A guide to the national and international days and dates in the wildlife and environmental calendar for the next six months. Including World Environment Day, World Oceans Day, World Rainforest Day and many more. This calendar is a compilation of UK, US and International awareness days. Be sure to click on the links for more information and add the related hashtags to your own posts.

April 22 marks EARTH DAY, a day to remind us of the impact that humans are having on planet Earth. This is a fantastic opportunity to try some Earth day inspired, eco-related activities with our kiddies. Check out the blog for some fabulous suggestions for getting your littles ones out and about in nature as well as the opportunity to download FREE colouring sheets.

A FREE guide to the national and international days and dates in the wildlife and environmental calendar for the next six months. Including World Environment Day, World Oceans Day, World Rainforest Day and many more. This calendar is a compilation of UK, US and International awareness days. Be sure to click on the links for more information and add the related hashtags to your own posts.

The world has become increasingly eco-conscious in recent years, yet Christmas can be a time of consumerism and excess waste. 

By making small changes over the festive season - thinking about the food we eat, the paper we use to wrap, the number of batteries we buy or the tree we decorate - we really can reduce our environmental impact.

Here is the It’s Our Planet Too eco-advent calendar of 24 top tips of how to reduce your environmental footprint this Christmas.

Ever tried to find family friendly accounts on Instagram to inspire you and your little ones? It’s not easy… So rather than focussing on the doom and gloom associated with the state of our planet, here is my top 10 of the best ‘positive’ environmental accounts trying to do their bit to raise awareness, educate or even inspire us to lead a more sustainable family life. Why not have a read? I’m sure you’ll be as motivated by their passion & purpose and all the ingenious ideas they share as I am.

To celebrate World Ranger Day, we caught up with Lew - founder of The SockStar Project to chat about the awesome work that his organisation does to support wildlife rangers.

Wildlife Rangers are critical to the success of conservation efforts. Whilst they receive weapons and technologies, often the basic welfare personal items that they need are missed.

The SockStar project are striving to make a change, one sock, one boot and one ranger at a time.

Words, words, words… we all hear so many environmental words every day, but do you know what they actually mean? Can you tell your ‘global warming’ from your ‘greenhouse effect’? Or your ‘microbede’ from your ‘meteor’? Do you know the difference between ‘pollution’ and ‘pollutants’? Here is your child friendly A-Z of common environmental terms and their meanings.

Bored of homeschooling? We have been searching out some of the best (FREE) online environmental resources available. Check out our 10 favourites including the best wildlife livestreams, how to build your own volcano with the Natural History Museum as well as to become a marine biologist. Plus tones of learning resources and free downloads.

A guide to the national and international days and dates in the wildlife and environmental calendar for the next six months. Including World Environment Day, World Oceans Day, World Rainforest Day and many more. This calendar is a compilation of UK, US and International awareness days. Be sure to click on the links for more information and add the related hashtags to your own posts.

This blog post is the introductory story of It’s Our Planet Too… meet Sam and Lou as they explain some of the issues facing our home, planet Earth (in rhyme)… climate change, air pollution, habitat destruction, plastic pollution and threat to many iconic species.

This past weekend marked the 94th birthday of a remarkable person and quite possibly the world's most-loved naturalist, Sir David Attenborough. He has been broadcasting for over 60 years, highlighting conservation concerns and environmental issues - most recently climate change and plastic pollution. He has feasibly done more than any other person in history to help us understand and appreciate our amazing planet.

It’s never too early to teach our little ones about nature and the things they can do to protect planet Earth.

This collection of fiction and non-fiction books gently explains how precious our planet is and what we can all do to make a difference, helping to empower our children to make the right choices for their future.

Featuring books by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Oliver Jeffers, Jess French, Chelsea Clinton and Neal Layton to name a few…

This week marked the 50th anniversary of EARTH DAY - a day recognised by more than one billion people around the globe and a reminder of the impact that humans are having on planet Earth. This year was certainly overshadowed by coronavirus and lockdown, but it also provides a fantastic opportunity to try out some Earth day inspired, eco-related activities with our kiddies over the next few weeks. Check out the blog for some suggestions as well as the opportunity to download a FREE environment inspired board game.

Taking care of the planet and teaching our children to do the same is one of our responsibilities as parents, but it can be tricky with a busy lifestyle. Here are 10 simple tips and ideas for families who want to include their children on the path to greener living.