Green Tip: Encourage Green-Thumbed Children

Eco-parents, consider giving kids a garden patch that they can design and cultivate on their own (younger children will need some supervision, of course).  Cornell University's "Greener Voices" study suggests that children are more engaged in learning when they are responsible for planning and decision making. Even if your child's mini-garden turns out to be a disaster, he or she will still learn a small-scale lesson about the challenges and rewards of caring for the Earth. Check out Cornell's Garden-Based Learning Web site for additional child-friendly garden activities.

--D.W.

Sources:  Time, Cornell University, The Daily Green, Digital Journal