Earth Day
Sources:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1613762,00.html
What is the issue?
The “issue” is that on April 22nd, all over the world, people took part in Earth Day. Earth Day is a special day where people around the globe all take part in cleaning up all the streets, and the beaches, and we all take care of the environment. People let the cars take a rest, and projects to protect the environment are held. One example is in New York; a plan is to plant up to a million trees in the big city, so that the trees could suck up carbon dioxide, and the city mayor hopes the city could cool down. Wal-Mart employees clean up and do community service… scientists are also working on reusing everything so that everything we throw out can be made into new things. This is part of a plan called zero waste. Another interesting project is to see if olive oil or vegetable oil can power our cars. This should stop pollution and global warming.
Who is involved?
The entire world is involved because we are the ones who could help stop these things from happening, like global warming, and reusing stuff, recycle stuff… etc. etc. etc. We are the ones that can help. If everyone did something small, then it would obviously make into something big… which would then help the world.
Who is affected and how?
We all are. We are affected because of course the effects of if and if we don’t do anything about stuff that’s going on will affect out lives. Stuff like zero waste, and vegetable oil powered cars will have great effects on the Earth… which is what we live in, which will affect us.
What would I do if I were directly involved?
All right, there I not a “directly involved” thing in here. Although I might want to find a way to make way for new Earthly projects. If that’s not possible (it might be), I will just do what everyone should be doing, like recycling that soda can, or turning off the TV when no one’s watching it… if everyone did something little (and there are lots of everyones) it will equal something big. So go ahead. Spread the word, make a difference.
