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1> Because of  the current Pandemic situation, we could see that the pollution level has gone down drastically. This happened because most of the people continued to work from home. Post pandemic also we should encourage people to work from home wherever possible so that we can keep the pollution level under control.

2> Improving the public transport system with better accessibilty for regular commuters, as it will reduce people using their own transport and will help in less pollution

3> As most people are ordering food delivery online, and this adds lots of unnecessary trash into our environment like restaurant owners do deliver fork, spoon, tissue paper, sauce etc along with the food. we can come up with a mechanism to let the customer de-select these options from delivery .Customers in turn can use the re-usable fork, spoon etc from their home. This will reduce the environment from unnecessary trash.

4> For Takeaways, Customers can carry their re-usable containers for  food delivery. This will reduce unnecessary trash.

5> Water Bottle filling stations can greatly reduce the number of plastic bottles used every year.

Zero Waste is the way forward and it requires a cultural shift among people.

6> Lake Restoration is a great way to harvest aquatic plants and most importantly it acts as a source of drinking water.

Ma am the picture given below is drawn by me
Thank You,
Sanvi Mahakud

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Ecosystem Restoration means recovering the natural resources like Forest, water, animals, Land , air, soil that has been damaged or destroyed. Some of the steps that are helping us to the restoration are

1. Sewage treatment of factory wastage before releasing it. This prevents water pollution of rivers ,seas and oceans.

2. Conserving Wild life Habitat helps to preserve wild life animals especially endangered species.

3.Planting trees among agricultural crops helps to protect the soil from erosion, particularly after crops are harvested. This protects the crops from floods and heavy rains.

4. Avoid using plastic bags and stop cutting the trees.

Happy World Environment Day

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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is a Sanskrit  phrase which means "the world is one family". Our family needs our help. We need to restore our mother earth .Restoration is a monumental task, but the clock is ticking. Over the next few years every action counts. Every single day, every country, company, organisation and individual has a role to play.

Human activities impacted in creating the ecological imbalance in many ways. To name a few,

1. Overpopulation - More people means an increased demand for food, water, housing, energy, healthcare, transportation, and more. And all that consumption contributes to ecological degradation, increased conflicts, and a higher risk of large-scale disasters like pandemics and wars etc.

2. Deforestation - Trees absorb and store carbon dioxide. If forests are cleared, or even disturbed, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Forest loss and damage is the cause of around 10% of global warming. There's simply no way we can fight the climate  crisis if we don't stop deforestation

3. Oil spills - Oil destroys the insulating ability of fur-bearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water repellency of a bird's feathers, thus exposing these creatures to the harsh elements. Without the ability to repel water and insulate from the cold water, birds and mammals will die from hypothermia

4. Faulty utilisation of water resources -Currently, we are interested in laying large networks, constructing huge storage dams, fetching water from 150 kilometres and above, which involves a huge carbon footprint. We are valuing land more than water, neglecting our local water bodies, which have either gone dry or encroached.

5. Poor sewage management - Untreated sewage is the leading polluter of water sources in India, causing a host of diseases including diarrhea, agricultural contamination and environmental degradation. It also destroys aquatic ecosystem

How can we restore the environment :

1. Buy local - Buying local can reduce the transportation and therefore the dependency on fossil fuels, reduce air pollution and cut the greenhouse gas emissions

2. Conserve water - Using water saving techniques can save you money and diverts less water from our rivers, bays, and estuaries, which helps keep the environment healthy. It can also reduce water and wastewater treatment costs and the amount of energy used to treat, pump, and heat water.

3. Avoid single use items, always reuse - Reusing helps to prevent pollution by reducing the need to harvest new raw materials. It also reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change

4. Use long lasting items such as: light bulbs, LED’s etc - Using energy efficient devices can minimize greenhouse gas emissions

5. Use energy efficient devices - Using energy efficient devices like smart thermostats, energy star appliances and smart power trips can minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

6. Compost - Composting your food scraps and yard waste offers double rewards: it keeps an incredible amount of trash out of the waste stream and it produces free, rich soil to use in your garden.

7. Replace combustion engine vehicles: We should use electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles - electric vehicles do not release emissions and a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle releases only water from the exhaust pipe

We, children can contribute to this global cause in our little ways. This may be a small step by us but a giant contribution for the environmental restoration in the long run.

Let us….

1. Volunteer in neighborhood cleanups

2. Buy pen refills instead of buying a new pen/

3 Try to use less paper so that less bamboo trees will be cut.

4. Educate our friends, siblings etc on saving the environment.

5. In times of Covid, dispose masks, gloves and pp kits in a proper manner or it may lead to another disaster in the near future.

6. Try to resist our temptation of buying plastic toys.

7.We can start developing small gardens indoor and outdoors for a cleaner and greener environment.

Schools can also give students projects on how to save the environment to encourage the children.

Let's pledge on this environment day that we will always follow the 7R”s..REDUCE,REPAIR,REFUSE,RECYCLE,REUSE RETHINK & RESTORE

to make this world a better place to live.

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Restoring the ecosystem means helping ourselves and other living things to

But how do we do it?

We can do this by talking these easy steps!

1. Avoid tacking cars of motorcycles etc. for short distance we can use cycles either just walk 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻

2. DON'T cut trees, BUT if you do please plant another tree or more 🌳🌴

3. DON'T use tech/phones that much BUT you can use tech for your studies. This step will make a small change how? let me tell you. So, phone towers lead to the extinction of the sparrows.

Home & restaurant

1. Avoid plastic but if you want to use it then reuse it DON'T use single  use plastic. Example - Bags, glasses etc.

2. Use paper straws instead of plastic straws.

3. DON'T waste water you should use buckets instead of showers for bathing & while we are brushing our teeth we should keep the tap closed

4. DON'T waste electricity 🔌💡. Whenever you leave a room always switch of the light, fan or AC and the leave the room.

the animals

1. Avoid killing animals for fur coats they might be warm and soft but remember we are killing a ANIMAL.🥺

2. DON'T use animals teeth for

money.

3. We should not throw our garbage in any water body marine animals live in these water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans etc. few marine animals get tangled up and eventually die for example sea turtles eat plastic and die.

Always remember REMAINGNE, RECRATE AND RESTORE!

By doing all of these steps we can make a little change.

"BE THE SOLUTION NOT THE POLLUTION"

Well this brings to the end and Happy Environmental Day! Hope you all have a wonderful day ahead and me safe and healthy bye!

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We can reduce our ecological Footprint by-
1. Avoid taking cars and instead use Public Transports like bus or carpool with a friend.

2. Always build factories and power plants AS FAR AS POSSIBLE from the city or ANY  waterbodies

3. RESTORE wild life habitat...  Plant more trees or Make new places for all the other species to live by making SANCTUARIES!

4. RECREATE barren lands into BEUITIFUL and green places...By the following ways!
a. Plants need water. So we need a dam or any water outlet connected to the barren land
b. Plant a lot of plants!!

5. Last but NEVER the least....
REIMAGINE STOP using Plastic bags!! use better resources that are De-Gradable like paper bags , jute bags etc.. another big problem FOSSIL FUELS now a days Crude oil is starting to become very hard to find. The harder they work to get crude the price get MORE and MORE for fossil fuel. We need to move on by using renewable sources like Hydro electricity or electricity from WIND. We can even use SOLAR PANELS for our cookers and kitchen usages

With RECREATING , REIMAGINING and RESTORING we could make Earth a MUCH better place to live..

Remember EVERYONE 'Earth does not belong to us..
WE belong to the earth

HAPPY ENVIROMENT DAY!!!!
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RECREATE RESTORE AND REIMAGINE by Parthiv 6E

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RECREATE RESTORE AND REIMAGINE by Parthiv 6E

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we have to -

Recreate what older generations have taught us, to not waste food <pollute water land and to never litter. we should always follow the 3 r:s REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE.

Restore everything that was lost eg- the polar ice caps that have and are melting, Restore beauty back to mother earth bring her back to an era of greenery and peace and mostly no littering.

Re imagine a world, MOTHER EARTH with her eternal glory. greenery everywhere , animals not being poached therefore doesn't lead to extinction and everyone in Earth being kind and not polluting. whatever we imagine we can accomplish.

WAYS TO REDUCE OUR POLLUTION-------- :)

1.we can walk short distances instead of taking a car.
2. never use plastic items as it cannot be reused and doesn't biodegrade in the soil it remains there and pollutes it.
3. always use cotton jute or cloth bags instead of plastic .

4. if we have leftover food we can use it as compost for plants.

5. we could carpool as it reduces the amount of emmision. (i said we "COULD" as during covid we must maintain social distancing .

. be a good citizen and always ---

1. wear a mask even if you are vaccinated as it helps to stop the spread of covid.

2. follow all the rules of the society.

STOP HUNTING ANIMALS ----
1. we must stop hunting animals for  their fur , horns, skin leather etc. just to give us a little more benefit.

EVEN SMALL CHANGES CAN MAKE A MASSIVE IMPACT IN OUR ENVIRONMENT .

we can plat tree and reduce and waste reuse plastics instead of throwing them and recycle old into new things. we all are a part of earth , so lets make it the best possible.

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Due to the impacts of human activities over the last few centuries, our ecosystem has been going through many changes which have created severe challenges and issues. Some of these critical issues are:

1. Habitat Destruction-A lot of habitat destruction has occurred in the past two hundred years by massive amounts of deforestation, farming, and mining etc.

2. Globalization- Massive depletion of non-renewable resources such as oil and coal has occurred because of globalization. The reason behind this drastic depletion is the ever-rising demand for products and services in a globalized world.

3. Pollution- Another huge challenges is pollution.

The three forms of pollution are:

a)      Air pollution

b)     Water pollution

c)      Soil pollution

We can help restore ecological balance by doing our bit. Some simple ways of ecosystem restoration are:

1. We must control the usage of fossil fuels. We can do this by Car pooling and by stopping the car engine at the stop sign.

2. Instead of using diesel cars we can use electric cars. We can also cycle short distances so we do not cause any pollution.

3. Using LPG cylinders also means depletion of non-renewable resources. We could rather use solar energy in the form of solar panels and solar cookers.

4. We should also spend less time on video games, conserve electricity and play outdoors.

5.  Another way of conserving resources is by turning the lights and taps off when not using it.

Always remember, “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”.

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Restoring the ecosystem means it helps our nature including us humans much better life.

Our ecosystem is damaged because of pollution of water, air, soil, etc.
It also has a health impact on living beings.

Now, how we can reduce our ecological footprint our way?
Answer-

1- Use more cloth bags instead of using a plastic bag.
2- Take the use of walking for shorter distances, it helps you also remain fit why?. Because when we use the car, buses, bikes, truck, etc., It causes air pollution and air pollution is harming our planet and we should not harm our planet when we can use a another way.

3- Restore endangered species. Plant more trees and our plants, when we plant more trees and plants there is more places and sanctuaries for wildlife live in peace, also save these animals as maybe like these animals may get extinct and also maybe one final day there may not be a wild or domestic animal left in the planet, so let's not make that happen.

4. Save electricity. in our daily lives we have a big use of electricity, imagine the world without electricity the world will be in darkness, so for not to create this, we should save electricity. And as we know when we get out of the room or bathroom, turn off the lights, fans, and other supplies. So this is what we can do to save electricity.

5. Now the last and final point, Remember; always ( RECREATE, REIMAGINE AND RESTORE THE EARTH )
By doing these we can make our earth a better and healthier place to live in for humans and animals and other creatures also with nature.

Remember everyone" Earth does not belong to us...
We belong to the Earth.

HAPPY ENVIRONMENTAL DAY!!!!
Thanks
Siyona 6E...

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Five Ways to Conserve Natural Resources at Home:-

1. Every individual should try washing only full loads of laundry. If you take a bath using a shower, keep a bucket below it so that the extra droplets are collected in the bucket. You can use it to water plants. While brushing teeth, it’s important to turn off the faucet in order to conserve water.

2.According to the Environmental Working Group, red meat is responsible for nearly 40 times as many greenhouse emissions as vegetables and grains. If those grains that are fed to livestock are fed to people, about 800 million more humans could be fed. In order to reduce our carbon footprint, red meat must be replaced with high-quality plant protein.

3.In order to reduce food wastage, plan your weekly meals and buy foods that are only mentioned on your shopping list. If there is a portion of leftover food, you can store it in an airtight container and refrigerate it. The next day, you can reheat your food and consume it.

4.Reduce usage of plastic silverware, straws and paper plates and splurge on bottles, BPA lunch packages and mason jars that will last. Make sure to carry some reusable bags so that you do not have to carry your shopping items in a plastic bag given by the store. In case you are still filled with enough plastic bags and water bottles, you can reuse them to store household items or throw away the garbage.

5.Gardening is not only a great hobby but is also a huge step in order to conserve the environment. Grow flower plants for birds, bees and other pollinators. You can also harvest your fruits and vegetables so that you get a healthier substitute for the ones you get in the market. This hobby will also save you money.

Thank You,
Agastya Manik

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Restoring ecosystem helps animals, plant and people to live much healthier lives.

Our ecosystem is destroyed by
pollution. It is the major cause for ecosystem destruction.

We should try our best to restore the ecosystem.
Some things we can do are:

1) Walk or cycle short distances instead of taking cars.

2) Reduce your use of single use plastic us much as possible.

3)Plant trees don't cut them down.

We can reduce our ecological footprint by:

1) Treating wastes before throwing them in water bodies will prevent pollution of water.

2) Using sun, wind and water to generate electricity will help conserve minerals.

3) Protecting endangered animals will help restore the ecosystem.

This Environment Day, Let's make a change!
Happy Environment Day!!

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Ecosystem restoration means assisting in the recovery of ecosystems that have been destroyed. Healthier ecosystems with more rich soil can benefit more plant growth and a large rise in economy.

1) Soil pollution

2) Water pollution

3)  Air pollution

4)  Health impact on living beings

How can we do our part to protect earth, to reduce our ecological footprint

1) Soil pollution can be reduced by avoiding the usage of chemical fertilizers and using more of organic fertilizers to enrich the soil texture    and also reduce the usage of plastics so that this does not leave any footprints in the soil. Adopt the concept of zero tilling and also adopt the method of rain water harvesting. Protection of soil erosion preventing soil erosion by planting tress and grasses which helps to retain the top soil

2) Water pollution can be reduced by preventing the flow of sewage and chemicals to clean water sources. Avoid the dumping of plastics. Avoid overfishing to maintain the natural balance in the ocean.

3) Air pollution avoid the usage of green house gases from factories and plant more trees.

4) Health impact on living beings air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution can lead to diseases in living beings. When animals chew on plastic they  eventually choke and die. When fishes  are in water they chew on plastic or get entangled and die, fish  die on  polluted lake or pond. We humans get impacted by  air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution so to avoid that we must follow every protocol and every bit that we can do. We should not disturb the natural balance this imbalance in nature is very harmful for our existence.

Happy environment Day.

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We should REDUCE the usage of coolers and air conditioners and grow more trees and increase the usage of degradable plastic

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We can contribute to ecosystem restoration by:
1.Repairing and replanting wetlands, forestland, and other habitats.
2.protection of wildlife habitat
3.preservation of natural landscapes will be a very good idea.
4. There are so many ambitious ecological projects if we all play our part plant just a few trees
share the idea the whole world will be a greener, happier & a breathable planet.

Remember my friends, " The Earth is what we all have in Common".

Happy,

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We can reduce our ecological Footprint by
1.Walk or Cycle short distances instead of talking cars
2.Save water
3. Reduce Food waste
4.Reduce kitchen waste
5.Growing your own veggies

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We can reduce our ecological footprint  by

1. Avoid taking cars as much as possible.

2. Using reusable bags

3. Save natural resources.

4. Save water

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We can contribute to ecological restoration by
- Eradicating invasive species.
- Replacing turf grass with native species.
- Planting rain gardens to absorb rainwater running off roofs.

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issues -
1) that natural systems are changing

2) that humans have an imperfect understanding of natural systems

HOW CAN WE REDUCE OUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT -

1. Reduce Your Use Of Single - Use , Disposable Plastic
2. Switch to Renewable Energy.
3. Eat Less Meat.
4. Reduce your Waste
5. Recycle Responsibly.
6. Drive Less
7. Support Local
8. Reduce Water Use