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To understand Global Warming, you have to know about the Greenhouse Effect, climate, and pollution. Global warming is when the Earth heats up and the temperature rises.

It happens when Greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the Earth's atmosphere.

The Greenhouse Effect is the phenomena where gases in our atmosphere trap heat from the Sun and keep the

The following are easy tips to transform the home into an ecological classroom and building green habits that can be fun. Plus nature-themed activities for Eco Kids who love to mingle with nature and be relaxed in their surrounds - with plants, animals and the great outdoors, in the kitchen, or with technology.

Discuss the World  Find out all you can about what is happening to the environment and talk about it. Talk to children about birds, plants, gas-guzzling vehicles and energy use. Just asking Eco Kids to switch off the lights and reuse plastic bags

Whether it's a couple of pots of herbs on the balcony or a fully fledged permaculture garden strewn with no-dig vegetable patches, home gardening can help children grow a greener heart. Capturing CO2.

All plants are very efficient carbon capture machines. As part of their growth cycle they use carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to grow, and if they’re in our veggie patch they convert this CO2 and energy into food for us.

Straight from soil to mouth, you don't need to drive down to the shops to buy food for dinner every day.

Story books are a great way to help children understand their role in the environment, but which stories are best?  

Rising Above Global Warming by B.J. DeFrancesco (Author)

Explaining something as complex as global warming to children is no easy task, but "Rising Above Global Warming" is a children's picture book that takes on this daunting task in a beautiful way.

"Rising Above Global Warming" is designed to be the first book parents would use to introduce their child to this important topic (Global Warming).