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Module 1: How To Protect The Earth at Home (Reading - Worksheet 1)

1. The document provides tips for protecting the earth at home, which is more manageable than taking on larger issues. Simple everyday steps like making non-toxic cleaning products, using cloth bags, and growing an organic garden can make an impact. 2. Specific tips include making your own cleaning products using reusable containers, using cloth bags for all shopping, setting up a compost bin, choosing energy efficient appliances, growing your own organic garden or supporting local farmers, and reducing car travel through options like biking, walking, or carpooling. 3. Taking these small actions at home can foster stewardship of the environment that lasts for generations.

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Module 1: How To Protect The Earth at Home (Reading - Worksheet 1)

1. The document provides tips for protecting the earth at home, which is more manageable than taking on larger issues. Simple everyday steps like making non-toxic cleaning products, using cloth bags, and growing an organic garden can make an impact. 2. Specific tips include making your own cleaning products using reusable containers, using cloth bags for all shopping, setting up a compost bin, choosing energy efficient appliances, growing your own organic garden or supporting local farmers, and reducing car travel through options like biking, walking, or carpooling. 3. Taking these small actions at home can foster stewardship of the environment that lasts for generations.

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MODULE 1: HOW TO PROTECT THE EARTH AT HOME (READING - WORKSHEET 1)

Pre Reading

What do you do to protect the earth? Mention 3 ideas.

1. Plant a tree. 2. Use the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and 3. Mobilize by bike.
recycle.
While Reading

Read the text How to Protect the Earth at Home

Take a realistic approach to protecting the earth 1. Make your own non-toxic cleaning products.
and first consider what you can do in your own Doing this will reduce the use of plastics because
home. This is much more manageable than taking you are reusing plastic containers to hold the
on the world. It is in these simple everyday steps cleaning products. The ingredients are also
that one can make an impact. By setting a good biodegradable which means it is gentler on the
example for your children, you are fostering a sense environment.
of stewardship that will last generations to come.
2. Use cloth bags at the grocery store and for all 3. Explore the idea of purchasing energy-efficient
your grocery needs. Store them in the trunk of your appliances. They may cost more upfront but in the
car so you always have them on hand. You don't end you will save money because they use less
have to limit their use to the grocery store. If you energy. Replace regular light bulbs with their
don't have a cloth bag with you when you are energy efficient counterparts. You pay a little
shopping, ask yourself if you need a bag at all. more, but the life of the bulb is significantly longer.
4. Set up a compost bin. Add a few less things to 5. Grow an organic garden. Being able to rely on
the landfill by composting your kitchen scraps. All yourself for fresh produce is very rewarding. Share
plant-derived foods, coffee grounds and tea your harvest with neighbors, can and preserve the
leaves can be composted. Have a small container excess for years to come. If you don't have the
in your home to place items in. When the storage space or time to grow a garden, shop locally and
container gets full, transfer the waste to an outdoor support local farmers.
bin. Use the resulting rich fertile soil in the garden.
6. Reduce the use of car travel. Consider using 7. Reuse clothing. When possible, look for hand-
public transportation, walking, carpooling and bike me-downs for your children's clothing. Shop resale
riding to get to where you want to go. If you must shops, garage sales and pass clothing items on to
travel by car, shop for a fuel efficient/hybrid friends and family. Consider doing this with toys too.
vehicle and keep up-to-date with emissions When you do buy toys, choose ones that are built
checks. to last. So many of the plastic toys available fall
apart quickly and end up in the trash.
According to the reading: How can you protect the earth?

Use of plastic bags Use cloth bags at grocery stores for Local farmers Grow your own organic garden if not buy
all of our needs. and support local farmers.
Cleaning products Make our own natural cleaning Transport Use the bike, walk or buy a hybrid vehicle
products. to get around.
Electrical energy Save energy by buying energy Clothing Buy second-hand clothes and buy cloth
efficient appliances. toys, not plastic.
Kitchen scraps Compost kitchen scraps for rich,
fertile soil.
Post Reading

Reflect on the reading's topic and answer the following questions.

Why is important to carry a cloth bag while you are shopping?

Because that way we don't use plastic bags since they harm the environment._______________
Why is important to support local farmers?

Because we can support the economy of a small local business.___________________________


Why is important to reduce the use of car travel?

Because we improve mobility by bike and on foot and reduce air pollution.__________________

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