1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:34,960 we live on beautiful planet earth earth is home to billions of organisms plants wildlife and us 2 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:41,159 we get everything for our life from Mother Earth but the earth is in danger of running out of 3 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:47,159 resources but there are things we can do to ensure that our future generations have a safe and 4 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:53,460 beautiful environment here on planet Earth. The quick increase in the Earth's 5 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:58,979 temperature is causing lots of problems for plants, animals, humans and the 6 00:00:58,979 --> 00:01:04,319 environment. You can help by asking your parents to help you plant a tree. Trees 7 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,640 and plants help to absorb the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. You 8 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,099 can also ask your family to start driving their car less. There are many 9 00:01:14,099 --> 00:01:19,920 ways to get around that don't involve driving walk ride your bike or take the 10 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,659 bus to where you need to go carpooling is also a great way to get around and 11 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:30,500 gives you extra time to spend with your friends and family as our human 12 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:35,579 population grows so do our demands on the earth to help us live with light 13 00:01:35,579 --> 00:01:42,299 water heat and food earth can only reproduce these things so fast and if we 14 00:01:42,299 --> 00:01:47,420 don't work hard together we could run out you can help by asking your family 15 00:01:47,420 --> 00:01:52,180 to use less heat and air conditioning heating our homes in the winter and 16 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:57,000 cooling them off in the summer takes a lot of energy which is very hard on 17 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,260 planet Earth dress for the weather instead of turning on the fireplace put 18 00:02:02,260 --> 00:02:08,520 on a sweater or use a blanket to keep warm you can save electricity to help 19 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,639 save the environment there are many easy ways to use less electricity the simplest thing is 20 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:20,639 to remember to turn the lights off when you leave a room also unplugging the toaster or 21 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:27,120 any other small machine after you use it saves a lot of energy through the day even if you are 22 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:34,199 not using it leaving something plugged in takes up energy from the earth also you can save water 23 00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:41,199 Something as simple as turning off the water while brushing your teeth makes a huge difference to planet Earth. 24 00:02:41,199 --> 00:02:47,199 Doing this one thing helps you save up to 25 gallons of water each month. 25 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:53,199 You can also shorten your shower by a minute to save up to 150 gallons of water a month. 26 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:58,199 By doing just these two things you are doing a huge part to save Earth. 27 00:02:58,199 --> 00:03:03,419 earth. Another great way to save water is by turning off the running water while 28 00:03:03,419 --> 00:03:07,800 you lather your hands with soap and then turn it back on to rinse your hands and 29 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:14,939 make sure to tighten any taps that are dripping water. Plastic wraps, containers 30 00:03:14,939 --> 00:03:20,039 and water bottles are polluting our oceans and land and it's causing harm to 31 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:27,120 humans, animals and plants all around the world. We can help by using reusable 32 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:32,860 water bottles for yourself and for your family there are so many cool water 33 00:03:32,860 --> 00:03:38,219 bottles available that you can use over and over again to help reduce plastic 34 00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:42,719 pollution this can be as simple as saving the plastic water bottle from 35 00:03:42,719 --> 00:03:48,300 your lunch yesterday cleaning it and reusing it tomorrow if you have to get 36 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:54,979 rid of a plastic water bottle remember to recycle it bring reusable bags to the 37 00:03:54,979 --> 00:04:00,819 grocery store. You can buy cloth bags from the grocery store or reuse the plastic ones 38 00:04:00,819 --> 00:04:07,120 you have at home. You can also recycle any plastic bottles and bags that you have at 39 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:12,819 home. Do your part to keep plastic out of the oceans and off of the land by recycling 40 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:20,379 all the plastic in your home. The human population is growing so fast and so is the amount of 41 00:04:20,379 --> 00:04:25,899 things we use and throw away every day the earth can't keep up with all of our 42 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:32,199 garbage so we have to start thinking of ways to reduce reuse and recycle what we 43 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:39,100 use you can ask your parents to help you create a recycling program at home work 44 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:44,800 together with your family to decide what items can be recycled such as newspaper 45 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:52,060 cans glass and plastic bottles ask your parents to look into the recycling rules in your city 46 00:04:52,060 --> 00:04:58,420 and keep as much out of the garbage cans as possible ask yourself before you recycle something 47 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:06,100 can I reuse this you can also recycle old batteries and electronics have your parents 48 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:11,019 help you find the place in your neighborhood to recycle old batteries and electronics that 49 00:05:11,019 --> 00:05:17,740 you don't need anymore such as televisions, computers and old cell phones. Do your part 50 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:24,259 to keep these harmful products out of oceans and off of the land. You could start a compost 51 00:05:24,259 --> 00:05:29,740 at your house. Ask your parents to help you start a compost system in your backyard for 52 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:35,420 all of your fruits and vegetable peelings and scraps. Composting is very good for the 53 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:42,459 land because it is full of nutrients you can also use the compost to fertilize your own garden 54 00:05:42,459 --> 00:05:51,639 planet earth gives us everything we need to live a happy healthy life but sometimes we don't know 55 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:58,000 how to say thank you for everything earth gives us we need to do what we can to show planet earth we 56 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:05,860 are grateful for what we have you can spend time in nature instead of watching TV tonight or playing 57 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:12,939 indoors why not go outside and play there are many great things that you can do outside like 58 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:20,319 playing a sport taking your dog for a walk going to the beach or planning an outdoor game with the 59 00:06:20,319 --> 00:06:26,399 neighborhood kids not only will the earth love you for being outside but you'll feel great playing 60 00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:34,420 out in the fresh air keep your school and neighborhood free of garbage the more we keep 61 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:40,459 our Earth clean, the happier it will be. Do your part by making sure you don't leave your 62 00:06:40,459 --> 00:06:46,639 garbage lying around. Put it in the recycling or garbage where it belongs. If you want to 63 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:51,779 do a huge thing for the planet Earth, plan a garbage pickup at your school and involve 64 00:06:51,779 --> 00:06:55,139 all of your family and friends to clean up the area where you play.