Educate Our Kids
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Sustainable Gift Guide for Tweens and Teens: 2025 edition
My daughter and her friends are becoming solid tweens, and their eyes are wide open to pop culture. They’re drawn to blingy plastic fidgets, to Labubus and Taylor merch, and to overpriced single use polyester Halloween costumes. And honestly, I think letting them have a small amount of that is fine, so they feel like…
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The Art of Banksy: If You Can, Why Wouldn’t You?
Over the March Break, I took my daughter and her friend to The Art of Banksy exhibit in Vancouver. Banksy is a street artist. He sprays stenciled art on public walls, and you never know when or where his next piece will pop up. His work is anonymous — and illegal. But unlike your average…
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Holiday Crafting, Sustainable Style
Last year, for our village Christmas fair, my daughter and I were in charge of the kids’ craft table. We were a little ambitious in bringing a glue gun and glitter to a fair where small kids would be crafting, but we ended up discovering a fun craft that turns nature’s leftovers into lovely ornaments…
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Sustainable Kids’ Presents: Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas That Don’t Compromise On Fun
Oh, the children’s gift dilemma. Your kid is invited to a birthday party, and your heart wants to send them with a present that will delight the birthday kid without adding plastic to the landfill. And the holidays are coming. Do we have to chuck out our sustainable goals to give joy to the kids…
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Sustainable(ish) Halloween: Eco-Friendly Tips for a Green(er) Celebration
Halloween has typically been one of my biggest sustainable fails. Between the packaged treats and polyester costumes, I’m really in no position to be giving anyone advice about anything. But this year, maybe we can tweak that. My sustainable step for this week is to do better this Halloween, to get into the spooky spirit…
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Sustainability Through a Growth Mindset Lens:
How to Help Kids Channel Their Climate Worries into Actions that Heal the Planet by Dona Matthews, PhD I’m honored to be the first guest blogger on Sustainable Steps. As an author and former professor of gifted education, I’m always looking for new ways to reach kids and help them fulfill their potential. While reading…
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