskets that you can reuse. One person I know works with their kids to decorate egg cartons.
• Kids love to get little treats on Easter morning so why not try fun gifts like marbles, puzzles, crayons, fun shaped soaps. The idea is to avoid plastic toys.
• Have an Easter egg hunt if that is the usual activity at your house ,but paint real cooked eggs using eco-friendly dyes. And explain to your children why you are doing it.
• Cook dinner for your family or friends as their Easter treat.

And remember:
              Each morning, we are born again. What we do today matters most. The Buddha