EcoKids Games

One of the largest collections of free online wildlife and worldly games and activities belongs to a website called Eco Kids.  The Games and Activities are in 8 categories, ranging from wildlife to climate change to land use and more. For this Friday File, I enjoyed playing several of the games in Wildlife. Ladybug Breakdo...

National Green Week

To spark a child’s (or anyone’s for that matter) green spirit, it’s important to let them take charge in deciding which environmental issues they’ll pa...

Bid To Save The Earth

If you’ve ever wanted to spend a day with President Bill Clinton, meet Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber backstage, or have a one-hour tennis lesson with Jo...

Backyard Wildlife Reserve

If you’d like to take a course in Wildlife Conservation 101, check out the National Wildlife Federation’s website section called Understanding Wildlife Conservation. It’s divided into sections with titles such as Biodiversity, the End...

Early Spring Gardening

As the snow clears and the weather becomes Spring like, it’s time to head out into the garden. But what to do first? You can start indoors and move outside by ...

Fun Water Games

Arizona’s Park & Co.’s website  is all about water conservation. They also have a webpage filled with games and fun information. Tip Tank is a fun concentration game that lets you match photographs of water saving devices with each other. I...

Fun Conservation Ideas

The Pennsylvania Resources Council, Inc.,  has an online list of fun conservation ideas that you can do with your friends or family. From birdwatching and identifying as many species of birds as possible in your local park to conducting an animal photograp...

Recycle Rex

Meet Recycle Rex, the California Energy Commission’s  spokesdinosaur, and your companion in the 26 page booklet of fun available on their website. Starting with a crossword puzzle about the reasons to recycle, the booklet offers a variety of fun educational games....

Foreign Volunteer Work

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about what it’s really like to combine travel and volunteer work and be a volunteer in a foreign country, check out Projects Abroad. They have stories written by former volunteers that give a good picture, albeit a little enthusiastic some...

Peace Corps Game

If you’ve ever wanted to join the Peace Corps, you could get an introduction to the work they do through the game on their website. Called the Peace Corps Challenge, it introduces you to the village of Wanzuzu where “the villagers have big hearts ...

BBC Marine Games

BBC has thirteen games (7 Big Challenges and 6 ‘Just for Fun’ games) on their website that are worth exploring and playing. Most games have a marine theme. If you’re looking for a fun way to spend a few minutes, try the just for fun games l...

Virtual Forest

Nature allows people to explore, use their imagination, discover new animals and plants, and engage in adventurous play. Getting outside is also healthy. If you want some inspiration, check out the virtual forest of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fo...

Canadian Museum of Nature

The Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa is newly renovated, with a new glass tower, high-tech wizardry, and a 20-metre skeleton of our world’s largest animal – a giant blue whale.  They also have a website (nature.ca) which, as the Montreal Gazette sugg...

Biodiversity 911

Biodiversity 911 is an online visit to a symbolic hospital emergency room where animated creatures are being treated for a variety of environmental ailments.  Created by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) several years ago, it’s worth a visit. Wild World ...

Kew Gardens Virtually

Kew Gardens  has an online Google Street View  series of maps that let a viewer experience virtually standing on the street and paths.  It’s a great way to be an armchair tourist and visit Kew Gardens and other destinations from anywhere in the world, for free. Through Google, you can navigate the pathways of part of Kew Garden’s 326 acre site, and see the gardens and well known buildings such as the Palm House and the Pagoda.  Kew Gardens boasts the ...