Do you know how many pandas there are in the world? World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has spent four yours counting pandas in the world. It says there are 1,590 now. In the 1980s, there were only 1,100.

So we may say that pandas are lucky because people around the world love them and are trying their best to help them. However, we also say that pandas are unlucky because they are still facing a lot of problems now.

Pandas are not good at making babies. Even in the wild, scientists have found that female pandas give birth only every 28 months. That's why the number of pandas goes up so slowly.

Pandas need bamboos for food, but bamboo dies every 10 to 100 years. It can take up to 20 years to provide(提供) food for pandas. When bamboo dies, pandas have to move to other areas. In the past, this was easy. However, the number of people keeps growing, people cut down more forests and built more villages. It's more difficult for pandas to find bamboos and homes than before.

In the past years, WWF made great efforts to protect pandas. And some Chinese scientists are also always trying to find ways to help pandas.

It's not WASTE until it is WASTED

    With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste.

    Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled(循环再用); the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste.

    The following are some instructions for you

    Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles.

    Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs(电灯泡) must not be included in the glass waste.

    Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled.

    Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately.

    PMD waste: Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging.

    Warning: Plastic pots(e. g yoghurt pots ), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste.

    Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries(电池)， paint and oil…

    Besides, if you don't need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We're going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don't have enough money for a bike.

    To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website.

    I am a little lion. My name is Nancy. I have a big head. I'm yellow. But my favorite colour is green. I like living in the forest. I like to eat little animals. But I live in the zoo now. I don't like the zoo. I get up in the cage（笼子） in the morning. I have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the cage. I go to bed in the cage in the evening, too. People watch me every day. Some boys hit（打） me with stones（石头）. I don't like them. They are not my friends. I can't go out. I want to go back to my friends in the forest. I want to live with them.

    Give your dead batteries a new life. Recycle them！

    Batteries(电池) are used to power clocks, computers, tools and more. However,

Your batteries have some serious power when their lives are over.

WHY TO RECYCLE BATTERIES

    Remember, batteries are harmful waste. This mean you could properly throw away. You may not think one little battery can cause that much pollution. But don't think of it as just one battery—there can be millions. In Canada, each person uses about 20 single-use batteries every year. That's about 700 million batteries! If all these batteries end up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), the heavy metals inside them can get into the water, land and air. It can be harmful to humans and wildlife.

    By recycling single-use batteries instead of throwing them away, you can cut down pollution and also help save energy. All batteries are mainly made of plastic and valuable metals. Through recycling programs, dead batteries can be changed into something useful like steel products, or even new batteries!

    HOW TO RECYCLE BATTERIES:

    Make a difference by starting to collect batteries at your home or school today. You can prepare a box for battery collection and invite friends, family and classmates to bring in old batteries to be recycled.

    There are many safe ways to deal with your batteries. You can:

    Find a Call 2 Recycle public collection station near you.

    Ask the store where you bought the batteries if you can return them there.

    Communicate with your local city government to find out if there are special programs for recycling used batteries!

    For more information, visit https://ecokids.ca/batteries.

    Mint (薄荷) is a useful plant. You can see it in different kinds of dishes. Mint can bring us many health advantages. It can also help us relax. Don't you believe it? Just smell the plant when you feel tired.

    Now, if you love mint, you don't have to buy it at the market. The plant is very easy to grow. You can plant it all year round, and it can grow well both indoors and outdoors.

    ①Prepare your flower pot (盆)

    Fill your flower pot with soil. Fill soil to a depth (深度) of about 25 centimeters. Use a garden fork to loosen the soil (松土).

    ②Plant your mint

    Plant your mint seeds (种子) 40 centimeters far from each other. If your pot is small, use just one plant or seed.

    ③Put your plant in a proper place

    Mint loves sunlight, but it also likes a bit of shade. Put your plant in a place where it can get both sunlight and shade.

    ④Water your mint

    Mint prefers wet soil. Keep the soil well watered, but don't overdo it. Don't forget to put a plant plate under your pot.

    ⑤Time to harvest

    Mint grows fast. After your plant grows up, you can pick its leaves at any time.

    To make things more fun, why not ask each of your classmates to grow some mint? Let's see whose mint grows the fastest!