Environmentalist

Read Genesis 1:26. Explain our role in protecting wildlife.

List three animals that are endangered and explain why.

List three birds that are endangered and explain how you can help protect birds.

Study endangered trees in your area. Plant or adopt a tree.

In your area:

• a.

  Learn what causes pollution, and list ways you can prevent pollution

• b.

  Investigate how and why the pollution happened

• c.

  Explain how you can keep from polluting water

• d.

  Learn what dangers threaten the quality of air

Participate in one of the following community activities to help clean the environment:

• a.

  Take part in Earth Day events

• b.

  With your group help clear the trash in a city park or recreation area

• c.

  Help collect paper, cans, or other materials for recycling

Create a mural of the earth made new.

Discover your responsibility to help care for God’s world.

Draw pictures of and list endangered animals in your area. Check the library for current listings.

Ways to protect birds: Do not harm with sticks, rocks, or guns; never bother or destroy their nests or eggs.

Learn about endangered trees and what causes them to die. Plant or adopt a tree. (Call City Hall if you need help in learning where your community needs a tree.) Or find a green plant and care for it.

Help prevent pollution by turning off lights; recycling paper, plastics, glass, and aluminum cans; using white paper goods; not wasting water; and not polluting our water with trash or human or chemical waste. Have children make a poster depicting what they have learned.

Read together Rev. 21, 22 and Isa. 11:6.

Information on endangered species may be found online or through the Audubon Society or other environmental organizations, including the publishers of Ranger Rick, Nature Scope, and National Geographic World.

50 Ways You Can Help Save the World by Tony Compolo and Gordon Aeschlimang (Intervarsity Press, 1992)

Contact the US Department of Fish and Game or the EPA for educational materials about our environment. Visit your state’s website for conservation education materials.