It is up to all of us to reduce our dependence on, and consumption of synthetic chemicals. We are 21 students in the Eighth Grade Class from Geyserville Educational Park in Sonoma County, California. We have been learning about humans' effect on the environment and we are very concerned. Some of our major concerns are about our landfills, pollution, global warming, acid rain and the ozone layer. Our town of Geyserville has only 4,000 people and still we have all these problems.
Landfills are overcrowded.
Most of our garbage can be recycled, reused and composted. Our planet is heating up. By the year 2000, temperatures will rise, forcing animals to move or die. Factories, airplanes, cars and electric companies are all part of this problem. If we do not take charge, we will watch plants and animals suffer because of our greed.