How We Can Help the Environment

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How We Can Help the Environment The environment is the natural

How We Can Help the Environment

The environment is the natural

world.

To help the environment, we can think about how our lives and actions affect the
natural world.

We can all make small changes that will help the environment.

If everyone in the world made one small change to help the environment, imagine the positive difference we could make!

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Turn off the Tap When You Brush Your Teeth By turning

Turn off the Tap When You Brush Your Teeth

By turning off

the tap when you brush your teeth, you will save around 12 litres of water.

If you brush your teeth twice a day, this will save 24 litres of water each day, or 168 litres a week!

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How Does Saving Water Help the Environment? Less water is used

How Does Saving Water Help the Environment?

Less water is used

from rivers, lochs and reservoirs.

Less energy is needed to clean and pump the wastewater.

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Use Both Sides of Paper When You are Drawing or Writing

Use Both Sides of Paper When You are Drawing or Writing


Trees are very important to the environment as they absorb a gas called carbon dioxide and make a gas called oxygen. We need oxygen to breathe.

This helps to save trees, as paper is made from trees.

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Sort and Recycle Your Rubbish Recycle plastic, paper and food waste

Sort and Recycle Your Rubbish

Recycle plastic, paper and food waste

by sorting them into the correct bins.

Recycling helps to reduce waste and means less rubbish ends up in landfill sites.

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Can You Sort and Recycle This Rubbish?

Can You Sort and Recycle This Rubbish?

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Walk Instead of Going by Car Cars produce harmful gases that

Walk Instead of Going by Car

Cars produce harmful gases that

can damage the environment.

Walking is good exercise and helps you to stay fit and healthy.

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Take a Reusable Bag When You Go to the Supermarket or

Take a Reusable Bag When You Go to the Supermarket or

Shops

Using reusable bags helps us to use fewer plastic bags, which can damage the environment if they become rubbish.

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Use a Refillable Water Bottle This helps to reduce plastic waste and saves you money.

Use a Refillable Water Bottle

This helps to reduce plastic waste and

saves you money.
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Plant Seeds in Your Garden Growing plants helps the environment, as

Plant Seeds in Your Garden

Growing plants helps the environment, as plants

release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Plants also provide food and a place to live for lots of insects, animals and birds.
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Feed the Birds in Winter Birds often struggle to find enough

Feed the Birds in Winter

Birds often struggle to find enough food

in cold weather so you can help them by leaving seeds and bird food in your garden.
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Always Put Your Litter in the Bin Litter can harm wildlife

Always Put Your Litter in the Bin

Litter can harm wildlife and

makes the environment look untidy. You can help to stop this from happening by putting your litter in the bin.
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The Environment Needs You! Choose one of these ways to help

The Environment Needs You!

Choose one of these ways to help the

environment and give it a try.
Together we can all make a difference.