Impact!

Conserve  Habitats

1. Make space for our wildlife by building smaller homes.  You use less natural resources and provide more space to be used by other species.
2. Cut down less trees so animals have more habitat.  We need to protect areas.  We need to protect areas because although  it may not seem like it, the environment creates homes for other animals not just us.
3. Replant native trees.  We should do this because trees help provide area for birds to nest and trees help the air because they take in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen.
4. Make small native reserves around out homes instead of lawns.  This provides new homes for the native species.
5. Don’t use pesticides on your lawns, or in your house.
6. Buy organic.  We should buy organic foods because they are made with no pesticides and they are healthier for our bodies and the environment.
7. Buy local.   If we buy a product from Vermont (if that is where you live), we don’t have to ship it rather buying something from California or South America.  And, if we buy local, we can easily understand how the products are made.

Recycle / Reuse / and Reduce

1. Public Transportation: It is important because using cars pollutes a lot more than a mid sized network of public trains.
2. Turn off your appliances so you don’t waste electricity and so you can save money.  If you plug your cell phone charger into the wall and your cell phone is on that charger make sure you unplug the phone charger when you take your cell phone off.
   
3. Turn down your heat in your home when it is not needed like when you are asleep or not there.  Think of a temperature and remember it, plug it into your thermostat like if it is the day, change the temperature to make it as low as you can and still be comfortable.
4. Turn off the water.  Turn it off when you are not using it because you save water.  For example, if you are brushing your teeth, shut off the water while you are actually brushing.
5. Bring your own canvas grocery bags to the store.  Lets say you want mushrooms.  Rather than having to use a plastic bag from the store you can use your own that you bring with you.  When you use your own, you don’t have to use the store’s bags.  If you forget your bags and have to use the store bags, reuse and recycle them at home.
6. Recycle toys / books and games by giving them to hospitals, daycares, friends, doctor’s office, and homeless shelters.

How can I personally Help?

1. We can tell our family an friends about Threatened species because we want other people to help.  We want not just one person making a difference, but others that could potentially build to thousands and millions of people!
2. Write our own environmental newspaper because it helps get the word out about how the environment needs help.
3. Change the way I act towards the environment and other creatures and learn to work cooperatively with others.

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