For Kids and Teens! - Council Bluffs Public Library

Need some ideas for how to get started
on reducing, reusing, and recycling?
Check out these selected Non-fiction
titles for some great examples of how to go green!
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Council Bluffs Public Library
For Kids
For Teens
Earth-Friendly Crafts by Kathy Ross
by Kathy Ross
Youth Nonfiction 745.5 R733
50 Ways to Save the Earth
by Ann Jankeliowitch
YA Nonfiction 333.72 J258
Eating Green
by Sunita Apte
Youth Nonfiction 630 Ap83
by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen
Global Warming
by Seymour Simon
Youth Nonfiction 363.738 Si55
Green Careers
by Jennifer Power Scott
YA Nonfiction 363.7 Sco84
Save the Planet
by Cecila Minden
Youth Nonfiction 363.7 M661
by Cathryn Berger Kaye and Phillipe CosteauYA
Waste and Recycling
by Sally Hewitt
Youth Nonfiction 363.7 H497
Recycle This Book
edited by Dan Gutman
YA Nonfiction 363.7 R245
What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe?
We Are the Weather Makers
by Tim Flannery
YA Nonfiction 363.738 W154
by Anna Alter
Youth Nonfiction 745.5 Al79
Council Bluffs Public Library
400 Willow Ave.
The Green Book
YA Nonfiction 333.72 R631
Going Blue
YA Nonfiction 333.91 K182
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
(712)323-7553
www.cbpl.lib.ia.us
For Kids and Teens!
The History of
Earth Day
". . . on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held,
one of the most remarkable happenings
in the history of democracy. . . "
-American Heritage Magazine, October 1993
What is Recycling?
Recycling means taking materials form old discarded materials
and making other new products from them.
Did you know…
The average person in the United States throws away about 4
pounds of waste per person each day.
CD Case Photo Frames:
For this activity go to:
http://content.photojojo.com/diy/cd-jewel-case-wallframes/
Newspaper Gift Bags:
For this activity go to:
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/newspaper_gift_bag
Tank Top Tote:
For this activity go to:
http://www.craftbits.com/project/5-minute-tank-top-tote
Starburst Wrapper Bracelet:
For this activity go to:
http://fluffyland.com/blog/index.php/starburst-wrapperbracelet-tutorial/
More than half the U.S. is buried in landfills.
When landfills overflow they can pollute water ways, spread
disease, and harm humans and animals.
65% of the garbage people throw away in the U.S. can be recycled.
Soda Can Tab Belt:
For this activity go to:
http://www.craftbits.com/project/soda-can-tab-belt
Craft
Activities
Crayon Candles
For this activity go to:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4478265_make-candlesfrom-crayons.html
Newsprint Baskets
For this activity go to:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/
10 Things You Can Do!
1. Turn off the lights when you are not in a room.
2. Recycle your bottles and papers.
3. Turn off the television when you are not using it.
4. Shut the water off when you are brushing your teeth.
5. Walk or ride a bike instead of traveling by car.
6. Take a quicker shower to conserve on water.
7. Donate your old clothes to a second hand store.
8. Learn how to compost to reuse your table scraps.
9. Avoid games and toys with batteries.
10.Recycle your sneakers. Donate them to a second hand store.
recyclable-projects/easy-weave-newsprint-basket-858559/
Recycling DO’s and DON’Ts:
Hula Hoop Rug
For this activity go to:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/recyclableprojects/hula-hoop-rug-995304/
When you recycle, remember
that cleanliness counts. If you
rinse your recyclables before
sending them off, it will keep
the costs of recycling down.
Marble Maze
For this activity go to:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/
Check the rules for your recycle center –
not all centers take all types of plastics.
recyclable-projects/marble-maze-666476/
Can-Do Robots
For this activity go to:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/
recyclable-projects/can-do-robots-674831/
Plus, they may take some
items you wouldn’t think they
would, like your family’s old
appliances and tires!
To check the local rules
in Council Bluffs, go to:
http://www.health.councilbluffsia.gov/solidwaste.asp
The U.S. represents 5% of the world’s population, but we
use 1/3 of the world’s resources and produce nearly ½ of
the world’s hazardous waste! (Gutman, 2009)
The amount of waste produced by U.S. households in one
year would fill up enough garbage trucks that if you lined
them up, they would reach halfway to the moon!
(Gutman, 2009)
Use the library
There are 3 million new books sold every year. It takes 400,000
trees to print that many books! Plus, 100,000 DVDs and CDs are
thrown away every month. You can get all that stuff for free at the
library! And, if you do have to buy a book, CD, or DVD, consider
donating it to the library when you don’t want it anymore instead
of throwing it away. (Rogers, 2007)
Look for 100%
After your stuff gets recycled, what happens next?
(information from Girls Gone Green by Lynn Hirshfield)
Look for “100% Post-Consumer Paper” on the labels when your
family buys paper products like paper towels, toilet paper, and
paper for your home printer. Post-consumer means that the
product is made from paper that’s already been recycled.
(Flannery, 2009)
The glass containers for your drinks get turned into roads,
marbles, jewelry, tiles, and surfboards!
Eating out
A plastic soda bottle recycled today will be carpet, park
benches, picnic tables, pipes, flower pots, or sleeping
bags tomorrow!
Be Creative
Five soda bottles are enough to make one extra-large t-shirt
or enough fiber to fill one ski jacket.
The steel and aluminum cans that hold your food and drinks
can be turned into new cars, bikes, appliances, cookware,
lawn chairs, window frames, toys, fire hydrants, and tools!
When you get take-out or go to a fast food restaurant, don’t
accept unnecessary eating utensils or piles of napkins and if
you can manage your stuff, ask them to keep the bag!
When you’re wrapping gifts, author Lurlene McDaniel
recommends using newspapers, comic pages, or colorful
magazine pages. Need a gift bag? Why not personalize one,
using a brown sack and decorating it with glitter and stamps!
(Gutman, 2009).
RECYCLE
No matter how much you try to reduce the amount of stuff you
use, there will always be stuff – so when you can, recycle it!