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This section points to rich resources packed with fun, creative ideas about things you can do for our planet! Poke around and use these tips to create your own ideas and activities! Be sure you discuss any of these tips with your parents or other adults before trying them!
Your Planet Needs You
by Jon Symes
Your Planet Needs You is a beautifully illustrated handbook for creating the world we want. Read this wonderful book and brainstorm creative ideas about what you can be doing with friends, family and teachers.
Your Planet Needs You is a beautifully illustrated handbook for creating the world we want. Read this wonderful book and brainstorm creative ideas about what you can be doing with friends, family and teachers.
In 2011, the iMatter March organized its first global marches. Youth marched in 43 countries and 180 cities with a united message: Our Future Matters! A million young people, marched together, sang together, screamed together, committed together to live like the future matters, demanding together that our leaders do the same.
Today the movement has expanded and invites you to TAKE ACTION in many different ways – all led by today’s youth.
WHY: Because every generation has an obligation – a moral, practical, even legal obligation – to pass a clean, stable, properly functioning planet to its children. Because we are those children, and because we love those children. Because the change this world needs is something we must actively seek. Because this is our revolution.
It’s not enough to yell at the Ruling Generation to get them to change. We need to start the shift in our own lives, our own communities.
What you can do to fight climate change
by World Wildlife Fund
Visit What you can do to fight climate change for ideas on simple things you can around your home and as a family.
Visit Green your backpack for ways to prepare for school more sustainably.
College students look for ways to Green your dorm room!
Organize a letter huddle
The One Day on Earth video was filmed at the Pachamama School in Quito as children drew and sang about Rights of Nature. You can gather friends and classmates and celebrate Rights of Mother Earth together. Send us a copy of your drawings and letters and we will include them in our 1 million signature campaign.
Sign the Biodiversity Youth Accord
Visit http://biodiversitymatters.org/youth_accord.html to learn more!
Global Stewards
The Story of Stuff
A thought provoking video on about all the “stuff” we collect …
Watch The Story of Stuff now!
Watch The Story of Stuff now!
Zipper’s Green Tips
Learn how you can help through fun, easy tips at Zipper’s Green Tips on National Geographic Kids
Young People Making a Difference
Forest Guard Sets Up Solar Powered Warning System for Forest Fires: One small group of young 10- to 12-year-old students are proving that the next generation of sustainable thinkers are capable of some very savvy innovation.
US EPA Climate Change Kids site
Learn more about Global Warming, What it means and how it can impact our planet Earth!
Global Warming Central: Help Save our Planet!
We often hear about global warming and climate change in the news today, but what exactly is it? It is important to learn about global warming because although it is harming our planet, there are many ways in which each one of us can help to reduce it. This guide will help you discover all about global warming, what causes it and what you can do at home or at school to help change it!
Get great ideas for activities and ways you can make a difference at http://www.wholesalecentral.com/n-global-warming.html
and a special thanks to Bethany for sharing this link!
and a special thanks to Bethany for sharing this link!
Chasing Ice
Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. Chasing Ice provides a profound visual demonstration of the dramatic impact of Global Warming on glaciers around the world.
Global Warming And The Freshwater Crisis
While 70% of our planet is made up of water, only 3-5% is fresh water. This article, Global Warming and the Freshwater Crisis by Phil McNamara and WaterFiltersFast.com, talks about the impact of global warming on our freshwater and includes these Ways to Prevent Pollution of Freshwater and Global Warming:
There are many steps that people can take to prevent global warming from occurring and to protect the fresh water on our planet. One key way to protect our fresh water supply is to conserve water usage. This is a good habit to get into and is very easy to do. Some ways to do this is to limit the time you shower. Spend 3 minutes showering instead of 10 and you can make a big difference. You can also reduce the amount of water you use for your yard or garden.
People can also help with this matter by finding ways to be more energy efficient. There are many ways to accomplish this. One way is to find alternative energy types, such as solar power. Solar power is a natural energy type and can be used for many things and it will not pollute the earth or have negative effects on the fresh water supply. Carpooling and recycling are also both great options to help take a stand against global warming.
- Tips for Going Green by the National Wildlife Federation
- Global Climate Change by the EPA
- Ways to Get Involved to Help Stop Global Warming
- Think Quest’s Ways to Stop Global Warming
- Stop Global Warming by Energy Star
- Ways to Protect Water by The Groundwater Foundation
- State of New Jersey on Global Warming
- Ways to Stop Global Warming
Thank you to Sally’s Great-Niece, a student in Laramie, Wyoming for submitting the above article.
Heating Up the Earth – Global Warming for Kids!
A comprehensive resource article on Global Warming for Kids! Includes numerous references on Climate Change, Energy, Waste Reduction and Recycling.
There are various issues our environment is facing. Garbage clogs up landfills, certain gases from the energy we use are polluting the air and these together are playing a role in the negative impacts being made in the world. The good news is that there is something we all can do to help. The first thing is to understand these issues. Then you can take action, make changes, and encourage everyone else to do the same.
Thank you to Sam’s granddaughter for sharing this link with us!
Heating The Earth: A Guide to Global Warming
This informative article describes global warming and includes a list of additional resources on solutions!
Global warming is the idea that the temperature of earth’s atmosphere is increasing. There are several causes attributed to global warming, including natural ones, but many worldwide are concerned with the impact man made systems and the greenhouse effect are having on the earth’s atmosphere. Global warming is of significant concern as the threat of a hotter earth poses numerous health and safety issues for humans, animal life, and eco systems.
Heating Up: Truth About Global Warming
A special thanks to Dylan in North Texas for sharing this link!
This informative article describes global warming and talks about What Can People Do to Stop Global Warming?
Individuals and societies alike can do many things to slow or stop global warming. The umbrella term for actions that people can take to fight climate change, is called sustainable living. Reducing one’s carbon footprint is a phrase that is often used. This means to reduce the total amount of greenhouse gases that are released in order to sustain one’s life and standard of living. In the United States, the average person’s carbon footprint is between 10,000 and 21,000 pounds of carbon dioxide produced per year to sustain their current lifestyle. The ultimate goal of one who wishes to eliminate their contribution of carbon dioxide is to achieve a carbon-neutral lifestyle in which one contributes no carbon dioxide. Another option is to live a carbon-negative lifestyle, which means their activities result in a net reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
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One important step that people can take to fight global warming is to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that they use. Reducing one’s usage of gasoline is a major contribution in the fight against global warming. This can be achieved by carpooling, taking public transportation, moving closer to work, driving fewer miles, buying a hybrid or electric vehicle, or even walking and riding a bicycle in place of driving. In addition, people can purchase items, such as food, from local sources. Thisreduces the need for trucks that use fossil fuels when transporting goods from afar.
Most electricity in the United States and other nations is produced by coal-fired power plants, which generate a major portion of humanity’s greenhouse gas production in the process. People can cut down on global warming by being more energy efficiency. Switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs, installing energy-efficient appliances, turning off electrical devices that aren’t in use, and taking shorter showers, are examples of ways to reduce one’s usage of electricity, and thus one’s carbon footprint. In addition, homeowners can install solar power systems to help reduce their dependence upon power plants. Solar power generates electricity without burning fossil fuels, and while it has a high up-front cost, it is free to operate after it is purchased. In addition, solar power is becoming more efficient; the nation of Germany currently generates up to 50 percent of its power with solar energy on some days, or 20 percent overall.
Reducing one’s consumption of natural resources is another major method of curbing global warming. Reusing paper, glass, and various metals, would remove over 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, per person. Buying goods that use less packaging would result in over a 1,200 pound reduction an individual’s yearly carbon footprint. In addition, putting natural resources back in the world can help, such as planting a tree, each of which will sequester, or remove, 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Individuals can use the power of their vote to influence politicians to pursue policies that stop or reduce global warming. Activists can work to raise awareness of not only the dangers of global warming, but also ways to reduce, eliminate or reverse it. At the same time, people can also vote with their wallets by buying products that require a lower carbon footprint to produce. This will also require consumers to research products and their manufacturers to not only find eco-friendly products, but also make sure that their eco-friendly claims are in fact legitimate.
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