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COMMITTEE FOR A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
Did you know?
Global warming is the name given by scientists for the gradual increase in temperature of the Earth’s surface that has worsened since the industrial revolution.
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Welcome Kids!
Recycling means taking materials from products you have finished using and making brand new products with them. For example, most of the aluminum
What is Sustainability?
Leave the world better than you found it, take no more than you need, try not to harm life or the environment, make amends if you do. ~Paul Hawken
cans in the United States are made with recycled aluminum. So if you drink juice or soda from a can, recycle that can instead of throwing it in the trash. That can will stay in the Recycling Loop and out of the landfill.
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
~WCED "Our Common Future" The Brundtland Report
If we continue our careless way of living, rising global temperatures will cause sea level to rise and alter local climate conditions, affecting forests, crop yields, and water supplies. It may also affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems. Deserts may expand and some of our countryside may be permanently altered.
Making new things from recycled ones takes less money, less energy, and less of the Earth’s resources.
Check out some of these neat environmental web sites:
