Help Save The Planet!

Here's a few great tips on how we can all help to save the planet!

In the Garden:

If you have a cat which catches birds, a collar with a little bell will help to warn them.
Bats eat thousands of insects every night, so encourage them to come to your garden by putting up a bat box.
Use biodegradable pesticides, but only when necessary. Pesticides are poisonous so only adults should use them.
Bushes or trees with berries will attract birds, giving them food to eat and places to nest.
Use your own compost instead of peat and chemical fertilizers.
Plant lots of sweet-smelling flowers - they will attract butterflies and moths.

In the Kitchen:

Make sure all your aerosols are ozone-friendly.
Make sure your dishwasher is fully loaded before using it. Better still, wash by hand. Save water by using a bowl or a sink plug.
Save energy by wearing an extra jersey and turning down the central heating.
Ask your parents to use biodegradable washing-up liquid and to use as little as possible.
Open the fridge door as little as possible. When warm air gets in, extra electricity is needed to cool it down again.
Save water in dry weather by using washing-up water on your garden. But make sure you pour the water on the soil, not on the plants!
Make sure your take-away food is packed in ozone friendly boxes. Ask before you buy!

In the Bathroom:

Save Water! Ask your parents to put a brick in the cistern, or fit a dual flush cistern so that you won’t flush so much water down the toilet each time.

Make sure your shampoos, hair conditioners, creams and lotions have not been tested on animals. Make especially sure they do not contain whale oil. Always use as little as possible.

Make sure the cleaners for your bath, sink and toilet are biodegradable, to keep your waste water cleaner.

Save water by taking a shower instead of a bath. This saves energy too, because you’ll use less hot water and use so much electricity, gas or oil.

Use less soap and shampoo. The bubbles are nice but wasteful.

Help the environment by asking your parents to use environmentally friendly washing powder in the washing machine. They can save energy and water by making sure they have a full load of dirty clothes every time.