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CONSERVING RESOURCES
Mona had a nightmare. She dreamt that all
the water on the earth had dried up and all the
trees cut down. There was no shade and nothing to
eat or drink. People were suffering and roaming around
desperately looking for food and shade.
She told her mother about the dream. "Amma can this
really happen?" she asked.
"Yes," Amma replied. "If we are not careful then even
renewable resources can become very scarce and the
non-renewable ones can definitely get exhausted". "What
can we do
about it," Raju asked. "Lots," replied Amma.
Using resources carefully and giving them time to get
renewed is called resource
conservation. Balancing
the need to use resources and
also conserve them for
the future is called
sustainable development. There
are many ways of conserving resources
. Each person
can
contribute by reducing consumption
, recycling and
reusing
thing. Ultimately it makes a
difference because
all our lives are
linked.
That evening the children and their friends
made
packets and shopping
bags out of old
newspapers
,
discarded clothes and
baskets
from bamboo
sticks. "We will
give a few to every
family we
know," said Mona. "After
all it is for
a very good cause,"
said Mustafa, "
To save our
resources and to
keep our earth alive
".
"I am going to be very careful not to waste
paper
," said Jessy. "Many trees are cut
down to
make
paper," she explained
.
"I will see that electricity is not wasted in
my
house," shouted Mustafa. "Electricity
comes
from
water and coal."

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