What can you do at home | What you can do at school | Climate change information | What are a few little things that you can do everyday | Random |
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True or False: Turning off the lights at my house DOESN'T help the climate
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Walking is much better, because it keeps you healthy and doesn't make any pollution. But, taking a bus, biking, or carpooling are also great!
Is it better to walk or drive to school?
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TRUE!
True of false: do humans cause climate change?
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Yes you should. You can help your parents find food that isn't in plastic.
Should you go shopping for food with your parents?
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Planes are worse, because they use a large amount of gas.
What is worse for the environment: cars, planes or trains?
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Being vegetarian, vegan, or eating less meat is actually much better for the planet. Animals produce a lot of carbon dioxide (the bad kind). Reducing meat helps to reduce the amount of carbon
Which option is better:
Eating meat every day OR Being vegetarian, vegan, or eating LESS meat |
A litterless lunch means you bring no plastic in your lunch to school that you have to throw out. This means you bring reusable containers and forks if you need them.
What is a litter-less lunch
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FALSE! climate change means that weather gets WILD! This means that summers get hotter but winters get colder and more snowy.
True of false: climate change stops when it is snowing outside.
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Go outside! it helps to connect you back to the earth and doesn't use electricity
Should you play outside or play video games when you get home?
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Sea level will RISE
What happens to sea level when the ice in the ocean melts
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Compost, recycle, and garbage
What are three ways to throw food or garbage out in different "bins"
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FALSE! you CANNOT recycle plastic straws. This is an example of how important it is to learn about the recycling rules in your city.
True of false: you can recycle plastic straws
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Climate is the weather but over a long amount of time to see what's changing.
What is climate?
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Yes! climate change is very important and we cannot forget about it.
Should you talk to your parents everyday about climate change?
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We should plant MORE trees because they take the carbon out of the air and put clean air back into the air.
Should you plant more trees or should we cut them down?
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Solar, wind turbines, and hydroelectricity (water)
Name three types of energy that are good for the environment
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Go on a field trip to somewhere like ecology park or a forest, start a compost or recycling system if you don't have one, encourage less plastic from school food, and any other ideas- there are so many options!
What is one idea that your class could do to help make the whole school better for the environment?
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Big factories and corporations pollute so much more than regular every day people. Here's a crazy fact: 100 of the biggest companies of the world make 71% of pollution.
Who is the most responsible for climate change? Factories and corporations, or individuals like me and you?
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Walking, Biking, and others
What are some ways to get to school without a car?
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you can walk, bike, carpool, stop buying plastic items, bring your own lunch to school, talk to people about climate change and so much more.
How can you help to stop climate change?
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Turn off lights when you leave, turn down the heat and instead wear cozy sweaters, plant a garden or trees in your backyard, compost, rain barrels, taking shorter showers, turn the tap off when you brush your teeth, recycle, buy less plastic, and much more!
What are five different things you can do in your own house to help stop climate change.
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Ask your teacher questions- that's their job! Ask your parents also, and you can even do research on your own.
If you want to learn more about climate change, what can you do?
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People who live beside the ocean will be more affected, because there are more natural disasters and the ocean will rise as ice melts.
Who will be more affected by climate change: people who live by the ocean or people who live in the middle of a country?
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You should shop at a farmers market! This food is grown near you, so your food doesn't need to be brought in cars or trucks that make pollution.
Should you shop at a farmers market or a grocery store?
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What are three things you learned today?
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