Advice on Environmental Issues by
Tali and Inna

Dear Tali,

My friend and I drive to work every day in a separate car to the same building , how can my car effect the enviroment?

- Going on wheels

Dear Going on wheels,

Maybe instead of driving every where, you can walk instead!!!! And since you and your friends you and your friends work in the same building and you all drive in separate cars maybe you can car pool. Did you know " just burning one gallon of gasoline produces 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, the chief of Global Warming" says Save Our Planet. Global Warming is when we put so much chemicals, such as fuel in to the air, we have created a whole in the ozone layer which protects us from the sun's strong rays. And soon we will not be able to live from the heat. We can try to prevent Global warming by you can either buy or borrow a fuel efficient car, or you can buy or borrow and electric car.

Dear Tali,

I was wondering if you could tell me a few ways of conserving water.

Drowning in Water

Dear Drowning in Water,

Some ways to conserve water are to take short showers, don't leave the water running if you are not using water, and don't take more water to drink if your not going to drink all of the water.

Dear Tali,

Someone told me the other day that if we don't stop throwing away so much garbage our backyards are going too become garbage dumps! What can I do to stop throwing away so much?

-Full of Garbage

Dear Full of Garbage,

To help prevent throwing away so much you can either reuse, it reduce, it or recycle. For example, let's say you bring plastic silverware to school each day and when you are finished you throw it away, instead of throwing it away you can wash it off and save it for the next time you are going to use it, reuse it! Let's say you use a whole roll of aluminum foil each week. Instead of using so much foil you can use less foil, reduce it. Last let's say that you always throw out scrap paper and use new paper every time. Instead of throwing it away you can recycle it.

Dear Tali,

If everyone keeps on cutting down the trees what is going to happen to our habitat?

-Mrs. Habitat

Dear Mrs. Habitat,

If everyone keeps on cutting down all the trees all that was held in place by the trees roots will roll down into our rivers, and all of our animals won't have a place to live, and soon all of our animals will die because of the food chain and we will die because the trees give us oxygen.

Dear Tali,

I want to recycle but the area that I live doesn't pick up recycling. Where can I go to get my recycling done?

-Mr. Recycle

Dear Mr. Recycle,

You can bring all of your recycling to a recycling center near where you live, so you can still recycle even if they don't pick it up near you!

Dear Tali,

I always use so much paper each day during school, for homework, and more. What can I do to stop using so much paper?

-Waster of Paper

Dear Waster of Paper,

Instead of taking a new sheet of paper each time you run out of room you can use the back of the paper. Another way is to recycle your paper after you are done using it by doing this you are reusing the paper. A final way to conserve paper is to buy recycled paper. By doing this you are saving a lot of paper and the trees too!

DEAR INNA

Dear Inna,

My name is Mr. Electron. I have a question for you. I have a very large family. I have three sons and two daughters and we all are using a lot of electricity, and our electricity bill is very high. So my question to you is how can we reduce the amount of electricity we use?

Mr. Electron

Dear Mr. Electron,

The answer to your question is very simple. One way for your family to stop using so much electricity is instead of watching TV every day and night you and your family can play games like Monopoly or something else. Another way to stop using so much electricity is to make sure you turn off the lights when you leave a room.Another idea is to every month look at your machine that shows how much electricity you used and every month try to decrease the amount of electricity you used.

Inna

Dear Inna,

Hi, my name is Mrs. Sap and I am very concerned that we don't have enough forests in our country. I am very scared that very soon the forests will disappear forever and we won't have any trees anymore. Please give me a suggestion on how I can prevent that from happening.

Mrs. Sap

Dear Mrs. Sap,

I do have a suggestion for you. One way that you can prevent that from happening is you and your friends can form a club and then your group can plant trees all around the city.Another way is you can reuse paper. For example, you can use both sides of the paper instead of one side. A third way is to recycle paper.

Inna

Dear Inna,

Hello, my name is Mr. Trashenwater and I have a really big problem and I was hoping that you could help me with it. See, I live

next to a lake and lately I was noticing that the lake was getting dirtier and dirtier. My question to you is how can I stop this problem.

Mr. Trashenwater

Dear Mr.Trashenwater,

I do have a suggestion for you. One way that you can stop that is you could put signs that say "don't litter, save the lake "near the lake.A lot of rivers and oceans are dirty because of people throw their garbage in there. Also the animals in the water can get poisoned because of the garbage in the water.

Inna

Dear Inna,

Hi ,my name is Ms. Landwitrash and I have a really big problem and I was hoping that you can help me with it. See I live in a big city, Chicago. In my city there is a lot of trash, and so my question to you is how can I help to clean this trash up?

Ms. Landwitrash

Dear Ms. Landwitrash,

I do have a very good suggestion for you. One thing you can do is go to the mayor of your city and ask him to hold a contest in your city: who ever can pick up the most trash in one month or a year will win the contest will get a trophy or a medal or something else. Another idea is that you can come to a school and talk with students about garbage and then the students can tell their parents about what they learned in school and then the parents can get involved. The parents will get involved by also starting to pick up the garbage and also stop littering.

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