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Ask CNN: What Can the Public Do to Help the Environment?

Aired June 28, 2001 - 09:18   ET

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LISA BUSSARD, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PENNSYLVANIA: Hi, I'm Lisa Bussard from Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. And I'd like to know what more I can do as an individual to help the environment?

FRANCES FISHER, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST/ACTRESS: Pick up a piece of trash when you see it on the ground and don't wait for someone else to pick it up even if you weren't the one who threw it there. Ride your bike, if you can. Turn your water off when you're brushing your teeth. Turn it back on when you have to rinse. Little things like that. Act as if the earth is yours -- as if it's your own backyard.

ED BEGLEY, JR., ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST/ACTOR: All of the actions that we take have a reflection in our oceans, our streams, our bays, our estuaries and in our air quality.

MICHAEL BURK, TELEVISION EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Everything that goes into the storm drains goes into the ocean. And people who flush oil down the storm drains after they do their own lube job or use their hoses to wash garbage down the storm drains are really polluting the planet.

IZZY KNOPPER, JR. REPORTER, PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY JOURNAL: Kids can make a big difference in the environment by conserving electricity, giving up your hall light. You can plant trees on Arbor Day. Those little kid books that you don't want anymore, you can donate to a library.

BURK: I would get children now involved in understanding the planet on a very, very personal level. And then as they get older, hopefully they'll -- their knowledge will expand, they'll understand that they have to do something and step in. And one of those kids could be the one who comes along who makes the difference.

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