Action Tips: Have a Green Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunts are beyond much fun, and a great outdoor team-building summer activity. Host a scavenger hunt with a green theme. Take some of our suggestions, and think of your own things to find.

Things to collect:

• Five pieces of garbage from a public place, and five pieces from within a block of where you live
• Three pamphlets available where you live about something environmentally friendly
• A freshly picked flower
• One edible thing that grows in your neighborhood

Things to find:

• Identify five plant species and three animal species in a local park
• One piece of food that comes from less than 100 miles away
• One piece of food that comes from over 1000 miles away
• Four vegetarians

Things to learn:

• Where is the nearest place to rent a bike?
• Where is the nearest landfill? How big is it?
• What days are recycling collected?
• Which stores sell local meat and produce?

Things to snap a digital picture of:

• The tallest tree you can find
• A flower of every color of the rainbow (good luck with blue!)
• Three different sports games going on
• Four people using different modes of transportation that don't use oil