If you're looking for a fun and different way to teach your children on ways to help the earth then you may be interested in this item. British designer Tim Holley has designed an interactive gadget to help teach kids about energy conservation. He’s created Tio, a ghost shaped wall mounted light fixture system. It changes colors depending on how long the lights are kept on. Tio starts out green and then changes to orange if left on for four hours and then to red after eight hours. It's a little scary but even his smile changes from happy to a mean scowl as he turns from green to red. To me, that would be a sure way to teach a child to turn lights off.
One thing to note, this item isn't out to the public yet. The date of when it should hit the stores hasn't been released, but I think that once it's available it's going to be a worthwhile item for the kids.
You can learn more about this product at http://www.timholley.de/Design_Home.html.
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