Friday, April 27, 2012

Energy Tip #4

Energy Tip #4

Washing

A lot of energy is used to wash your clothes with warm water and using a tumble dryer.

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When washing your clothes in the washing machine - insted of cranking up the hot water, swap it for cold instead. Then when it comes to drying, put your clothes on the washing line and let the heat of the sun dry them.

Energy Tip #3

Energy Tip #3

Materials

You can easily recycle if you know how to do it propely!

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Be sure to re-use EVERYthing you can before throwing it in the bin to be sent to the landfill.If you have a large cardboard box, set it aside and put your plastic bottels, paper and cardboard boxes. You can now re-use those materials before you put it in your recycling bin.

Energy Tip #2

Energy Tip #2

Water Tanks

Insted of always using water from the tap to water your garden try using this tip.

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If you have enough money - you can buy a large water tank. But you can still get a small one if you want to, it is your choice after all!
But if you don't want to spend all that money, you can always stick a hose in the bath tub after you've used it and use the bath water to water the garden insted.

Sustainability Part 2

Sustainability

Ways To Be Sustainable

Reduce, reuse, and recycle! Reduce the amount of food with packaging you buy, reuse items that can be reused, recycle paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminium and anything else that can be recycled, put them in the proper recycling bins.
Support organic farms. Buy organic food, organic food tastes nicer, is better for you and best of all, is better for the environment, because it is grown naturally, not with chemicals sprayed all over it.
Think globally, shop locally. Think about how you can help the world, but buy things that are Australian made. It is better for the environment, because the food has not been flown for miles in an airplane, therefore less greenhouse gases have been emitted into the atmosphere.
Join an organisation. Join a group to help find new ways to keep our Earth sustainable. Donate to charities and spread the word!
Limit your use of household cleansers. Household cleansers (window spray, air fresheners, etc.) are bad for the environment. The chemicals are released into the atmosphere and kill many native plants and are toxic for animals.
Drive less. Driving releases a lot of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Instead of contributing to global warming, help keep the Earth sustainable by riding a bike, scooter, even roller blades! Walk there instead or take public transport, such as trains, buses or trams.
Go green. Buy environmentally friendly light bulbs, use less electricity, turn off electrical appliances at the wall, make a compost bin and put your veggie scraps in, then put it in the garden.  Time your showers; get solar panels or rain water tanks, if you must use a car, try and get a hybrid one.

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See, there are a lot of different ways we can help the environment and help keep our Earth sustainable for everyone. If we all pitch in and do a little, every day, we can keep our Earth pristine for millions more years.

Sustainability Part 1

Sustainability

What Is It?

Environmental sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present and keeping things pristine for the next generation. By becoming sustainable, we can reduce our environmental impact and help preserve the world’s precious natural resources.

Global Warming Poem #3

Non-Rhyming Poem

Written by Annabelle


We all share this planet Earth
It belongs to everyone
There is only one Earth
Beautiful blue and green
Pristine beaches, clear blue skies
Spectacular rainforests, wonderful deserts
Snow-covered mountains, dry grassy plains
Sunshine and rainfall, howling winds
Stars and the moon, clouds and comets
Lakes to go fishing, tracks to go hiking
Bustling towns and cities, quiet country roads
Different and unique people helping each other
Gorgeous plants growing taller and stronger
Amazing creatures of all kinds, living together
We all share this planet Earth
It belongs to everyone
There is only one Earth
And we are slowly destroying it

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An incredibly meaningful poem.

Gobal Warming Poem #2

Rhyming Poem

Written by Annabelle

Global warming is when the Earths’ temperature rises
Due to greenhouse gases being released into the skies
If we don’t slow or prevent this, we will suffer
Oceans and seas will start to rise
The polar ice caps will melt
Many amazing plants and animals will die
Natural disasters will get a lot rougher
If soon this is not dealt with
Rainfall patterns will change
 The earth will get a lot warmer
Humans will be put into danger
We’ll lose all our precious fauna
These are just a few of the effects
Who knows, global warming may have wiped out the tyrannosaurus rex!

 
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Another original by Annabelle!