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4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

Day 5-Water Why is water important? Where does water go when you flush it down the toilet? What can you do to conserve water? We end the week with a very important topic-water! How much clean water do we have on earth to share with humans, animals,...

4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

Day 4- Food What is local food? Why buy local food? What is a food mile? Today we explore where our food comes from and delve into our complex global and local food system....How far does a pineapple or a cashew travel before it gets to your plate?...

Prey and predator gets us started on the topic of the day…food

starting a home garden in recycled containers

recycled silly planters

butternut squash seeds planted and ready to go home

another happy gardener

camper with planting

today's harvest, farm fresh strawberries

4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

Day 3-Energy What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy? Why is energy important? How can we conserve energy? Energy day is always popular and delicious! After contemplating journal questions and...

Electric train tag gets campers ready for the topic of the day...Energy

Teamwork makes pizza box solar oven construction easier and more fun.

S'mores in the oven, but where's the sun today?

Enjoying S'mores

Monitoring temperature in solar oven on an overcast day

smoothie assembly line

Pedal power

4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

Day 2-Land The day begins with journaling and a farm nature walk. Along the way, campers encounter evidence or indicators that animals use and call the farm home. Today is about understanding the importance of open space, natural resources and...

Land day farm nature walk

Farm nature walk

Evidence of life on the farm

Recycle Reuse Reduce

Waste watcher trash tracker updated each day

Learning about worm composting

Worm bin assembly line

Worms and more worms

Hands-on learning at its best

Worm bins to take home

Today's harvest, kale

2019 4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp

UC HAREC began hosting 4-H Sustainable You! Summer Camp in 2014. Since then, the education staff has trained other UC Research and Extension Center (RECS) staff to deliver this curriculum created by Dr. Roslyn Brain of Utah State University. Similar...

tie dye activity

tie dyed camp shirts

Pondering the journal questions of the day

Planting seeds to grow indoor plants that can provide oxygen in our home environments

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