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From planting organic vegetable gardens in the playground to campaigning for litterless lunches in the cafeteria, young students across Canada are embracing the crusade to protect Mother Earth.

Many Canadians are empowering their kids to develop and oversee eco-friendly household habits by teaching children to have a green conscience around the home.

The best thing we can all do to cut down on waste is to make less of it in the first place. When we reduce the amount of waste that we produce, we reduce the amount of garbage that goes into landfills.

Burnett secondary students' eco-friendly initiatives won them a cool $1,000. The Green Team, as the students dub themselves, took part in the third annual B.C. Green Games, a Science World province-wide contest that rewards students' eco-actions. "J.