Every individual, whether young or old, has a role to play in preserving our planet. Here are a few simple things you can put into practice every day to protect it.
Water is not only used for eating and drinking at home, it is also useful for people's hygiene and keeping our homes clean.
Washing, doing the dishes, cleaning, and flushing the toilet are daily actions which represent 93% of a family's water consumption. If you have a garden, watering it consumes a lot of water...
Have you thought about how to save water yet?
What would we do without electricity at home? Have you thought about what stops working in your home when the electricity is cut off?
Heating, cooking and hot water are also made possible by gas, coal or other sources of energy. These raw materials are not inexhaustible, though, and our planet Earth took a long time to "manufacture" them.
What could you and your family do in order to save them?
Our life styles are generating more and more rubbish. But what is rubbish? A product becomes rubbish when it is put in the dustbin.
Those trainers that you don't like any more, the old computer that no longer works, the broken down car, and the leftovers from a meal, are all rubbish.
How can we reduce the volume of our rubbish?
By making sure your taps don't leak, you save up to 120 liters of water per day!
You can save energy by turning off your television set and other appliances rather than leaving them switched on in sleep mode.
When you open the window, turn off the heater. You'll save energy.
In summer, watering your garden in the morning or in the evening prevents the water evaporating too quickly.
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