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Earth Day On Your Block - http://www.allspecies.org/neigh/block.htm

Celebrate the environment by helping your neighborhood observe Earth Day! This fun site gives you lots of great ideas.

Earth Dog - http://www.earthdog.com/entrance.html

This site helps educate children about problems facing our environment and gets them involved in creating the solutions. Earth Dog, an environmentally concerned canine, needs creative kids to help solve earth’s problems.

EduGreen - http://edugreen.teri.res.in/

This site covers topics like life on earth, renewable energy, air pollution, water and climate change. The site also has poems, environment calendar, story time, pathfinders, quotes, maps, multimedia resources, activities and related web site links. Interactive features include games, quizzes and networking with others.

Garbage - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html

Learn about the different types of garbage we produce and how we can reduce it in our community.

The Green Frog News - http://www.thegreenfrognews.com/

The Green Frog News is a free, downloadable science and environmental newsletter for kids!

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide - http://www.obviously.com/recycle/

This recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching the net for recycling information.

Kids Place - Office of Solid Waste - http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/index.htm

This site contains crossword puzzles, online comic books, brainteasers and more.

King County Natural Resources Kids Web - http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/

This site includes games and features about salmon and wildlife, hazardous substances, recycling, and choosing recycled products.

Marilyn's Imagination Factory - http://www.kid-at-art.com/

This site teaches children and their care givers creative ways to recycle by making art. Recycling is one way to minimize or lessen the amount of trash we have to throw away. When we recycle, we make a new product out of waste materials. This process helps save natural resources like trees as well as landfill space and the money needed to get rid of trash.

Recycle City - http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

This site helps you learn more about recycling. Includes games, activities, facts, and graphics.

Recycling Coloring Book - http://www.greenvalley.com/coloring/colorme1.html

This site has five pictures to color that show recycling activities.

Rotten Truth About Garbage - http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm

This site includes info about garbage, recycling, and how to live a life that creates less trash.

U.S. EPA Explorers Club - http://www.epa.gov/kids/

Information and games relating to the environment. Includes stories and tip about garbage and recycling.