Whatever we do to preserve the planet is useless if we do it alone.

Whatever we do to preserve the planet is useless if we do it alone. In every, even the smallest, business that we start, there should be a place for children, because someday in the not too distant future they will pick up what we started today.

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I often think about how much nature teaches children. Two hours by the lake is more rewarding than a month in a preschool classroom. Endless leaves, cutouts and rhymes can be easily replaced with one evening walk in the reeds. It is a pity that the emphasis has shifted so much, and that instead of making their studies healthy, useful and effective, more and more young children are put at their desks and hope that there, at their desks, they will learn and love this world.

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How can we educate environmentalists and environmentalists if our children know about nature only by hearsay? They can be strong in theory, speak with slogans, and fight for the environment with “likes” on Facebook, but will they have a true love for nature and a deep understanding of the world around them, which can only be born through a strong bond, inseparable and cultivated from childhood?

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What can be done to develop children's eco-responsibility? Of course, start with yourself, and at the same time create an environment in which the child learns and loves the world around him. The better the understanding, the deeper the love.

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Acquaintance with the world around you should start not with books, but with the world outside the window.

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Plant flowers together in the yard, a tree during a city event (organize such an event if the city does not hold it), or even just parsley in a pot by the window. Grow an acorn oak or seed apple. Make a hotel for bees, hang a feeder (be sure to find out what you can feed local birds), a bird bath.