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tiger times The Voice of Dewey Elementary School • Evanston, IL • December 2017 Save the Earth “Taking care of our By Katie Schober planet is not just a Going “green” may be easier than you think. There are some very little, but helpful things responsibility – it’s you can do every day to help the earth. Taking care of our planet is not just a responsibility – a privilege.” it’s a privilege. Here are some things you can do to help. WATER Another thing you can do is to ride your bike Pay attention to how you use water. Being anywhere you can. It would be very beneficial if attentive to this will make a big difference in you could walk some places, too! the world. If you can’t walk or ride a bike, organize a When you turn off the water, for example, you carpool. First of all, everyone loves to ride with are doing something good. Did you know that their friends. Second, it will help our earth. if you leave the water running for the proper Every car off the road makes a big difference. time to brush your teeth (2 minutes), you could waste about 2 gallons? RECYCLE PLEASE RECYCLE!!! Save water in many ways: Wildfires 2017 • You can save water while filling your glass! One form of recycling is to put that soda can If it’s hot outside, fill up a large water in a different bin. Also, if you are choosing By Sophia Siddiqui and Adele Fammeree bottle and keep it in your fridge. between 2 products, pick the one with the least • Wash clothes in cold water when you can packaging. Going outside seems normal, right? Well, another bad fire, The Indian Creek Fire. On • You can save water while washing your people in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and 10-11-17, it started to calm down because of hands! You can save 6 gallons per day if Here’s a really fun fact: If an office building of California had trouble going outside this fall. the rainy, cool weather. you turn off the tap while you scrub for 7,000 workers recycled all of its office paper They all wanted to, but they couldn’t because 20 seconds. waste for a year, it would be the equivalent of of this one huge problem... Wildfires were Fortunately, most of the fires in Oregon were • If you use an energy-efficient dishwasher, taking almost 400 cars off the road! destroying EVERYTHING, including houses, contained by mid-October. you will save water. Did you know that a buildings, forests, parks, and more! If you want dishwasher usually uses about 4 gallons per ELECTRICITY to find out about all the different fires that raged On 10-14-17, we interviewed two people from run, whereas hand washing uses 20? Try to Make your home more energy efficient (and through the Western states this year, read on. Oregon, Dalia (in 5th grade) and Mark (Dalia’s run your dishwasher only when it’s full. save money). One way to do this is to get a Dad). Their family has experienced what it is • If hand-washing your dishes save water by programmable thermostat. With this, you won’t WASHINGTON like to have fires raging right by them. Dalia scraping dirty dishes in the trash, then fill waste energy when no one’s home. Also, before said even though buildings were burning down, up your sink with water and wash dishes you go to bed, lower the thermostat setting. The Diamond Creek Fire began on the Cana- she still had to go to school. She also said that all at once instead of one-by-one You won’t miss a cooling/warming temperature dian border. It was located in the Okanogan/ the air quality was really bad from the smoke, • Save water while cooking! Try to wash when you’re asleep. Wenatchee National Forest. As of 10-9-17, it and everyone had to wear masks. All of the food in a pot of water, instead of under a had burnt 75,000 acres. A few days later, on masks were sold out of the local department running faucet. When boiling food, use Turn off lights when you’re not in the room and 10-13-17, it had burnt 105,000 acres, which is stores in a week. only enough water as needed. unplug appliances when you’re not using them. 30,000 more acres in just 4 days. *Tip: Using less water when boiling It only takes a second to be environmentally CALIFORNIA vegetables preserves flavor and nutrients. conscious. As of 10-14-17, only 16% of the wildfires in • Take a shower! A bath typically uses up Washington were under control. That means As of mid-October, there were 12 or more to 30 gallons of water, whereas a five that 84% of the fires had to be left alone large fires raging across the state, burning over minute shower will use only 10-25 gallons GLOBAL WARMING FACTS because the firefighters couldn’t get to them. 140,000 acres. In those 140,000 acres, more depending on the efficiency of shower head. • August 2014 was the warmest August ever than 7,000 structures were destroyed, and even recorded globally. MONTANA worse, 41 people were found dead. That was just GAS • The year 2010 was the warmest on record. in mid-October. The next day, 42 were dead! Try to leave your car at home. • Despite global warming, we’re still technically The Rice Ridge Fire was a fire that lasted 47 in an Ice Age. days. It burnt 108,216 acres, and in the process Mark and Dalia also told us some information One thing you can do is try to combine your • The Marshall Islands won’t exist if we the fire destroyed 1,020 homes. about the California wildfires. Mark said that errands. Hit the store, post office, and the li- warm the planet 2 degrees. there were multiple theories about how they brary in one go. This not only saves gas, it saves • It’s been over 30 years since we had a The Lolo Peak Fire occurred in August through started. One of the theories is about the Diablo some time, too! cooler-than-average month. September 2017, 10 miles away from Lolo, Winds. He said that some people thought a Montana. It also destroyed 9,981 acres. power line fell and made a spark. The Diablo Winds carried the spark and caused all of the The Gibralter Ridge Fire was east of Eureka, California wildfires. Some people decided to Montana. As of 10-14-17, it had burnt 1,938 leave and barely brought any of their stuff acres and destroyed 144 buildings. because they were in such a hurry. All the fires combined pushed 90,000 Montana Because of climate change, it has been getting residents out of their homes, and at least 5,700 warmer and drier everywhere, and because buildings burnt. The other states realized what everything was so dry, it was making the fires was happening, and 34 states sent people to much more powerful. help out. Because of all of these fires, many people lost OREGON their homes, their farms, schools and businesses. More than 26,000 firefighters fought these The Chetco Bar Fire lasted 40 days, and dam- fires across the West. Nine firefighters died in aged 43,000 acres and 700 homes. the fires, and 35 more were injured. Countless people are grateful for their service and glad to The Eagle Creek Fire burned on the border of be alive today. Oregon and Washington. It also merged with In the News Our World....................... page 2 Creative Corner .............. page 6 Cultural Affairs ............... page 4 Profiles .......................... page 7 Sports ............................ page 5 Fun Pages ...................... page 10 Science & Technology .... page 6 our world Hurricane Irma Top 10 Greatest Geniuses By Selma Farhan and Meera Field By Aden Johansen & Sophia Jung It was the most intense hurricane in the Atlantic since Katrina, and the first major hurricane since 5. 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