 How Can I Help?
Did you ever think, “Gee, I’m only one person. Can I really make a difference all by myself?”
YOU BET YOU CAN! There are plenty of ways you can help to make the earth a better place for plants, animals...AND US. Just as many small trees form a forest, our individual efforts put together can achieve great accomplishments. Think of each good deed you do as “one more tree in the forest” for a better environment!
For wildlife in your backyard:
- Build a feeder, house or nest box and put it up
- Make brush piles and wildlife plantings
- Plan and maintain areas that are not mowed
- Put out a bird bath or water source -
- Use native plants to landscape
To help conserve resources:
- Reduce, reuse, recycle (and prevent littering)
- Instead of the car, use your bike or skateboard
- Don’t leave water on when you brush or wash
- Close doors behind you and turn out lights
At school:
- Read a book about conservation or the outdoors
- Organize a “green-up day” for your class
- Talk to a friend
- Plant a tree
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EcoPuzzle
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- 1. Sticks and limbs put into piles for wildlife
- 2. We all breathe it
- 3. You do this when you recycle yard clippings and other plant matter
- 4. Fish and reptiles can be described this way 5. Litter is this 6. Very rare plants or animals might be ____
- 5. In this game, you have to touch the other person
- 7. To use something again
- 8. If a scientist tested air or water, first he ___________it (also means “tried something”)
- 9. All life needs this wet resource
- 10. A feathered creature
- 11. The solution to pollution is _____
- 12. Put this in the feeder for #10 down
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