Eco-Friendly Fun Activities
Top 3 Suggestions for an Enjoyable Eco-Friendly Weekend
It’s time to get outside and enjoy the fresh air! There are loads of fun activities which don’t cost a lot, are eco-friendly and really enjoyable! Here are EcoExpert’s favourites:
1. Enjoy a Rustic Staycation
If you can take a weekend off, stay at home rather than travelling, and organise it to be really good fun. Unplug all the modern conveniences and appliances (yes, even the TV!) (and your computer – gasp!). Get family and / or friends around. Plan activities such as telling stories, playing cards or board games, taking walks, group aerobics, ball games, swimming, reading a book, having conversations, bonding with family and friends, cooking, experimenting with new recipes, designing a new BBQ, playing with the dogs and children, building a campfire.
Watch the sunset – or sunrise. Work in the garden – or relax in it. Smell the flowers.
The options are endless, limited only by your imagination. Get back to basics and enjoy quality time with the special people in your life.
2. Learn Something New
There are loads of weekend courses and workshops available for adults, children and families. A course is a fun way to meet new people, perhaps even a soul-mate while you are gaining new skills and knowledge. Consider courses in ecology, nature, conservation, wilderness safety and survival, animal tracking, organic cooking, wildlife photography, sustainable living, and more.
Search on Google for your local area, or check with your local library or town hall or social centre.
3. Give the Motorized Vehicle a Holiday
Use manual transportation only – hiking, cycling, canoeing, kayaking. Or backpack through a forest, or hike from inn to inn (this is a well-tested Eco-Expert favourite. Admittedly with a bit more “inn” and slightly less “hike”).
Go on a bike, kayak or canoe tour.
You will save money on petrol, emit less pollution and do your bit for the environment. In addition, you will experience scenery which you would otherwise miss while driving.
You will feel relaxed and invigorated after a weekend like this.
You can have a lot of fun on an eco-friendly weekend – start to plan one now!
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Clare, there are plenty of things to do arround the home and for some a staycation is what works to live a ecofriendly lifestyle. Thanks for sharing how to live more ecofriendly.
Scott Sylvan Bell
A staycation….I never heard it called that! But when I was a child, we used to build a tent in the back yard with old quilts and then beg our parents to let us sleep over night in the back yard. We thought it was such an adventure! And we ate snacks out there and told stories! How could TV compete with that!
Sonya Lenzo
Oooh, those camp nights in the back garden – simply fabulous! Thanks for reminding me!
I like the idea of a staycation, but the partner doesn’t!!! She feels like she would be too tempted to get on the phone, internet, etc…
Where are some places that you have hiked from inn to inn if I may ask?
Mil
Try hiding the phone and PC away! 🙂
I’ve done the inn-to-inn thing mostly in the UK and Ireland – fabulous inns there! Also to a lesser extent in France, sometimes wine estate to wine estate with the occasional chateau-gite (guesthouse) in between, and a little in South Africa, again mostly on wine estates. The scenery in all places was fabulous (and we got wet a lot) and the inns (and the liquid refreshment therein) was fabulous!
A staycation is a great way to have an eco friendly lifestyle. Although some may label old time fun green it’s really just fun planting a tree or flower is far more rewarding than planting yourself in front of a TV or computer. Save the planet and get some exercise. You’ll thank yourself.
Great suggestion to plant a tree or flower Kevin – and I love how you compare it to the TV!
Thank you!
Great tips on saving money and the enviroment! Staying at home on the weekends is one our families favorite things to do! Now to see if we can unplug for the whole weekend… 🙁
Hahahaha!
Thanks!
Let me know if you manage to unplug for the whole weekend! 🙂 You’ll feel the better for it – good luck!
But , I like my TV and collection of computers . I am an electronics service engineer by trade , so my electronic friends have to be around me . I do however get out and about . Love camping / caravanning , bushwalking , exploring etc .
Hi Green Goddess,
I like how you suggest having fun with other people at the same time that you share advice on how to be green.
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Found you through Reduce Footprints Meet & Greet and now follow.
I can’t help it but I LOVE the nickname Green Goddess 🙂
I truly enjoyed this post because it’s something simple that anyone can and needs to do not only for the enviroment but for ourselves too! Now to just do it. Our lives are so busy right now and have been for awhile so a staycation is much needed!
Hi Charlie T, welcome on board, I’m delighted you’re here. Reduce Footprints is SUCH a great site!
(Glad you like my nickname) 🙂
I think the value of a staycation is often under-rated. It takes a little bit of planning (but less than planning a holiday) and it’s just SO relaxing!
Thanks for your comment!