Peserta # M.1.e

My green way to save the planet

          One way to save the planet is by making a compost. Composts are important because it reduces the garbage on earth. In third grade we did a soil unit and in that unit we had to make a compost. After the dirt was all composted we used it for fertilizer in our schools garden. If you want to make a compost you need a bowl, food trash (like cereal, apple peels and banana peels) soil, oxigen and worms. You first mix all the ingredient and then put in the worms in. In a week or so your composts can be used for fertilizer.

          Another way to save the planet is by saving water. Water is extremely important because you use it for baths, you drink it and you swim in it. Every night or morning I try to save water by taking shorter showers and my mom is giving my brothers shorter baths too. Here are 10 tips for saving the water:

1.Turn off the water while you brush your teeth
2.Use rain water to water you plants
3.Take shorter showers
4. When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.
5.Drop your tissue in the trash instead of flushing it and save water every time.
6.Turn off the water while you wash your hair to save up to 150 gallons a month.
7.For cold drinks keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap. This way, every drop goes down you and not the drain.
8.Use a water-efficient showerhead. They're inexpensive, easy to install, and can save you up to 750 gallons a month.
9.Next time you add or replace a flower or shrub, choose a low water use plant for year-round landscape color and save up to 550 gallons each year
10.Water your lawn and garden in the morning or evening when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation.

          Other ways to save the planet is by saving electricity or energy. Energy/electricity is important because it gives us light, it runs computers, tv's and much more. I save electricity or energy by turning off room's light when somebody is not there and I will tell my mom to use her phone less. Here are 10 tips to save energy/electricity:
1. Change or clean your furnace filter once a month.
2. Install a programmable thermostat.
3. Don't set the thermostat higher than you actually want it.
4. Don't let furniture and draperies block the air flow from air registers.
5. If your home has a boiler system, avoid covering radiators with screens or blocking them with furniture.
6. Use rags or hand towels instead of paper towels or napkins.
7. When using the fireplace, turn down the furnace to 55 degrees. If you don't, all the warm air from the furnace will go right up the chimney, wasting energy and money.
8. Keep plantings at least one foot away from your central air conditioning unit for adequate airflow.
9. During late afternoon and early evening, turn off unnecessary lights and wait to use heat-producing appliances.
10. Shade south- and west- facing windows during the hottest part of the day in the summer.

          Our family tries to use the reusable Walmart bag so we can reduce plastic bags. We also reuse the plastic bags from the grocery store for packing stuff in the attic, use it for a garbage bag on car trip, and sometimes me and my brothers use it to make shirts.

          I used to do recycling at school. Some fourth graders get chosen by their teacher and get to be a recycler. Each pair of students get assigned to a section in the school and what they recycled, like paper or plastic. The fourth graders then gather the paper or plastic from their sections and leave it by the cafeteria. And later the custodian put the paper and plastic in the recycle truck.

          And those are my green way to save the planet. If I keep doing these things I can save the earth.