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We’ve found 24 activities:
Learn about light pollution
Join a hike to explore light pollution, compare city and countryside skies, and learn how to protect the night sky!
6 hrs
Outdoors
Make a plastic bottle lid mosaic
Collect plastic bottle lids, then put them together to turn them into art.
1 hr
Indoors
Recycling binception
Where do you store your recycling? Try making a bin out of recycling to put it in.
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Indoors
Make eco-friendly slime
Cook up an environmentally friendly version of this gloopy gunk.
45 mins
Indoors
Go fishing for plastic pollution
Try this fun activity to learn about water pollution and sort the rubbish from the recycling.
45 mins
Indoors
Play Microplastic Mayhem
Learn about microplastics, then play a game to protect the whales from plastic.
20 mins
Indoors
Build a mini paddle boat
Make a mini paddle boat and watch as kinetic energy powers it along.
Supported by
Royal Navy
45 mins
Indoors
Run the risk
This simple game will help young people understand how air pollution affects their bodies and health
20 mins
Outdoors
Air pollution detectives
Explore air particulates in your local environment and look at how they can affect us.
1 hr
Outdoors
Pollution promises
Find out more about air pollution and what we can do about it in this thought-provoking activity.
30 mins
Indoors
Spread the word - air pollution
Tell others about air pollution, why it’s bad and how we can help
45 mins
Indoors
Model rain water filtration
Learn about water conservation as you make a model rain water filtration system.
1 hr
Indoors
Create festive bottles
Make festive decorations out of plastic bottles, and put them around your home or meeting place.
1 hr
Indoors
Plastic bottle greenhouse
Put your DIY skills to the test and build a greenhouse from plastic bottles, then experiment with growing different flowers or vegetables.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Create tin can insects
Upcycle litter into artistic garden ornaments with this creative craft.
50 mins
Indoors
Banding together
Use a simple elastic band to explore the effect litter can have on wildlife.
Supported by
Generation Green
15 mins
Indoors
Go litter picking
Head outside and go litter picking to tidy up the world around you, whether in the park, at the beach or in your local area.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Outdoors
Think outside the trash
Rubbish doesn’t disappear when it’s thrown away. Can you work out how long different things take to break down?
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Indoors
Explore the shore
You’re never further than 70 miles from the sea in the UK. Coastlines are teaming with wildlife, so what will you discover?
1 hr 5
Outdoors
Create your own geoboard
Use your DIY skills to make your own geoboard, then get stuck in and make some shapes.
40 mins
Indoors
Plastic is not fantastic
Plastic isn’t fantastic! Work together to get your meeting place and local community to go single use plastic free.
4 hrs
Indoors
Weave goodbye to waste
Make natty mats and reuse refuse, learning the art of weaving along the way.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Indoors
Plastic or prey?
It’s dinnertime at sea, but someone has put plastic on the menu! Can you pick the plankton from the pollution?
30 mins
Indoors
Make lollipop stick catapults
Put your pioneering skills to the test by creating a miniature catapult from lolly sticks. Ready, aim, fire!
25 mins
Indoors