You Can Change the World: The Kids' Guide to a Better Planet

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Earth is an incrEdiblE planEt home to amazing creatures plants beaches rivers streams forests and mountains There are so many animals in the world that we can’t even count them we can only guess Scientists estimate that there could be anywhere from two million to fifty million different species on Earth with thousands more being discovered every year And we share this planet with all of them Earth is our friend our family and our home But every day we see problems we would like to fix A piece of trash in a green grassy park Plastic water bottles buried in the sand at the beach A garbage bin overflowing onto the street A skinny stray dog A homeless person on a cold day We hear that the ocean is being polluted animals are dying and species are going extinct That climate change is warming up the planet melting icebergs and threatening animals and people some of the smartest Human beings are creatures ever to walk the Earth but we have also made some big mistakes Now it’s time for us to work together to fix those mistakes When we hear about these problems most of us want to help but it’s hard to know where to start And some of these problems are so big they can seem impossible for one person to fix But we can fix them if we each do our part To do that we have to take action Kids are the future you can save the world one step at a time As you will discover in this book there are lots of amazing children in the world just like you If you want to join the mission to save our planet then this is the book for you INTRODUCTION