School children write about Earth's future

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 386, 14 May 1991, Page 11

School children write about Earth's future

Raetihi School celebrated Earth Day recently and wrote the following letters to the Bulletin about their views and activities. • On 22 April we celebrated Earth Day. At school we did all sorts of things like collecting rubbish off our fields. Our class (Room 10) collected 10 bags in half an hour. We also planted two new trees so birds could come and live there. We also hope to do some recycling too. We are also having a competition to see who has the most 'down to

earth' hat. Next year we hope to do the same.

beamus

Manson

• There are many ways we could save the earth. We could eat steak, mutton, pork and chicken and have a home g arden instead of eating tin food. We could save a lot of power if we stop using things that are affecting the earth like gasses are affecting the sky. Spray cans are affecting the ozone layer. Stop using things that are destroying the earth before it is too late.

Vinnie

• I am writing to say that there are a lot of things that are going to be changed around this year. Some of them are like; use both sides of the paper to save men and workers chopping down more and more trees to make paper for people who just buy paper for nothing. And use a broom rather than a hose because if you use a hose you are just wasting water.

Fran

Christensen

• Our earth has a lot of good things to offer but the bad things are not worth trying to ignore. So our class is trying to help a little bit towards the situation. Man will never mend everything but if they've done as much as they could it would help a lot. Thing that can't be forgotten about are not just ourselves. We have other life on this planet that is in more need than us. Help us save our planet.

Rebecca

McDougal

Following are some extracts from other letters received: ...Don't you think people are doing bad things to our earth?! We throw rubbish into the sea and have oil spills which destroy fish homes. We kill animals. Trees give us oxygen and we cut down trees. It is important to plant more trees because there will be more homes for animals and more oxyeen for us.

Jessie

Ryland

... But the thing that should concern all of us is the ozone layer and the green house effect and what it is to New Zealand so I will just let you think about that

Anthea

Hakaumotu

... The trees that we planted attract tuis, wood pigeons and fantails. I think that we should plant more and more trees on our earth instead of cutting and burning them down. Trees are important to birds, animals and most of all because they give us oxygen. Hope you listen.

Megan

Windle