How You Can Help the Environment
From Linda Book's World of Music for Kids (www.lindabook.com).

Here's what you can do to help the environment:

If you are a child, here are some things you can do:

• Save energy by turning off the light when you leave your room.
• Save trees, which are used to make paper, by using a lunch pail, rather than a paper bag each day.
• Pick up litter that you see in your neighborhood and recycle whatever can be recycled - aluminum cans, glass, paper, cardboard, plastic things.
• Ride your bike or walk, when you can, rather than ride in a car.
• Turn off the water while you are brushing your teeth.
• Use less water in your bath or shower.
• Use both sides of a piece of paper when drawing, coloring or writing.

Here are some things your family can do together:

• Use paper shopping bags, rather than plastic, and reuse them at the market. Keep a supply in your car, so you have them with you when you stop at the store.
• Pay attention to the packaging of the products you buy and buy things that come in containers that can be recycled or reused.
• When possible, bring fruits and vegetables home unwrapped, rather than in plastic bags.
• Recycle aluminum, glass, newspapers, cardboard and plastic containers.
• Use water-saving devices on toilets, shower heads and faucets.
• Carpool whenever possible. When you can, walk, ride a bike, or use public transportation.
• Plant trees in your yard.
• Diaper babies in cloth diapers, which can be used again and again.
• In the winter, keep your thermostat lower and wear a sweater. In the summer, be a little warmer than you are used to. Let the air conditioner rest, and let your body use its thermostat.

Originally from the book "A Frog's Tale" by Linda Book, based on the song of the same name from the album "No More Animals."
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