"Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs, and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water-lillies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries, and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education." Luther Burbank 
There are many tiny creatures to explore and the wonders of plant life never cease to amaze a child. Children also love to explore the garden with their friends. Here are ten tips for organic gardening with small children: 10 Tips for Organic Gardening with Children
Supported by the United Nations Environment Programme, Tree-nation is an online community in which you can buy your own tree and become the guardian of a real and happy tree that will be planted in their park in Niger.
Each tree that is planted in Niger is also planted on Nation-Tree virtual map, which you can access directly through the site. Come watch how your happy tree grows big and strong! Tree-Nation wants to show that fighting desertification is not only a good initiative that will reduce the effects of climate change, not to mention improve the lives of thousands of people, but that it can also be rewarding and fun!
