Blog | 14 December 2022
Activities about budgeting, food waste and saving energy
Alanah Reid, Creative Content Producer
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It’s never too early to teach young people how to use less and save more – and you can make it fun.
Activities about budgeting, food waste and saving energy are brilliant for helping young people learn to use only what they need.
Maybe you’d like to cook up a delicious meal without wasting any ingredients, learn how to repair the tears in the clothes you wear, or find out how much energy you use every day.
Young people can learn how to save money, as well as help the environment, with these enjoyable session fillers.
Take a look at more ideas on our Scouts Activity finder.
Here are activities about budgeting, food waste and saving energy:
- Discover how much energy you use and how you can reduce it in Energy diaries
- Learn how to wash dirty clothes without a washing machine
- Make some homemade DIY hand warmers to keep your hands warm.
- Make wrapping waste cards to stop unrecyclable wrapping paper going to landfill
- Reuse items by making a unique plant pot
- Take on the reuse challenge
- Learn to repair damaged books
- Practice sewing and learn to repair tears and add patches to your favourite clothes
- Know how to repair a bike puncture
- Experiment and find out which household products make the best stain remover
- Make delicious two-course meal with simple ingredients.
- Learn about fruit and vegetable seasons and what’s best to eat when
- Try creative composting to reduce food waste
- Learn how to plan healthy meals without wasting any ingredients
- Learn some simple ways to reduce food waster and track your food footprint.
- Use leftovers to make something tasty with food that would otherwise get thrown away.
- Visit a local food bank to find out about what they do and how you can help
- Practice food budgeting and create a tasty meal for your next camp, event or meeting.
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