Zero Waste Kids

Introduction
 
Chapter 1: Crafts
 
Make Your Own Recycled Paper at Home
Make Natural Playdough
Create Napkins Out of T-Shirts
Make a Nature Buddy
Make Your Own Cloth Wrap Using Furoshiki
Make a Papier-Mâché Piñata
Make Zero Waste Confetti
Make Paper Seed Cards
Make Your Own 3-D Tree with Fruit Peel Decorations
Make a Bag—and Use It for Anything
 
Chapter 2: Food
 
Make Your Own Granola Bars at Home
Make Wax Food Wraps
Pack a Zero Waste Lunch
Go Zero Waste Grocery Shopping
 
Chapter 3: Gardening & Composting
 
Make a Windowsill Garden
Grow Your Own Sprouts
Make a Raised Garden with Repurposed Materials
Build Your Own Compost Bin
Build a Bee Hotel
Build a Bird House for Your Garden
Make Your Own Seed Balls
           
Chapter 4: Nature
 
Sit and Observe Activity
Make Pressed Flowers
Make a Bird’s Nest
Build A Shelter/Home in Nature
Go “Plogging” and Pick Up Litter
Plant a Community Fruit Tree
 
Chapter 5: Zero Waste Activities
 
Conduct a Trash Audit
Create a Zero Waste Home
Trash Sorting Exercise
Make a Reusable Zero Waste Travel Kit
Declutter and Donate
Have a Zero Waste Party
 
Chapter 6: Activism and Making a Difference in Your Community
 
Reuse School Supplies Project
Food Waste Fiasco
Create Signs to Make Recycling and Composting Simple
There is No Away: Hold on to Your Trash for a Week
Garbage Art Project
Have a Clothing Swap
 
50 Changes
 
About the Author
About the Contributors

Acknowledgments
 
Index
 

Robin Greenfield is a truth-seeker, activist, social reformer and servant to Earth, humanity and our plant and animal relatives. He lives simply and sustainably to be the change he wishes to see in the world. Through living closely connected to Earth, he rejects the status quo of consumerism and demonstrates a way of being in gratitude, mindfulness and presence. His life is an experiment with truth and integrity.

Robin’s public activism involves dramatic actions designed to provoke critical thought, self-reflection and positive change. His activism creates nuanced conversations on the critical issues of our time, with a focus on solutions for living in harmony. His activism has been covered by media worldwide and he has been named “The Robin Hood of Modern Times” by France 2 TV and “The Forrest Gump of Ecology”. Robin donates 100% of his book royalties and media earnings to grassroots nonprofits and has committed to earning below the federal poverty threshold for life. Learn more at www.robingreenfield.org.