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going on a hike, especially in
banks aand utility companies? Ask your par-
sure to recycle newspapers,magazines,and
in your sneakers may con-
ways a new place. The mud caked 3 ents to sign up for online alerts.And make
other paper in your home.
tain seeds of invasive plants,
which can push out native
to save plants that keep the PICK YOUR PAPER
People cut down about 15 billion trees every
ecosystem
the healthy. year, some of it to make paper. Save your
sheets by using the back, buying recycled
Earth paper, and asking your teacher to sometimes
switch from printed homework to online
assignments.
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HABITAT VISIT PARKS 4
DESTRUCTION Your attendance
matters! Wildlife
refuges, parks, bird
Just like people, animals sanctuaries, and
need homes. But when nature preserves are
too many forests are more likely to receive
cleared to plant crops and funding to stay open
build roads, and too many when more people
seabeds are destroyed to visit them.
gather fish, critters
struggle to survive. This is
called habitat destruc- Only about
tion. Read on to learn how 15 percent of
small changes from you Earth’s land and
can mean big help for 3 percent of Earth’s
wildlife. oceans have been 7
protected. 5 SHARING IS CARING CHOOSEY CHOCOLATE

Habitats are often disrupted Palm oil is often used in prod-
to create more stuff for peo- ucts like chocolate, soap, ice
ple. So tryyourbesttouse cream, bread,cookies,and
less:Visit the local library shampoo.But some rain for-
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and reuse school supplies. produce palmoil.Try to avoid
buying products that use it,or
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Check out our Save the Earth hub online for even more tips on how to improve our planet.
natgeokids.com/SaveTheEarth
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