Page 13 - Highlights for Children (April 2020)

GALLANT CHALLENGE!
Earth Day

Challenge
Let’s What other steps can you and

Step your family take? Write and
let us know. Include your
name, age, and mailing
Up address. Mail to

Earth Day Challenge
Small steps add up. (Big steps 803 Church Street
do too! Read about some Earth Honesdale, PA 18431
Day Heroes on pages 21–25.)
There are LOTS of steps you

and your family can take that
help the planet and make a
difference. Here are a few ideas.

Turn off unused lights.

And consider using energy-
efficient light bulbs rather than
incandescent bulbs. Only about
10 percent of an incandescent’s

energy use makes light. The rest
is lost to heat.

Use less water.

Take shorter showers. A
10-minute shower can use 25
gallons, and a full bathtub can
use 30 gallons. Also, turning off
the tap as you brush your teeth

can save 8 gallons a day.

Avoid wasting food.
Don’t take more than you can

eat. Over one-third of food in the
U.S. is thrown out or wasted.

Use reusable containers.
Plastic and paper bags that

you use just once can pollute Care and repair. Use fewer paper towels.
oceans and add to landfills. Get long life out of things When you can, use
you own by taking good care of reusable rags instead of
Create less trash. them. If they break, can they be disposable paper towels.
Each person in the U.S. adds, fixed? Producing new goods uses Each year in the U.S.,

on average, 4 pounds of garbage energy and raw materials and paper-towel use dumps
to landfills per day. That’s about adds climate-warming carbon the weight of half a million
3 tons per year for a family of 4! dioxide to the atmosphere. elephants into landfills.

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