1. The earth is our common home. It is full of beauty and wonder
The earth is our common home. It is full of beauty and wonder. It belongs to all living creatures.

2. We all need the earth for the food we eat, the water we drink and the air that we breathe.

3. There should be enough for everyone to have a fair share.

4. But some of us are using more than our share and are wasting the earth’s gifts.

5. We are doing too much damage to our common home.

6. We are burning too much fuel in our cars and airplanes.

7. We are cutting down too many trees.

8. We waste electricity and we throw away too many things.

9. The earth, our common home, is starting to look like a giant rubbish dump.

10. We cannot continue like this
We cannot continue like this. It’s not fair, especially on people who are not wasting as much as we do.

11. We can change, we can make a new start, and we can work together.

12. Will you play your part in looking after our common home?

13. Can you recycle, reduce water waste, and turn off lights
Can you recycle, reduce water waste, and turn off lights? And can you live more simply, buying less things and throwing less away, so that we don’t take more than our fair share?

14. The world can’t wait. So let’s make that start today
The world can’t wait! So let’s make that start today. Play your part to protect our common home.