Talking Climate

Colouring sheet: A Strawberry’s Climate Journey

This activity is all about getting kids to learn and think about seasonal produce. The information on the colouring sheet should spark conversations between kids and the grown-ups.

Materials required:

• Strawberry Colouring Sheet to be printed (Download below)
• Coloured pens and pencils

Let's Use Up Our Leftovers Challenge

Let’s tackle food waste. Get the kids to think about how we can use up things we already have in our cupboards – by doing so, we throw out less food and less money end in the bin! You can use the below prompt to get the kids started on the activity:

Write or draw as many different ideas as you can think of that can be for either a pizza topping or as a filling for a pancake. Think of what could be used, that is not just the traditional ideas, and which may already be in the fridge or in the cupboard.

Materials required:

• You can do this exercise as a discussion which will require no materials. However, you can also get the kids to draw/write their ideas on a piece of paper.

Recycle Your Food Waste Poster

Our food waste can be put to so much better use when we recycle it rather than throw it in the general waste bin. For instance, did you know that when your food waste is recycled, it can be used to create biogas, which is an excellent alternative to fossil fuels? It can also be turned into compost for growing! Alternatively, when food waste is not separated from general waste it goes to landfill and creates a potent greenhouse gas called methane. So how do we get more people to recycle their food waste? That’s when your kids come into the picture!

Design a poster that will encourage people to use a food waste recycling container. Any and all uneaten foods including dairy, meat and bones, fruit, vegetables and peelings, rice and pasta, cakes and biscuits, eggs and eggshells, fish bones and shells, pet foods, tea bags and coffee grounds can be recycled. Create an eye-catching poster which will tell people why and how to use a food waste recycling container.

Materials required:

• Paper
• Pens/colours

Climate Commitment Carrot

“You’re never too small to make a difference” - Greta Thunberg

We need adults in governments and businesses to make big decisions to tackle climate change on a global scale but there are plenty of ways children can make a difference at home and at school. Many of our daily habits contribute to climate change and we all need to change the way we live to stop harming the planet. A lot of these changes can improve our lives for the better too - such as cleaner air, more exercise, healthier diets and more green spaces. Get the kids to write or draw the actions they will take to tackle climate change in the carrot on the provided pledge sheet.

Optional: When the kids have written/drawn their actions in the carrot, you can cut out the carrots using scissors and have hang these up for everyone to remember their pledges.

Materials required:

• Climate Commitment Carrot (Download below)
• Coloured pens and pencils
• Optional: Scissors