Fun palaces will be springing up across the UK, in theatres, schools, community venues, a pub and even a swimming pool in the shape of Brockwell Lido, which is planning physics lectures and eco action games.
Eco-action begins at home You don't have to wait for a particular issue to affect you.
"This new scheme is a fantastic opportunity for householders to make money, cut fuel bills and play their part in slashing carbon-dioxide emissions," says Dave Timms, green homes campaigner for eco-action group Friends of the Earth.
I particularly liked "read an environmental news site for a week," then write a letter to an editor or representative "and tell them why eco-action is important to you and what you want them to do about it".
No worries: La Cusinga (doubles from $172 B&B), a more affordable, child-friendly option by the famous whale-tail shaped beach of Uvita offers the same jungle setting, and a great deal of eco-action from riding to whale tours (all extra), plus yoga studio.
There are also in-world rewards for real-world eco-actions.
Dr Owen hoped the project would build on the Eco-Action Trumps card game, which she launched in 2011.
"I have a lot of anecdotal evidence of the success of Eco-Action Trumps, but what I need to take this idea further is quantifiable evidence gathered from a wide range of the general public".
I also got really interested in environmental activism and eco-actions.
Along the way, he visits mountaintop coal removal projects in his birth state of West Virginia; works with Peaceful Uprising, a grassroots eco-action group he co-founded, and leads a student occupation of the Department of the Interior.
If specific eco-actions are singled out, there is a risk of staff grumbling that they do just as good a job using resources/saving waste/biking to work, etc. but feel unrecognized for it.
