We can do a lot to slow down climate change, but so can adults! Sometimes they just need a friendly reminder….
Ruby and friends in the United States tell adults “Give us hope!” You can sing along!
Give us hope. Global warming’s a problem.
Can you see? Look at the air!
Can you feel? The temperature is rising!
Give us hope, and kids’ll show you the way!
Help stop global warming and create a good future for kids around the world!
Michael USA
Letter to Nicky USA from the president of MIT, an American university.
American students from Cottage Lane School meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters in New York to encourage him to keep working on getting countries to reduce their air pollution and slow down climate change.
What do YOU think adults should do to help slow down climate change?
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There are many things adults can do to help slow down climate change. In a poll “TIME” did, it showed that adults prefer to take the bus and subway to work, but it was a really close percentage, so let’s increase the amount of adults that want to ride the bus or carpool.This can help because, the less vehicles on the road the less carbon dioxide releasing into the air. You can also, grow a garden with flowers and foods. Not only are the fruits and vegetables good for your health by eating healthy food but plants in general take in carbon dioxide and all humans shouldn’t be breathing carbon dioxide. These are two examples of what adults can do to help. What are you doing to help slow down climate change?
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take less showers and baths because you are wasting water and your parents pay a lot of money
and save electricity:)
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Adults can turn off their cars when they are not using them. the gasoline can get into the air and spread at a rapid pace. When possible adults can carpool with one and other. Less cars mean less gasoline being used! when an engine is on it burns fossil fuels. So without as many cars and cars on, not as many fossil fuels will be getting burnt and pollute the air.
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Adults can help climate change by eating less meat. The Worldwatch Institute has a report that says 51% or more of greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture. But the biggest meats that causes global warming is beef and lamb. People don’t have to give up meat we just shouldn’t overeat it.
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Adults can unplug computers, TVs, consoles, exc. Even when these electronic items are off, they us energy! Adults can also buy solar panels, or wind turbines instead of generators.
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Adults and kids can slow down climate change by prevent insects from being killed. Insects help plants grow by transferring pollen from flower to flower. Plants absorb CO2 out of the air. Those plants drop seeds onto the soil. Eventually another plant will start to grow, and the cycle goes on forever, as long as the plants and the insects are alive and healthy.
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Adults should think about installing solar, getting an electric or hybrid car, and spreading awareness.
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Adults should encourage their children to slow down climate change.This is our planet and it’s our responsibility to take care of it.One thing you can do is buying LED light bulbs.The LED are different from regular light bulbs because they use less energy.
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I think that you are right because this is our world and we do need to take care of it because we want to make the planet great for other people
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Adults should drink from reusable mugs so you do not have to use a plastic cup or a carboard cup because then factories would have to burn more coal and there would be more CO2 in the air. If people did use reusable cups factories would make less cups which makes make less CO2
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To help slow down climate change adults can replace a regular light bulb with a cfl light bulb. This helps because cfls use 60% less energy than regular light bulb. This will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
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