Global warming By Samantha Somers

Plant A Tree Day!!

What do trees decrease? Trees decrease: Trees decrease: Pollen Pollen Soil erosion Soil erosion Topsoil Topsoil Water vapor Water vapor Ozone Ozone

How trees can help Trees breath in large amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the big greenhouse gases, and give out large amounts of oxygen. Trees breath in large amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the big greenhouse gases, and give out large amounts of oxygen. This helps because carbon dioxide is decreased by a lot. This helps because carbon dioxide is decreased by a lot.

Interesting fact! Tree leaves have pores that catch smoke, ash, and dust. They send it down the trunk of the tree and into the ground. Tree leaves have pores that catch smoke, ash, and dust. They send it down the trunk of the tree and into the ground.

Stop chopping! If people stopped chopping down trees it would help five times more! If people stopped chopping down trees it would help five times more! People are distroying entire forests to build houses, cities, power lines, etc. People are distroying entire forests to build houses, cities, power lines, etc. If people stopped taking them down we would not have to plant as many trees If people stopped taking them down we would not have to plant as many trees

Idling Cars in Nashville

What is idling a car??? If you idle your car, your car is parked and running. If you idle your car, your car is parked and running. You are probably waiting in car line, warming up a car or waiting on someone. You are probably waiting in car line, warming up a car or waiting on someone.

Idling your car wastes natural resources, harms your Heath, and wastes money. Idling your car wastes natural resources, harms your Heath, and wastes money. Because cars are used world wide, cars are the most popular polluter. Because cars are used world wide, cars are the most popular polluter. 30 seconds of idling a car is equal to turning a car and then back off agin. 30 seconds of idling a car is equal to turning a car and then back off agin.

A car is made up of moving parts, so a parked car is not the proper way to warm your car. A car is made up of moving parts, so a parked car is not the proper way to warm your car. The proper way to warm your car is to slowly drive it up and down the street The proper way to warm your car is to slowly drive it up and down the street

Challenges: Getting people to stop doing this. Getting people to stop doing this.

Adopt a "Pay As You Throw" In Nashville!

What is Pay as You Trow? This is a model that weighs your garbage, you are billed on how much your trash is. This is a model that weighs your garbage, you are billed on how much your trash is. This encourages people to recycle so there bill will be much much less. This encourages people to recycle so there bill will be much much less. And the recycling is free of cost! And the recycling is free of cost!

Pay As You Throw: Pay As You Throw: a system under which residents pay for waste collection directly based on what they generated Pay As You Throw: a system under which residents pay for waste collection directly based on what they generated

4000 communities in the US use this program communities in the US use this program.

Challenges: Getting the mayor to adopt this program. Getting the mayor to adopt this program.

Hope you learned a little something