Taking Care of Earth

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TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH How Can People Protect the Earth? We can use our resources wisely. That means we must use all resources carefully and not waste them. Conserving means to use something wisely. We need to conserve our natural resources. What are Some Ways We Can Help Save Natural Resources? 1. Do not waste water. What are some ways we can save water? We can turn off the water while we brush our teeth. We can take shorter showers. We can use less water when taking baths. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
2. Do not waste electricity. What are some ways we can save electricity? Turn out the lights when you leave a room. Turn off TV when not watching it. Use sunlight instead of lights in a room. 3. Do not litter throw trash away in a trash can, not on the ground! 4. Do not put bad things in water. Bad things can pollute water. Pollute means to make unclean. Pollution can kill animals that live in the water or drink the water. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
Remember the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle REDUCE We can reduce the things we use that means to use less! Examples: We can try to use fewer napkins or we can use cloth napkins that we can wash instead. We can use fewer tissues and less toilet paper. We can use glass plates and cups instead of paper ones. These steps would reduce the amount of trash we throw away. REUSE We can reuse, that means to use something again. Examples: Instead of throwing something away, we can reuse it for something else. Example: we can wash out a water bottle and use it more than once. Instead of throwing trash away, we can reuse it for something else. Example: we can reuse an empty jar of jam to store other food in the fridge. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
RECYCLE Recycle means to make old things into new things we can use. What can we recycle? 1. glass (glass jars) 2. plastic (plastic water bottles) 3. metal (cans) 4. paper (newspaper) Make sure you put all these things in a recycle bin, not a trash can. You can see if something can be recycled by looking for a recycle sign. A recycle sign looks like this: © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.