The environment effects our children. Utah Valley alone produces a lot of waste and that waste is ending up on our streets, parks, and even in our school playgrounds. This pile up as well as overuse of vital resourses effects the environment. In order to protect our loved ones and future generations from harmful environmental consequences, reducing the amount of waste and promoting conservation is important.

(Recycling in Utah, 2009)

This can be done by learning about conservation and practicing its principles, teaching our children to reduce and reuse, and by starting a conversation with our loved ones about the need to recycle.  Educating ourselves is key in order to understand exactly what needs to be done in order to help the conservation efforts.   Guidlines that are provided on our city website at
http://www.provo.org/pubworks.recycling_information.html helps us understand ways that we can begin our recycling efforts and begin creating a better example and environment for our children.

Teaching our children is the next important topic to help them see and understand the benefits to working toward a green lifestyle.  We can use tools that illistarate fun ways to conserve http://www.50waystohelp.com/ and make going green exciting.

Starting a conversation about practical conservation efforts with friends and family will also help to spread the message and promote communities to helpout. Get started by getting involved and check out the efforts of local communities
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_22c22138-fb00-5ce4-9030-fbf5e1333ed1.html that help keep the environment clean for our loved ones.