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For parents looking to instill environmentally friendly behaviors for their family, getting started may be easier said than done. However, resources are available to get children thinking about how their actions affect the environment.
Rachel Zerowin, community programs director at High Country Conservation Center, said as a mom, getting her children involved in conservation-friendly behavior when they are young has been important.
“That could be things like enrolling in the food scrap program to help kids understand how composting works, because they can be part of it,” Zerowin said. “They can get involved and separate their banana peels, their apple cores and anything from the dinner table. Then it’s an opportunity to engage with them and talk about why we are separating our food scraps and what happens to them. That’s one easy way to do it. Before you know it, they could be the ones wagging their finger at you or scolding you because you accidentally put a banana peel in the trash, which has happened at our house.”
