Rain forests, the Earth's oldest living ecosystems, are disappearing at an alarming rate. Each second, an area the size of two football fields is destroyed. Because rain forests rejuvenate the air we breathe, it is important to halt their destruction. There are many things people can do to save the rain forest, from recycling to letter-writing.
Paper is made from trees, so using less paper means fewer trees have to be cut down. SaveTheRainforest.org says people should not waste paper: use both sides of a sheet, recycle the paper when you're done with it and buy only recycled paper. Paper made from other vegetation, such as corn stalks, is available and should be used in favor of paper made from trees, according to the Rainforest Action Network.
Recycle as much as possible. Recycling lessens the need for raw materials to make new products. For example, bauxite is used to make aluminum cans. It comes from the tropical rain forests that are cut down before aluminum mining. Used soda cans can be melted down and made into new cans, which reduces the need for bauxite. Recycling cans or other products such as paper and plastic bottles could even put money in your pocket, as recycling firms often pay for many items.
Reusing items helps save the rain forest. For example, the flimsy plastic bags at supermarkets usually can be used only once. Buy your own canvas bags to carry groceries, and use them every time you shop. Some markets deduct a few cents from the total bill for shoppers who bring their own bags.
If you have something you don't want or can't use anymore, give it to someone who can use it. Donate it to a thrift shop, which can sell it to someone who needs that item but can't afford to purchase it new. Donations to non-profit thrift shops may be tax-deductible. Giving something to someone who wants or needs it more than you do reduces the number of new items that have to be made. This, in turn, preserves raw materials, especially those from rain forests.
The Rainforest Action Network says 55 square feet of rain forest are cut down for every quarter-pound hamburger served in a fast-food restaurant. The rain forest is destroyed to make grazing land for cattle. The next time you order a hamburger, ask the clerk where the beef came from. If she names a rain forest country, order something else.
Educate yourself about the crisis facing our rain forests and then use that knowledge to educate others. Write letters to your congressmen and your local newspaper. Write companies that are destroying rain forests in the name of progress; tell them you're not going to buy their products any longer--and then don't.
1. plant more trees.
2. don't cut them.
because it makes boobies
yes it can save the world's forests.
We have to save our forests because its the Earths Lungs. If we cut them down Global Warming will kick in. We have to save our forests because its the Earths Lungs. If we cut them down Global Warming will kick in.
Yes, we all can save rainforests.
save the forest to see the brighter earth......
To save the Earth, and many animals from losing their homes.
Well the future of forests could end if we continue to pollute, and use gasoline, but we can stop that save forests.
absolutely nothing
save forests and stop hunters
Ian Somerhalder is one famous person who saves the forests. Sting, Prince Charles, and Pamela Anderson also saves the forests.
Save forests save yourself and then save future
RECYCL!!!!!!! you can save as many as 45 trees if you just recycle two peaces of paper every day!
We could try and put them in National Forests.