1. OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS IMPORTANT
CROSS HILL ACADEMY
CLASS 7-5
Introduction by Shannon Moore

2. HUMANS NEED RESOURCES TO SURVIVE AND WE CALL THESE RESOURCES “the L. A
HUMANS NEED RESOURCES TO SURVIVE AND WE CALL THESE RESOURCES “the L.A.W.S OF NATURE :”LIGHT (ENERGY,REALLY) AIR, WATER AND SOIL. WE ALSO TEND TO USE MORE THAN THE BASIC ESSENTIALS . EVERYTHING WE USE FROM TOOTHPASTE TO TELEVISIONS CAME FROM THE EARTH IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER . THIS ISN’T A BAD THING AS LONG AS WE DON’T TAKE MORE THAN THE EARTH CAN PROVIDE.

3. YOUR ECOLOGICAL FOOT PRINT ISN’T THE SAME AS THE ONE YOU MAKE WITH YOUR FOOT, IT IS MUCH BIGGER! AN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IS HOW MUCH SPACE OR LAND YOU NEED TO SURVIVE. THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IS THE AREA NEEDED FOR ALL THE PRODUCERS (AND CONSUMERS ) THAT YOU CONSUME, AS WELL AS THE DECOMPOSERS NEEDED TO REPROCESS ALL YOUR WASTE !

4. THIS INCLUDES: Where all your food and water come from
Plants needed to convert your CO2 back into O2
Cleaning your sewage back into fresh water
And even where your garbage goes !

5. It also includes some of your cultural needs such as where you live, play and go to school .

6. Everyone has some kind of footprint on earth
Everyone has some kind of footprint on earth. Some footprints are bigger than others. It is not a bad thing because we all use things to meet our needs.

7. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT ?
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF HOW YOU ARE IMPACTING THE WORLD AROUND YOU. IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD LIVING CONDITIONS, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE NOT USING UP ALL OF WHAT NATURE HAS TO OFFER, QUICKER THAN IT IS BEING PRODUCED, AND WE AREN’T PRODUCING WASTE QUICKER THAN NATURE CAN ABSORB IT.

8. Justin Rosario & Christopher Ofori
Transportation
By Natalie Severino,
Justin Rosario & Christopher Ofori
Cross Hill Academy
Class 7-5

9. What is Transportation?
Most of us drive cars, ride in buses and fly to places to get around. These forms of transportation run on fossil fuels, which are a non-renewable resource. This means that there is a set amount that exists on Earth, and when that runs out, we can’t make anymore. The more you drive in individual cars, the bigger your footprint is because you are using more fossil fuels and causing more pollution. Taking the bus or carpooling uses less fuel because lots of people are using the same vehicle rather than everybody having their own, so the footprint is much smaller. Riding your bike or walking has an even smaller footprint because no fossil fuels are used at all!

10. Biking Biking your way to places is the way to go!
It reduces your transportation footprint, gets you to your desired destination fast, and is a great workout! So you'll stay in shape, and help the planet!

11. Walking People can walk, from place to place instead of going in
vehicles to get to their
destination. Walking
reduces your
transportation
footprint, and it’s also
good for you!

12. Longboarding
People can longboard to the destination they are trying to reach instead of using vehicles. A longboard reduces your transportation carbon footprint and is powered by your body, which counts as exercise.

13. Scooters
Scooters are fun for the young, and get you anywhere you want! It may take some time, but you'll surely be decreasing your transportation footprint!

14. RipSticks
A Rip stick is good because it doesn’t pollute the air. It is also good because it is exercise while you are moving your hips and a good way of transportation.

15. Buses
Buses are good because instead of five or 10 people meeting using cars, everyone can fit in just one public bus.

16. Trains
Trains are very efficient because they can have as many as 14 cars. Each car can seat about 50 people. It’s not polluting the air like if there were 500 (or more) cars on the road.

17. Skateboards
Skateboards are green because when you ride them you don’t pollute the air. You don’t have to plug it, charge it or use electricity.

18. Electric BMW
These cars are also good because they don’t run on gas to pollute the air. You don’t have to spend lots of money on gas either

19. Hybrid Cars
Instead of using gas and polluting the air these cars run with combination gas and electricity motors.

20. By Blerta Demaj, Kala Hayes &
Water
By Blerta Demaj, Kala Hayes &
Jonathan Perez
Cross Hill Academy
Class 7-5

21. Introduction Water is a precious resource
Remember: the more water we can conserve, the smaller our footprint will be
75% of Earth is water, so don’t use so much of it!

22. All living things need water in order to survive, but only 2% of all of the water on Earth is fresh, drinkable water
Remember: it is important that we use as little as possible because nobody wants to drink dirty water

23. Reducing Your Water Footprint
One Way To Reduce Your Water Footprint is when you’re brushing your teeth, stop the water from running. It wastes water and is unnecessary.
Also, you should fill a cup with just enough water that you know you won’t have more left. Then turn off the water and when you rinse, use the water in the cup! Not wasting water there, are ya’?

24. NO Dripping Sinks Allowed!
When you are washing your dishes or hands, you usually just throw your hand on the knob and shut it off.
But is it really completely off?
The water you use can lead to a dripping faucet. So, make sure your faucet is completely off because every drop that drips counts.

25. Washing your clothes
When you are washing your clothes, you shouldn’t wash them everyday.
When you have a bunch of clothes (About a washer full), then you wash them.
your half- full washer load will be wasting water!
Ask yourself this, do you need to wash your clothes EVERYDAY?

26. Wipes And Hand Sanitizers
Instead of washing your hands, you can use wipes.
After you eat, you can use hand sanitizer.
It still cleans your hands and you’re not using so much water.
Wipes and hand sanitizers are just like washing, so you don’t need to worry about dirty hands!

27. Showers!
When you are planning to take a long shower or even a bath, remind yourself of how much water you are wasting.
When you’re taking a bath, you’re sitting in your own filth.

28. Also, when you’re washing your hair or anything like that, you should turn off the water. Or, use that water by doing something else like washing your body or something!
A short shower can help out because you don’t need to spend one hour in a tub.

29. Juicers
When you are thirsty and you have a bunch of fruits around, you’ll get hydrated and it’s good for you.
Juice is a great thing to drink on a hot day.
You should still drink water, just not so much.

30. A Pitcher Of Water
When you want a drink of cold water, don’t leave your faucet running just add some ice.
You can reuse plastic containers like juice and water bottles to satisfy your needs of that refreshing cold water.
You should keep a pitcher of water in your fridge for drinking. It’s cold and ready immediately.

31. Foam Soap If you want to wash your hands, you should use foam soap.
It reduces the time to wash your hands by just using some and rinse.
It’s better than bar soap and liquid soap because you don’t have to wet your hands first to get a good lather.
And it’s fun to use and still cleans your hands !

32. Tap Water Tap water isn't as bad as people say it is
Tap water is less expensive than bottled water and doesn't pollute the earth
Tap water isn't dangerous
When you are done drinking from a bottle of water people throw it away and it piles up, creating piles of water bottles that are polluting earth
If you use left over water bottles and fill
them with tap water you can save money
and the earth

33. Save extra water to use later
One way to save and reuse water is when you are done cleaning your fish tank you can reuse the water to water your plants
You can install rain gutters around the roof of your house and drain the water into a container and use it to water plants or clean your outside furniture

34. Amy Barrera, Jose Rivera & Ashley Scott Cross Hill Academy 7-5
CLOTHING
Amy Barrera, Jose Rivera
& Ashley Scott
Cross Hill Academy
7-5

35. CLOTHING
The clothes we wear have a footprint since it takes resources to make them.
Brand new clothes have a bigger footprint than hand-me-downs.
Wearing second-hand clothing and giving your old clothing away is an example of the 3 R’s conversation.
The 3 R’s are Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

36. SAVE CLOTHING!!!
The average New Yorker tosses 46 pounds of clothing and textiles in the trash each year, totaling 6% of our entire residential waste stream.
More than 80,000 New Yorkers have helped NYC lose 1.4 million pounds by recycling unwanted clothing, linens, paired shoes, etc.

37. HAND-ME-DOWNS
Hand-me-downs are clothing passed down by older siblings or cousins.
They reduce clothing’s
carbon footprint
They can be clothing
that doesn’t fit you or that
you don’t like.
You save money and time

38. REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
When you are getting hand-me-downs or getting second hand clothing, you are reducing your carbon footprint
When you reduce carbon footprints, you are actually saving money and time
You may be saving people by donating the clothing to those who need it

39. SECOND HAND CLOTHING
Second hand clothes are clothes that have been worn by a previous owner but are still in good condition to wear and use
Second hand clothes are not sold in the same stores as new clothing; they are sold at thrift shops that sell them at a greatly reduced price, even if they’ve only been worn once!
Taking your clothes to a thrift
shop is an alternative way
of getting rid of clothes that
don’t fit you or you don’t like

40. What to do with old clothing
You can drop your clothing into donation bins
You can use them as rags to clean
your house, your car or even your kicks
Make a hacky sack out of a sock
You can restyle old clothing by adding patches or ripping them
You can swap them with friends and other people

41. MAKE YOUR OWN CLOTHING Making your own clothes
is a great way to reduce your
clothing carbon footprint and
it saves money
You can go online and learn
how to make your own clothing
You can get fabric that you like
You design your clothes the
way you like and you’ll love
what you’re wearing because
you made it

42. Donate your old clothing
Eventually you are going to wind up not fitting into some of your clothing. Instead of throwing away the clothes that do not fit, give them away to charity. You don’t have to leave the country or state you are living in, go to a donation bin in your neighborhood. Just drop the clothes off, then a truck will come along and pick it up. People all around the world will end up getting your clothes.

43. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why a textile program?
5.7% of NYC’s residential
waste stream consists of
textiles like clothing and
towels. New Yorkers discard
193,000 tons of textiles
every year in NYC alone.
What happens to materials donated?
Materials that are donated are sorted into different grades including usable/non- usable cotton scrap, cotton blend scrap and synthetics. These materials are then sold for reuse or recycling.

44. Ashley’s Example I have a sister who is older than
me and another sister who is
younger. My older sister has many
beautiful clothes. They usually
don’t fit her after winter or fall.
So my big sister gives them to
me which is an example of
hand-me-downs. My younger sister does not
usually get clothes from me because she is
only 6 years old. Instead we donate the clothing
so someone else gets it and this is an example
of second hand clothes.

45. Play
By Abelardo Tovar
and German Aguirre
Cross Hill Academy
Class 7-5

46. Play
Playing and moving around is very important for humans. Some games and sports use less stuff and less space than others. A game of chess uses less space and equipment than football does so chess’ footprint is smaller. The more stuff you have and the more space you use to play sports and games, the bigger your footprint.

47. For a football field
This picture shows tree stumps every where; just for a football field.
Without trees we lose oxygen and have more carbon dioxide. Trees produce oxygen and take in carbon dioxide.

48. Save up space
Instead of taking up space outside, play a virtual game like the Wii.
Take a friend and play inside, it takes up less space and you still have fun.

49. Play together
Don’t use an entire basketball court to play one-on-one. It takes up a lot of space for just two kids. When you play together, more people can play in the same place.

50. Let’s Play Together
You can play in one house instead of playing in individual houses.
You have another way to play with your friends without going online which is called split screen.

51. Using Less Electricity
There are many ways for you to reduce the electricity use when you are playing your video games. You can play for one hour, wait an hour, and then go back to playing for another hour instead of playing for three straight hours.

52. Turn Off The Console!
Whenever you go out or go to eat some where always turn off your console and controller too.
You can reduce your carbon footprint a lot by doing this simple little thing.

53. Recycle The Plastic Box From Video game
You can put all of your discs in a case and recycle the plastic box from the video game. Or, you can sell these plastic boxes to GameStop because they use them for the games that don’t have cases.

54. Don’t Play As Much Online
If you don’t play as much online you can reduce the energy used to power the router that you are using. You can also reduce the electricity that companies are using to give you online service.

55. Plant a tree
Go outside and plant as many trees as possible. If you don’t know how to, ask a grownup to help you.

56. Save the world
Save the world; without the world none of us would be here at this very moment. Pollution is bad for world and us. The Ozone layer is getting weaker every time we pollute.

57. How to Reduce your food Carbon Foot Print
By Cheyenne Collazo,
Andrew Rodriguez,
Fabian Tovar
Cross Hill Academy
Class 7/5

58. Food
The food we eat has a bigger footprint than just the land where it was grown. Water, fertilizer and pesticides are used to grow it, packaging is used to keep it fresh and ship it, and fuel is used to transport it. Most of the food in the grocery store has traveled over 1000 miles to get here. Meat has a large footprint because all of the food that the animal ate when it was alive is calculated into the equation. North Americans waste enough food each day to feed thousands of people for a year!
To reduce your foot print, you can be
aware of how much food you are
wasting, buy food that was locally
grown, with the least amount of
packaging.

59. Plastic, less plastic, or no plastic
When you go grocery shopping you can use plastic bags not paper because you can reuse plastic for trash, etc
You can use less plastic when you go grocery shopping for fruits and vegetables, too. When you only buy a little, don’t use any bag.
You can use no plastic …… Instead of constantly buying plastic water bottles you can reuse them or you can buy reusable ones

60. Eat Only Organic Foods, not Junk
When you only eat foods that are organic and not processed you can compost the peels, skins, seeds, core, etc.
When processed foods are
made it’s usually in a factory
and a factory’s smoke harms
the environment.

61. GROW YOUR OWN FOODS You could grow fruit and vegetables in your garden
It will help the environment because you may use less bags when you shop
It could also help the environment because you waste you won’t be polluting the air using your car to go grocery shopping

62. Go to the farmers’ market
you could buy organic foods
It helps the environment because they use less plastic and packaging
It also helps the environment because they don’t use a lot of air polluting transportation to get their goods to the market.

63. Eat smaller portions
Put smaller portions on your plate. If you take a lot of food and don’t finish, you end up throwing the rest out.
You can always have
“seconds” if you’re
still hungry.
you save money, food and trash bags.

64. Save leftovers
When you save your leftovers you don’t have to waste more money to buy more food.
You can also enjoy the meal even more because some foods just taste better the second time!
You can combine your
leftovers with something
else to make a new meal

65. Give Leftovers To Your Dog
When you give the food to your dog you can save a lot of money on dog food
Also you save trash bags and the transportation needed to go and buy more dog food.

66. Give extras to shelters or people in need
When you give your extras or leftovers to people in need you save them the struggle of trying to find it or scavenge for it.
Also, when you give your
leftovers to the needy you
could be saving a life

67. Small ways you can reduce your carbon footprint
Drink all of the milk in the bowl when you eat cereal
Only serve yourself a little bit and if you want more then help yourself
When you’re at the grocery store buy only what you need for the week
There are many other ways to reduce
your carbon footprint. But even if you
only do one of these things listed,
one time, it will help the environment

68. Compost food in your backyard
When you compost your food in your backyard you create fresh un-used soil
When you have a compost it saves trash bags and money
For example: you go through a lot of trash and you use a lot of trash bags, when composting your organic food you save money!

69. By Ashley Cruz, Michel Garcia
School
By Ashley Cruz, Michel Garcia
& Michael Wattsa
Cross Hill Academy
Class 7-5

70. Do you recycle at school? Do you always turn off the lights?
Think about how much energy would be saved at your school if everyone turned off the lights when they left the room.
Think about how
much would get
recycled if everyone
recycled everything
they possibly could!

71. Paper Paper is made from plant fibers called cellulose,
which are found
in wood.

72. Paper
Paper is used for many things at school such as napkins, tissues, loose-leaf, cardboard, and paper towels.

73. Reduce paper use
Work can still get done with less paper being used in school:
Use the smart board with one copy of the work to teach a class, instead of giving out a printed copy or the work to every student.
Have two students share
a sheet of paper to
Conserve the amount of
paper used per class!
Print only one class set of
material and use with all classes

74. How to use less paper Instead of using paper towels, use hand dryers
In notebooks, use all the pages back and front and use all of the page
When doing work sheets, print the pages back and front

75. How to use less water
Put hand sanitizers in the bathrooms and classrooms
limit time washing hands
Turn off faucets completely during and after washing hands to prevent leaks and/or water waste

76. Ways to save water in school
Faucets should be turned off in bathrooms immediately after usage
If more water fountains were placed
around the school, students
wouldn’t purchase water
bottles that will probably end
up thrown in the garbage,
not recycled
Install automatic
shut-off faucets in
the bathrooms

77. Reducing carbon footprints in the cafeteria
Students should not be forced to take food than they will not eat, or allowed to take more than they can reasonably eat. it is wasteful to throw out food that could have been given to another student
Foam trays should be replaced with plastic trays that can be reused or cardboard trays that can be recycled into new plates, trays, napkins, or even newspapers

78. Use those blue bins!
Cans and bottles are frequently thrown out instead of recycled. They should be put in recycling bins so they can be brought back for the 5¢ deposit. A lot of money is being lost!

79. How to save electricity in school
Be sure to turn of all electrical equipment in the classroom
Have students or teachers check around the school to make sure energy isn’t being wasted in empty classrooms
computers, monitors, heaters, and air conditioners should be switched off by the end of the day before school closes

80. More ways to save electricity
Open windows inside of the
classrooms to cool the room
instead of turning on an air
conditioner or fan that will use
lots of energy. Don’t forget to open
the door for air flow.
Natural light from outside can be used to light the classroom so the ceiling lights can be switched off.

81. Recycling programs
Add more recycling bins, participate in recycling cans by placing them in the bins
Students can brainstorm ways to recycle throughout the school
Create a good recycling program to save electricity, paper, and use items less harmful to the environment

82. Recycling programs
In our school there are thousands of recyclable items thrown out every month
We use about a thousand sheets of paper a day; we can reduce that amount by putting good recycling programs in place!