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As a student, I can reduce my ecological
=== footprint on my local environment by planting a garden. For my garden, I am going to plant a watermelon plant, tulips, lilies, and more. I can do this by buying seeds, getting soil, digging a hole, and watering it. I can do this with mom and my grandma over the weekened. I am going to plant my garden at my complex because they look very plain and dead. Also, it helps us breath in oxygen and we breathe out carbon dioxide for the plant to breathe. When I planted my watermelon plant, you have to water it every weekened. ===

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There are many simple ways to reduce the footprint you leave on the planet. Learn how to reduce your footprint in each consumption category-carbon, food, housing, and goods and services-but don't stop there.  An average size tree produces enough oxygen in one year to keep a family of four breathing.  Three trees planted in the right place around buildings can cut air-conditioning costs up to 50 percent. Trees increase the value of property.  Houses surrounded by trees sell for 18-25 percent higher than houses with no trees.  Grow your own food and reduce food miles.  By growing some of your own food you will be reducing the amount of fossil fuel that has been used to transport your food to ZERO. Make a compost heap or invest in a compost bin for all your green waste and kitchen scraps. If you don't have enough space then find out where you can take your green waste so that it will be composted by the local council contractor. If you are making your own compost even better!

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