Environmental Blog – Clean Your Footprint

COVID-19

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020
by Zara

As you all know the COVID-19 has effected people’s daily life and caused schools, work, stores, etc. to close down. To stop the spread of the virus you should practice social distancing and wash your hand regularly.

If you are like me, you are probably wondering what to do with all this free time on your hands. Here are some ideas of what to do!

Bake
- Try new recipes or have a bake off with you siblings
- I am usually not the baking typ, but recently I have been baking a lot and leaned that I like it

Relax
- It’s ok to have a day where you do nothing
- Take a day to yourself do a face mask and watch TV

Organize your room
- Play your favorite music and start cleaning your room!
- Get rid of any trash or clothes you don’t wear anymore
- You will like your room a lot more when it’s nice and neat

Art and crafts
- Paint or draw
- Have fun being creative

Workout
- You can still workout in your house
- Look up workouts to do at home and find a routine you enjoy

Do something you have been putting aside
- Now is a good time to do any work that you have been avoiding to do
- You will feel so much better once that is out of your way

Do something you always wanted to do
- If you always wanted to try something but never had the time, now it a perfect time to do it (Still inside your home)

Find a good book to read
Teach your dog new tricks
Go outside to your backyard

Things to keep in mind to stay healthy
- Get enough sleep
- Eat healthy
- Wash hands
- Keep exercising
- Don’t stress
- Practice good hygiene
- Don’t travel or plan to meet up with friends

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Charity

February 8, 2020March 27, 2020
by Zara

There are many ways to help others and your community! Here are some ways to make a difference and help!

1. For your birthday or holiday ask people to donate to a shelter instead of getting you a gift!

Last year for my birthday I asked everyone to bring donations for dogs instead of gifts for me. This is an amazing way to collect donations.

2. Donate you time and volunteer at shelters.

At my new school and at my old school they have clubs where we worked at various charities and collected donations for homeless citizens.

For example me and a group of student visited a homeless shelter. There we helped clean the yard and organized the clothing donations. We learned how the organization helped the people in need providing them with shelter, food, clothing, toiletries, and help them find jobs. This was an amazing opportunity I am so happy I was able to experience.

Another trip me and a few other kids went on was delivering the food donations our school collected to a shelter. When we brought it there we saw how many people worked to organize the food.

When I was in 4th grade my school had a huge food drive where they needed around 10 kids to help delver the food to the shelter. Every student could put their name in once and the teachers would draw the names of kids. I remember being so happy and smiling with joy when I was told I got chosen. We drove in a bus and then volunteers told us where to put all the food we had. I remember organizing all the Mac&Cheese, granola bars, canned beans, peas, veggie, pasta, water bottle s, etc. This was an amazing and important experience especially since I was young and was taught that not everyone is as fortunate as others and we should alway help others.

I am exited to continue volunteering at shelters and helping others.

Sadly I don’t have Photos from these trips but I am so happy I could help others.

3.Donate gifts for people in need especially during the holidays!

At my local church every year they set up a tree with tags. The tags say what kids and adults want as a gift. My sisters and I pick tags every year! My school was also doing a gift drive for the home of Little Wanderers ! Encourage your family and friends to donate gifts to people.

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written by Zara

Compost

January 29, 2020February 27, 2020
by Zara

Composting is when food breaks down into rich soil. Composting is extremely helpful because instead of food rotting in a landfill it can change into soil and be used to help new plants thrive and grow.

What you can compost depends on whether you are doing it at home or a company is collecting compost for you.

Difficult to compost at home
- meat, bones
- dairy, yogurt, cheese, milk
- processed foods

Easy to compost at home
- fruit, kiwi, strawberry, watermelon.etc
- vegetable, corn, carrots, green peppers.etc
- coffee grounds
- food scraps
- eggs, egg shells

Composting at home is not as difficult as it sounds, you just need to be informed and have the correct material. My next blog will be about how to compost at home.

Here are some images to help you!

Image result for compost — **I don’t own this photos**

I have this container in my house where I put my compost. Then I put it into a bigger bin outside where it will decompose!

You can definitely compost at your home, but also there are many composting companies that will pick it up for you. This can be helpful if you live in a city, travel a lot, or have a very busy lifestyle.

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Written by Zara

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Ocean trash

December 27, 2019March 27, 2020
by Zara

During the summer whenever I went to the beach I would pick up trash. Here are some photos and descriptions.

Day 1, I found a ballon, 2 water bottles, a jug of milk, a frisbee, a plastic coffee cup and just some small pieces of trash.

My sister went for a walk on the beach one morning and found this! A scrub, water bottle, and a piece of plastic. Later we went back and still found more!

We found as you can see in the picture ballons, lots of ropes, bottle caps, random pieces of plastic, ribbons, straws, styrofoam, water jugs, food wrappers, and even a shoe!

You might be asking how trash ends up on beaches. Well, it is like a cycle. First trash ends up on the beach either by wind or people just not clean up after themselves. The tides will pull the trash into the ocean and there it will harm animals and pollute there home. The trash will be in the ocean until someone picks it up or it is swept back onto the beach by waves. Now hopefully people will do their part and pick up the trash from beaches so it does not go back into the ocean and repeat the cycle. Clean up any trash you find! 🌎💙

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Earth day

April 22, 2019February 26, 2020
by Zara

Earth Day is on April 22nd and it is a day to celebrate what earth does for us and focus on what we could do to help it.

What to do?

I painted this to show all the trash in the ocean.

To spread the word you can create an art project.
Make an animal out of trash
Paint something that sends a strong message
You can hang this up in school or a public place

I found this balloon on the sidewalk. Balloons are not recyclable and never decompose.

Also, you can go for a walk and pick up trash.
Gather a group of friends and bring gloves and a trash bag
See how much you collect and where you find it.

Also, you can make a challenge for yourself
Give up one thing (or more) like plastic straws, forks, cups, shopping online, etc.
Keep this promise till next Earth Day or forever!

Also, fill your day with outdoor activities
Go for a hike in the beautiful mountains
Bike on your local bike path
Walk to nearby places instead of driving
Join a march and activities taking place in your town or school

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