Earth Day


Friday (20th. April, 2012)



a) Earth Day

 22nd is Earth Day. The Earth is sick and we hope to save it making it a better place.

Q: What do you do when you want a drink of 100 Plus?

Kids: We buy from shops. Lorries sent them to shops. In fact, most consumer products are sent by ships, trains or planes from overseas. Factories would produce them whenever customers want more. Factories have got to order aluminum cans from material supplier. Suppler would have to order from miners. This is an example of ecology relationship.

Q: What happens when people start to fill up the Earth with drink cans or other rubbish? There will mountains of rubbish everywhere.

Kids: Recycle to make other things. Or they can burn the rubbish.

 Rubbish if left alone would caused problems such as air pollution, toxic gas being released such as CO2. It would affect us in many ways. The rubbish are brought to a big dump area and usually being buried. Burning would cause the released of CO3.

 The concern is, “We buy whatever we want. But…..the resources will finish and humans are not doing enough to protect them. Paper comes from matured trees which take about at least 7 years to be planted before being fallen down.”



b) 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

 We can reduce buying products. Example: We should drink more water as it is healthier than carbonated drinks. We can boil water rather than buying bottled water.

 We can reuse. Rei shared that she give away her clothes to her cousins. Jia Xun said she gave Teacher Re Hong her baby clothes. When we reuse, to preserve Earth resources, reduced transportation and manufacturing that releases gases and smoke. We can also save money to use it for emergency or other activities.

 We can recycle. Recycling Bins can be found at many places including shopping centers and schools. The common bins are for items of Plastic, Glass, Paper, Aluminum and Tins. However some items cannot be recycled, they should be returned to the manufacturers. Examples: battery, handphone and computers. Light bulbs or broken glasses should go into trash.



c) Video Clip: Garbage Dump.

* Kids saw how rubbish from our small dustbins go into rubbish trucks which ended up in big dumps. Those could be recycled would go into a Recycling Centre. We saw how people around the world lived in the dump to collect recycled items; so that they can sell and earn a living. Kids kept saying that it’s dirty and smelly but again, we must say a BIG Thank You to them. They have made our Earth a better home!