Protecting Our Planet - Trashing The World | Social Studies

Protecting Our Planet Starts With You
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Welcome to another post on my blog. In Social Studies, we've moved on from the big topic of Music Through Time to the next topic, Trashing The World. This topic involves climate change, our oceans, our planet. What we are doing is harming the oceans and the planet. Today's activity was to find the positive things which are going on in the world which is helping climate change. I've found a few articles which is helping pollution, reducing fossil fuels, planting trees, etc. Next to the article, is a link to the full article.

• France voted to ban domestic flights in favour of train travel if the trip takes 2.5 hours or less. Link
• Norway has been the first country in the world to see the sale of electric cars overtake sales of those powered by fossil fuels. Link
• Paris is removing 140,000 on-street car parking spaces, replacing concrete with gardens to make the city greener and more friendly. Link
• History made: for the first time ever, renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels as the European Union’s main source of electricity. Wind and Solar for the win! Link
• Scotland, home to 90,000 species of animals and plants, has announced plans to protect 30% of its land to boost biodiversity and tackle climate change. Link
• In just the first week of 2021, hundreds of locals in Indonesia have helped to clear 110 tons of plastic off four beaches (equivalent to the weight of 57 cars!) Link
• A Danish company lets you grow trees or plants from pencils. Their biodegradable pencils, which contain seeds, can be planted once you’re done using them! Link
• Plogging is a fitness trend that originated in Sweden and means to pick up litter while jogging. It not only takes care of the environment, but keep the ‘ploggers’ healthy too. Link
• Why cut down trees when you can grow wood in a laboratory? MIT scientists have developed a way to grow wood from plant cells that could help slow deforestation. Link
• A compassionate city in New Zealand is closing a busy road from a month to allow an endangered sea lion to nest with her pup and reach the ocean safely. Link