Green is the new cool thing - it is more than a color, it also means that you take care of the environment and want to protect it so that future generations can also share in it.
If you just look around you every day you will see how much trash you throw away, if you drive around you will see factories that causes air pollution, people cutting down trees and not planting new ones and mining activities going on.
There is a lot of stuff going on that damages Earth and you may think "But I am just a child, what can I do?"
You do not have to change the whole world at once, but if every single person just make small changes to protect our Earth, it is going to make a huge difference.
There are a few things that you can do.
- Try and have a look at how many things you use and throw away. Is there maybe a way in which you can recycle or re-use it?
- A lot of things can be recycled like bottles and paper and plastic. Keep it in separate in a dustbin and take it to a recycling plant or give it to somebody who makes a living out of recycling.
- Enjoy nature - take a walk and appreciate the plants around you. If you can, plant a tree.
- Do not waste water. (You can play some games and get some tips here on this topic.)
If you do not waste water we can say you reduce the water usage. "Reducing" is also a way of being green and you can do things like switching of the lights or electrical appliances if you do not use it and that way using less electricity.
You can also rather walk or ride your bike instead of always riding in a car and that way you are causing less air pollution.
If you want to be green you have to remember the 3 R's - "re-use, reduce and recycle".
It has become so easy for us to use something once and then just throw it away. If we can use something more than once it means there is one less thing that must be made again by using the Earth's resources.
Use a bottle for your water that you can use over and over instead of buying a new water bottle every time. You can use water from the tap instead of buying plastic water bottles.
If you draw or print on a paper, use both sides, that way less trees will have to be cut down for new paper,
If you have toys or clothes that you do not use anymore, give it to somebody that can use it.
There are many things that people can recycle. They can use plastic, glass and paper and metal and cut it up or melt it or use a process and make new items to be used again,
The more we recycle, the less we need to use resources to produce new things. So instead of cutting down more trees to make a lot of new paper, they can recycle old paper and use it again to make paper.