Did you know about three-fourths of our precious
planet is covered by water, and much of it
is not drinkable. Hi, I'm Debbie Noah, and
I'm here to help you teach your children about
taking care of the water on our planet. All
water starts out clean, and our kids need
to understand that from the melting snow or
the melting glaciers. All the water starts
out clean, and then something happens, and
guess what, it's what we're putting into it.
Things like fertilizers, pesticides, kitchen
products, shampoos, many of those things are
polluting our water system. The kids also
need to know that just because we don't live
near the ocean doesn't mean what we're doing
is not affecting our ocean. Our streams, our
lakes, our rivers and our oceans are becoming
polluted just because of what we are putting
in it, and our kids need to understand that.
Fortunately, there's lots of things that we
can help and we can do. Young children can
do these things. One of them is looking for
earth friendly products. Many companies are
getting on board, right now, and making earth-friendly
cleaning products, earth-friendly detergents,
earth-friendly dishwasher soap, and cleaning,
all kinds of cleaning products that are safe
for our environment and will not pollute our
waters. So, a really good thing is to sit
down with your family, talk about things in
your home that are earth friendly that will
help keep the waters clean. Using earth-friendly
products, taking showers instead of baths,
not using fertilizers and insecticides on
the lawn. All those things will keep our streams,
lakes, rivers, and oceans clean. We simply
cannot live without water, and the kids need
to understand that. I'm Debbie Noah, and that's
how you teach your kids about keeping our
water clean.