I think the best way to raise children who are environmentally conscious is to model it for them. Plain and simple. We don’t help children become good global citizens by making them activists out to save a dying planet. They need to feel deep down on a convicted level that the world is a beautiful place. They get there through concrete experience with nature, with people, with creatures. They don’t litter because we don’t litter. They don’t eat factory farmed eggs because we don’t and the chickens they know are well cared for free range hens. Its the same with their toys, with their food, their access to media. My kids don’t need a song lecturing about television. They just don’t have tv (we own one that they can watch a few dvd’s on). I’ve been raising my kids this way going on 17 years and no complaints from them.

pop up every now and then (I have kids playlists so my children can use my iPod or I can dock it).

http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/04/23/celebrate-the-earth-music-for-a-green-planet/