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Saturday, from 20:30 to 21:30 there will be the largest worldwide movement for the preservation of our planet. More than 1500 cities worldwide will participate turning out the lights from the main monuments as mentioned in the post ' Day March 28 - Earth Hour . "

This is a movement of consciousness proposed by WWF - Brazil which has tirelessly educating the world for the preservation of our "big house" that is our planet. In its initial proposal they longed to gather about 1,000 cities around the world, and now have over 1500 cities actively engaged in the movement.

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is mobilizing the Scouts around the world to participate in Earth Hour. This move has more than 28 million members in 160 countries. Our scouts will participate actively putting into practice her motto greater "be prepared".

We, as mothers and fathers have an obligation to guide our children on the conscious consumption of water, the responsible use of energy , respect for fauna and flora , and above all, respect for human. They need to grow with the awareness that they have to take care of our planet, and this care starts at home with the little things like turn off the tap while brushing your teeth, do not be playing in the bath with the shower on, turn off the lights when not is the environment. This environmental education is mainly absorbed by the child by the example set by parents.

I believe in the urgent need to focus more on the education of human beings, preparing them for the future, since early childhood.

Thus, to build an ecologically balanced world, we need collective and individual responsibility. We know that values are not taught, you need to experience them. To us parents, the main role to help children to grow in living these values and not just in its acceptance.

The environment we live in is rich in opportunities for exploration, so it's up to us to make the little ones how to enjoy nature without destroying it, knowing that this is the provider of goods for our survival.

It is important to remember that the child constructs his living from values come from his family. The family is par excellence the medium in which the child has to gain the respect of itself and the environment in which he lives.

The child acquires and develops notions about nature as they interact with the world. Can not live at home, or home to school without having contact with nature and learn to respect it. You must attend a lot of outdoor life for our children to appreciate and respect nature.

Dohme says in his 2002 book, The ideal is that each one assumes responsibility to the place where he lives. Someone who does not bother to keep hygienic and organized where you live, work or study, is unlikely to be concerned about the beaches are not clean or air pollution. This neglect may have shallow roots and simplistic: the person did not acquire awareness of their responsibility for not having been informed or motivated.

Thus, the affection towards nature is something that needs to be stimulated and depends largely on how each sees and feels the place it occupies.

The first step is to educate our children of their role, so can be a multiplier of actions that express responsibilities that each must take in the place where he lives.

How can we encourage the curiosity and interest in nature with children under 3 years of age.

• Explore different environments such as parks, lawns, trees, visual
• Show them small animals
• Making small trails where she can feel the breeze cooler or stronger
• Explore the beach, the sea water or stream
• Encouraging her to go play in the park trash of the little paper candy or snack she ate

The outdoor life, walks to parks, walks with family, picnics, tents are certainly moments that contribute to the formation of our children and certainly is a fun and tasty! ( by Cris Diacovo )

Yesterday I watched the video " Plastic Bags "posted on the blog Ombusdmãe . The video impressed me, recalling the idea that we must concern ourselves more with the environmental awareness of our children.

Videos like this reinforce the need for a change in our habits, whether small stocks on the day to day, like a bathroom or more time-consuming habits more impactful as carefree in the disposal of tires, batteries or carelessness in the use of plastic bags for almost everything we buy.

We know the difficulties of living in a sustainable way in large cities, especially when one lives in a metropolis like São Paulo.

Babies and children learn primarily through actions and attitudes of parents, so if a parent usually play out the trash, then the child will do the same and have the awareness that such action is correct.

Some actions can be treated from infancy. I take the issue to list five actions that promote environmental education of children and are adopted in our house.

1. At the time of the bath: If your baby will bathe with their father (or mother) in the shower, watch the length of the bath.
2. In education: Garbage is garbage. Whether in the car or at home, the act of teaching children to throw trash in the correct place is always a party. Create games that encourage this action.
3. With human waste: We chose to use the traditional disposable diapers, but there are always planning for consumption. Our son likes to poop right after feedings, we were already aware about it and the first "signs" put it in his "troninho. Our experience has been very satisfactory, because in eight months and a half already doing naturally poop in the toilet.
4. Conscious consumption: When we started planning the fourth and other objects of Thomas, we did not bother buying them used. This attitude has resulted in considerable financial savings in the purchase of the chair of breastfeeding, toys and other objects, and reusing products no longer used by others.
5. In food: My wife opted to use the least processed foods possible, the soup is done at home and stored in glass containers in the freezer, providing a healthier diet and cheap. We also prefer to encourage consumption of fruits and vegetables since he started to eat solid foods (at 6 months). This attitude requires fresh foods that are bought and used the weekly minimum of plastic bags for transport. Buy at fairs near our residence.

And since we are discussing the theme Environmental Education, videos like the above in addition to helping raise awareness of children through a fun and accessible also allows parents to discuss with children the responsibility of his acts, as in the film, the act collective throw away plastic bags cause the death of the lion cub.

Another good option are the short videos of Animal Save the Planet . Several topics covered so 'clean' and fun. Already the site Eeyore's Patch within the UOL portal allows the interactivity of children with such topics as: Preserve the animals , Recipe and Save the planet . (By Levi Roberts)