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                              Direction: Answer the following questions!
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                               more problems, and how can we help them better?
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                               can  schools,  communities,  and  local  leaders  do  to  make  people
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                                 Find  out  what  people  all  around  you  are  doing  to  fix  these
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                               problems.  Are  there  good  plans  already,  and  what  else  can
                               countries  do  together?  What  rules  or  ideas  should  everyone
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                               follow to keep the Earth safe for the future?
                               f o  l l o  w       t o     k  e  e  p     t h   e    E   a   r  t h     s a   f e    f o   r   t h   e    f  u   t u   r e  ?
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