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KID'S PAGE
Dear MEC Newsletter, July 24, 1997
I wish water was cleaner than it is now because when I'm hot, I drink water and like to swim in it. The animals drink water and get sick or die if there is oil, gas, or poisons in it. I hope everyone would try to clean it up.
Your friend,
Kristin Love, age 11
Dear Earth, July 23, 1997
Thank you for the trees, the birds and the butterflies. You are so kind and pretty Earth. Earth, I'm so sorry because there are people who don't keep you clean, and there are gangs. Earth, I will help clean you.
Sarah, age 10
Dear Friends of the Earth, July 22, 1997
The spiders are great use to the Earth. They keep insects from taking over the Earth and destroying it. Some spiders are intelligent like the black widow. They supply sticky webs so that the prey can't get away. Then it wraps it up and saves it for later.
Josh W. Mcintosh, age 11
Dear MEC Newsletter, July 24, 1997
I love trees. Trees give oxygen. Oxygen makes us able to live. Carbon dioxide makes trees grow and it comes from us. So let's save people and trees.
by Daniel Hair, age 10
Dear Friends, July 24, 1997
Hi, my name is Cristian. I think that the water is important because we need something to drink. Also plants need water to grow. We need fruit so we can have vitamins. I hope our fruit does not get poisons from the water, because then they go into our bodies. Well, I have to go clean the ocean!
Your friend,
Cristian Alverez, age 12
Dear Earth, July 22, 1997
I think trees and clean air are important. I think we will use trees forever. We need clean water for drinking. If we did not have water, we could not live. Water is always fun to go swimming in.
Dustin, age 11
Simple Things KIDS Can Do To Save The Earth!
This issue's theme: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
° If you take your lunch to school, bring it in a lunchbox or reusable sack!
° Use cloth towels instead of paper towels after you wash your hands!
° Encourage your parents to bring reusable bags with them to the grocery store!
° Recycle kitchen, yard, and food waste by building a compost pile! Plant a garden! Plant trees!
° Avoid styrofoam. Such plastic is often made with chemicals that make the ozone hole bigger!
° Start recycling in your home and school! You can recycle glass, aluminum, paper, brown paper bags, cardboard, and newspaper.
Source: 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth! by The EarthWorks Group, Andrews and McMeel
Copyright Mendocino Environmental Center 1997
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