1. Hope for our Earth? Written by Rebecca Walker Illustrated by the children of St Augustine’s (C) Copyright St Augustine's First School

2. Something amazing happened today…… I was born. God made me! How cool is that!

3. He gave me land and water. He made the fresh air all around me. He decorated me with beautiful flowers and trees.

4. He filled the water with fishes and other weird and wonderful creatures. He filled the land with majestic lions, grizzly bears, ferocious tigers and many more…….

5. Then he made you......humans……what clever creatures you are!

6. You needed houses to live in so I gave you materials to build them.

7. You needed places to work so you built towers, skyscrapers….you built schools, hospitals, police stations and much much more……..

8. You needed a way to get to work and visit other places so you made cars and trains, buses and aeroplanes, motorbikes and boats.

9. But the houses and buildings need heating, the vehicles need fuel and you need food. You need all these things to survive.

10. I’ve given all I can to help you create this wonderful, diverse land on my back.

11. You dig deep into me to get the materials to build. You dig deeper to get the fuel.

12. …….and all these things are running out……

13. The trouble is I’m getting hotter and I’m feeling pretty sick. I’m wounded but there is hope….. How can you help?