Now I am interviewing my 8 year old daughter Tess on the environment. (Either my kids have horrible memories or we need to do a better job!)

What is paper made from?
Trees. No bark.

Why do we need to save water?
So that we can drink it. So we can live.

Why do we TRY to be vegetarian?
1. Because they're not treating the animals well.

What do we recycle?
1. Cans
2. Bottles
3. Soda bottles
4. Containers
5. Plastic plates
6. Newspaper
7. Paper
8. Envelopes
9. Magazines

Why do we recycle these things?
So that the factory can reuse them to use again. So that we don't cut down lots of trees. If we throw stuff away, it will go in the landfill. If we have lots of landfills it will be really stinky and we won't have a place to live.

If they don't go in the landfills, where do they go?
They go in a big factory and they get melted, they shape them and put them back together and reuse them. Paper gets shredded and they melt it and put it in the thing that makes it flat and they paint it white and then we use it again.

Why do we ask you to turn off the lights?
So that we don't waste electricity and so that your bill doesn't get bigger.

What is electricity made from?
Water, air and sunlight.

What if I told you electricity was created by burning coal or oil or gas? Why then should we save electricity?
So that gas doesn't pollute the air.

What is gas made from?
Fossils.

What happens when we run out of fossils?
Then we will have no more gas and we can't drive cars anymore. Unless we make electric cars or cars that run on batteries.

Name some things we do that are good for the environment.
1. We could walk to school instead of drive (her brother helped her with this one).
2. We have a wood burning stove instead of a heater.
3. We save water.
4. We recycle paper.
5. We pick up trash.