You & Your Environment
Habitat Where Are All The Bears? How Secure Are Our Bears? Ecological Relationships You & Your Environment
We've Just Learned About The Habitat Of Black Bears &
Grizzlies
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Now you know how important the environment is to these beautiful animals, with whom we share our environment!
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The environment belongs to everyone and so we must all take responsibility for its health and wellbeing
Try A Quiz to check you knowledge about things that affect your environment
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For most of us, the town or city where we live is the most familiar environment we know
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So, in the next section we'll look at the things that attract bears to our environment, like our garbage, and we'll discover ways we can help protect our bears!
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If you're interested, you can read more about Habitat Conservation
Our Environment Includes
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Wilderness areas
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The community in which each of us lives
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The yard behind your house
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Mammals like the Black Bear and Grizzly
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Birds and fish
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Even the weather
Here's a fun picture about Our Planet Our Future, you can download and/or colour
Your Environment Is Also
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The air you breathe
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The water you drink
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The food you eat
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The noise you make and hear
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And the garbage you throw away
Check out this EcoKids Glossary and look up words like:
Each Of Us Is In Charge Of Our Own Actions:
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We are responsible for what we do or what we don't do
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It's up to each of us to keep our environment clean and healthy
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And one way we can do this is by not wasting our natural resources
Here's a Checklist of things you can do...
Why not complete it with a friend in your neighbourhood?.
You can add more ideas to this list too!
Black Bear Sources: Bears In BC - Hinterland - BC Government Grizzly Sources: Bears In BC - Hinterland - BC Government - Grizzly Bears In BC
If you are interested in protecting your environment
Try out a couple of games about environmental issues, especially the one on "Trash Troopers"!
Why not join other kids at EcoKids
