Difficulty: Explorer (Level 1)
Sustainability is about making choices today that ensure our planet stays healthy for future generations.
It also means being a good neighbour to nature by protecting the plants, animals and shared spaces we enjoy.
Small, everyday actions make a big difference in keeping our parks beautiful and clean. These include using a refillable water bottle or picking up rubbish. When we act responsibly, we can preserve the environment.
Find the differences between the two pictures below.


Then, fill in the table with the good and bad environmental actions you notice. Tell a friend your answers and think of more ways to be responsible.

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Responsible actions: cleaning up after your dog, playing frisbee in an open area, admiring the beauty of butterflies without disturbing them, looking at the beautiful flowers, enjoying the shade provided by the trees, putting trash into the bins, bringing your own water bottle to refill, not feeding or disturbing the birds
Irresponsible actions: leaving your dog’s waste on the ground, playing frisbee on the running track, catching butterflies and injuring them, picking flowers, scratching or chopping down the trees, tossing trash everywhere, buying many small bottles of water, throwing rocks at the birds




