On this page, we will be thinking about all the things we can do from home to help protect rivers and river habitats.
Investigate the three pillars of river health below. Think about which actions you already do and which ones you would like to do.
Action Plan: what is your one amazing thing?
Choose one thing that you are going to do to help protect your local river. This can be something from the lists above or something that you think of yourself.
- How will you do it?
- How will it help your river?
- When will you do it?
- How could you tell people about your one amazing thing?
- Who will you tell?
- What resources will you need to make it happen?
When you have thought about your answers to the points above, you could fill in your own Action Plan using the template below. Click on the image to open and print:
Water Friendly Homes
Read the Water Friendly Homes Guide below then have a go at the Vortex sorting game to test your knowledge of good practice at home.