Friday, April 22, 2011

How has Earth Day changed the way we live?


Earth Day started in 1970 as a way to begin taking care of our planet, at the time it seemed like a bizarre idea. Going Green and preserving the Earth is now a wide-spread idea with millions of followers. Today, there are things that we do everyday to help preserve the earth. There are also many habits and practices that we do everyday that  hurts the Earth, whether it is littering, using fossil fuels to run cars, or digging deep into the earth to extract oil.

Think about you own life:
1. What are some habits that you do everyday to help the Earth?
2. What are some habits that you have that might have a negative impact on the Earth?
3. What do you think is the purpose for Earth Day?

Please write a well written post to these questions. Be sure to include complete sentences and proper punctuation.

19 comments:

Quinn O. said...

Some of the habits I do every day to help the earth is clean up the trash that I see on the streets. Some habits I have that do not help the earth is maybe once a week throw trash in my back yard. I think the purpose of earth day is to clean up our world.

Kate said...

What I do to help the earth is I do not throw garbage anywhere but the trash. It is a good way to take care of the earth because if you don’t your polluting. Something I could do differently is recycling more. The purpose of earth day is not to just do good things to the earth on this day; it’s just to celebrate the earth and get it more clean.

Rachael said...

What I do every day to help the earth is I walk instead of using a car and I don’t litter; I just wait until I find a trash can. I think that using too much electricity and littering is a negative way to help the earth on Earth day, we should all help the Earth because that’s the world we live in and we don’t want it to be a big dump. I think the purpose for Earth day is to clean up the earth because the earth should be clean and not trashed. If it weren’t for the people who made Earth day in 1970 our world would be unclean and getting the atmosphere full of bad toxic’s.

Trevor said...

One of my habits in my day is to try to take out the things that can be recycled and reused. We also use hand me downs from other people. We always walk to school when we scan and when we see any trash we chase it.
I think a bad habit that we all have is that we want to drive everywhere and we don’t bike very often. This is all part of exercise because we fell like we cannot get on to our bikes or our feet to go anywhere.
I think the purpose of Earth Day is to try to help our earth and keep it clean. I also think that it is to care for the animals because they are living creatures. I think we also do it because it also helps us breath nice clean air.

Emma said...

Everyday habits my family has are recycling, reducing the electricity bill by playing outside and tuning off lights when useless. We also save money by not buying an air- conditioner. We reuse our plastic bags from the grocery store to use as garbage bags. I have a negative impact on littering. Littering is getting to be a huge conflict for our oceans and sea life. I think the purpose of Earth Day is to respect the earth and a day to take charge and clean up the earth.

Lucas said...

I think over the past forty years we have made a very big changes. Like that river in the video in 1970 it was covered in slime. But now it is so pretty. I do not have any habits the I know of that make a negative impact on our planet. One of my habits that help the earth is putting the paper that is unusable in the recycling bin instead of the trash.

Kayla S. said...

The things I do in everyday life to help the earth are turn off the lights when I’m not using them, recycle paper and plastic, and through my trash away.

Some negative habits that I have are my family normally drives every were.

The purpose of earth day is to celebrate the earth and to think about how we can help make the earth a better place for us to live and for animals to live.

Evan said...

A good habit that I use every day is picking up trash and throwing it away instead of just walking by.
I have a bad habit of leaving wrappers and other small things in the wrong place.

The purpose of Earth Day is to help the place that we live on by picking up trash and walking to school instead of driving.

Nadia said...

I help the Earth everyday by turning off the lights when I’m coming out of my room and were ever I go. I walk places most of the time. I don’t litter at all. I don’t pollute the Earth’s atmosphere. I recycle plastic bottles, cans and paper, so that people can reuse them as a different product.
A habit that has that has a negative impact on the Earth is that I sometimes ride the bus to school and back sometimes when I don’t miss it.

The purpose of Earth Day is to help the Earth and to go pick the litter, clean up the pollution, fish out trash from the ocean for the marine life, and to help stop pollution and littering from happening.

Tyler said...

Every day I recycle everything that can be recycled. Every week me and my dad go to this church and put are recycling in a dumpster that has three sections glass, paper and plastic. I think I should use less water while taking a shower. I think the purpose of earth day is to remember how good the earth is to us and tell us to think maybe I we should treat the earth a little bit better. I also think that it is like the earths birthday

PatriciaF said...

I always help the earth by shutting the water off when I am not using it. Plus I have energy saving light bulbs in every room in my house. I litter and I never pick up litter when I see it even on earth day. The purpose of earth day is to help the earth and the message is to take care of the earth every day even if it is not earth day.
So Reduce Re-use and Recycle

Caroline S. said...

One thing I do every day is water my plant that I grow from an old marigold. That way I also reuse and help the earth. I also turn off the water when I brush my teeth. I also turn off the water when I wash my hands. Another way I help the earth is I always try to recycle.
A negative impact is to use less water. I could use less water when I take a shower. All of us could use more reusable water bottles.
I think the purpose of Earth day is to respect the earth and thank it for all it has done.

Alex said...

I think that maybe the air got cleaner but it will always be dirty and we need to take action now or the world will die and we will die because the water will be polluted and so will the air and everything else will die to the trees, and animals plants and everything else. I think that the thing that I do that helps the earth is when I go and do some recycling. The thing that I do that hertz the earth is when I Keep the lights on. I think that the purpose of earth day is to clean up the earth and to celebrate its inhabitants in this universe.

Adam M said...

To me Earth Day means that we can’t let the earth turn into a planet of trash. That whale in the video was sad. If we keep doing this every single animal is going to turn like that. A thing I try to do is recycle everything I can. A wish I have is let’s make everything able to be recycled. The only thing that is negative about Earth Day to me is my room. It’s a mess. Also in the video there was a pile of trash. On a show I watched I saw there was a piles of trash. That show is called Anthony Bordan no reservations. Everyone in every single family was looking throw the trash piles. I would hate to have to that. That is what I think of Earth Day.

Alexa said...

A habit I do every day to help the Earth is by not taking long showers every day and I don’t leave the water running when I brush my teeth.

Some habits that does not help the Earth I have is I don’t recycle.
I think the purpose of Earth Day is one its Mr.Watanabe’s Birthday “old man” and I think that it is a time to celebrate the Earth.

Kayla .H. said...

On April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. Now 40 years later we still celebrate it. Some of my habits to keep the earth clean are…
I never litter, I prefer not to drive and pollute, I like using things that are natural, I also recycle.
I sometimes do bad things for the earth too. I sometimes am careless and ruin the plants.
I think the purpose of Earth Day is to show we care for Earth.

chris said...

What I do every day is I use less water when I brush my teeth in the morning. But sometimes I have a hard time keeping both my room and the earth clean. So I think that I’ll try to keep both clean. Plus I also think the meaning of earth day is not just cleaning, but it is also a day to selabraite.

Anonymous said...

We all need to work harder to recycle because animals are dying because we don’t recycle .Most land and sea animals eat a bag and choke until they die. Do you want animals to die?We all need to work harder to recycle because animals are dying because we don’t recycle .Most land and sea animals eat a bag and choke until they die. Do you want animals to die? They will keep on dying if we don’t recycle. We need sea animals to survive or we will die. I like sea animals.



Do you think we need to recycle? Recycling is important because it is animals. Reuse more products. Do not throw away as much trash. The purpose of Earth day is to clean up the earth

Riley said...

Some of the habits that I do to help the Earth is instead of throwing away plastic bottles I reuse them until they are worn out then they go in the recycle bin and they gets reused.


I think that one thing that is a habit is that we want to drive are cars every place we go and when we go to the store we could ride are bikes.
The pupas of earth day is to take care of our earth so that it does not look like a dump.