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GREENIE magazine How you can help! Our favourite IGA Character speaks out! What is it and why it’s good for us! What makes our Earth so special!
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Greenie Magazine Volume 1 - IGA Kids Club

Nov 15, 2014

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The first volume of IGA Kids Club 'Greenie Pages'! Poppy, our resident eco warrior has started her own magazine and released the first issue with the help of Pearsons Education.

This issue educates young readers about biodiversity and how it is important to our life on earth. It has facts on Australia's flora and fauna, all presented in an all illustrated magazine.

Greenie Magazine is produced by Avalanche Creative (www.avalanchecreative.com.au) for IGA (www.igakidsclub.com.au). Check out our kids club for more fun, games and activities for your young ones!
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Page 1: Greenie Magazine Volume 1 - IGA Kids Club

GREENIEmagazine

How you can h

elp!

Our favourite IGA Character

speaks out!

What is it and why it’s good for us!

What makes our Earth so

special!

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Have you ever wondered what life would be like without all the animals and plants that make our Earth special?

My friends at Pearson Education have given us some great information on how we can look after the Earth and keep our beautiful planet alive. Without our help, we might lose all those plants and animals we love .

We can all help, no matter how young we are!

Hey Kids,

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

Do your part!

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Imagine that the Earth is a web and that every variety of life – plants, animals, micro-organisms, humans; the genes they all contain; and their ecosystems – are all a part of this complex web and are dependent on each other for survival.

• Australia is the only developed country regarded as one of the world’s 17 mega-diverse countries.

• Our nation has 7% of the world’s total species and a high proportion of unique species due to a long period of separation from other continents.

• Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinctions in the world.

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Biodiversity, (‘biological diversity’) is the variety of life in an ecosystem. It sustains us by providing clean air, drinkable water, soils for food, raw materials for clothing and the products we use in everyday life, including housing. It also offers recreation, beauty and inspiration.

Biodiversity is rapidly declining. It is suffering from habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, over-exploitation and pollution. Virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems have been dramatically transformed through human actions such as changing how land is used, controlling the flow of rivers and waterways and excessive harvesting of valuable species.

The current loss of biodiversity and the related changes in the environent are now faster than ever before in human history. There is no sign of this process slowing down.

Although extinction of species is a natural part of Earth’s history, human activity has increased the extinction rate by at least 100 times compared to the natural rate.

Biodiversity Loss

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Through making sure we recognised and limit the impact of our lifestyles on the other living organisms around us, we can make sure we have a future where life in all its diversity can be maintained, protected and celebrated.

There are many actions we can take including:• establishing wildlife friendly gardens• purchasing green products• limiting energy use• limiting water use• supporting organisations that are trying to conserve our natural heritage.

Many schools are already part of a Sustainable Schools program. If yours is not, urge your school to join.

Solutions

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Although we are part of the problem associated with loss of biodiversity, we are also part of the solution!

Learn More!

Glossary

http://www.pearson.com.au/Schools/Magazines

Ecosystems: A variety of organisms that interact with each other in order to live in an environmentExploitation: When something is over-used to make moneyInvasive: Something that invades or intrudesMicro-organism: A microscopic organism

www.climatechange.gov.au/impacts/biodiversity.htmlwww.csiro.au/science/Biodiversity.htmlwww.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/biodiversitywww.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/www.backyards4wildlife.com.au/www.nre.vic.gov.au/plntanml/biodiversity/index.htmwww.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/www.biodiversityhotspots.org/Pages/default.aspx