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__Line Inquiry 2 Info__ By Ingrid, ***THIS IS ALREADY REWRITTEN, BUT FEEL FREE TO REWORD THE SENTENCES IF YOU WANT TO. MAKE SURE YOU COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE AND FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE. I WILL ONLY GIVE YOU ENGLISH INFO, BUT TRANSLATE SOME TO CHINESE IF YOU DON’T HAVE LOTS OF OTHER CHINESE.** *

There are three main parts of taking action for the environment, conservation, cleaning up and chiming in. Conservation is using less of energy good, etc. Cleaning up is cleaning after you or even someone else stays somewhere, especially out in the nature. Chiming in is speaking up to save nature.

You could take action by conserving – turn off lights uneeded, use air-cons and heaters, not buying unnecessary goods and buying things with either a small amount of packaging and/or with packing reusable or recyclable. Cleaning up – simply putting waste in the proper bins and being a volunteer to help clean up. Chiming in – tell your friends, relatives, etc. about saving the Earth and writing to representatives of the city, country, etc.

Rubbish in landfills would make chemicals from the rubbish gradually run into the water we drink.

A reason of environmental loss is population growth, because more resources are needed.

Each person in US averagely disposes 2kg/4.5lb every day, which is about 750kg per year for everyone person.

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You could also use less energy at home. (Bathroom) Have short shower or a half-full-tub bath. (That is about 100L of water.) With a regular showerhead, you get 15-20L of water every minute, which is 150-200L of water for 10 minutes. Also, you could get a gadget for your tap – a low-flow aerator, which makes no reduce in the water pressure and introduces air into the water stream to make the flow seem bigger. (Bedroom) Use fewer heaters in the winter and less air-conditioners in the summer. (Kitchen) Use electric stoves instead, which is twice as energy efficient as a using microwave. Put your refrigerator to a temperature of 2 °C-5°C. This is the best temperature as it is both save for the food and energy efficient. Use chest freezers too, as they’re more energy efficient that upright freezers, because the chest freezers keep cold air better. (Garage) Switch off your car’s engine if you wait for something or someone for more than 10 seconds, because restarting your car uses less fuel than having your car’s engine on for 10 seconds. (Whole house) Use compact fluorescent lights as they use only 60%-80% energy of regular ones and last 10 times longer. Also, use light color paint as it uses less energy to light up, because light colors reflect 80% of light unlike dark colors, which absorb light.

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Paper should be recycled and have both sides used. Eating lunch at school, you should use reusable lunch boxes and only get the right amount of food. Also, recycle cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, etc.

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WWF 世界自然基金會

重寫部分：

世界自然基金會於 1961 年成立，是個全球性的環保團體，於 100 個國家及地區建立分會和辦公室. 世界自然基金會成立接近 50 年，鼓勵大家以行動改變世界及達成目標.

世界自然基金會 - 香港分會於 1981 年成立，透過不同方法提出解決方法.

Rewritten Part:

During the 1960s, WWF raised US$5.6million (about HKD$ 43,519,279, 098.4000), and this part of money was to support some related projects around the world, mostly about wildlife habitats.

Then in the 1970s, WWF starts encourage more comprehensively on species and habitats. Also steps out its promise to the government.

After to the 1980s, they support to protect areas on 5 continents covering 1% of the earth’s land.

Here comes 1990s, WWF focused on the six key areas – species, forest, marine and freshwater conservation, also climate change and toxic chemicals.

Nowadays the 2000s, they particularly focus on important species and living things in the world, like Arctic, animals, and plants important both for their habitats and for us.

Rewritten and Checked: This year the WWF held a lights off event 「Earth Hour 2011」and took place on March 26th. Every district had a different theme, and Hong Kong’s theme is “Go beyond the hour, consume wisely”. WWF wants everyone to continue Earth Hour’s spirit everyday.