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          city. You can even plan carpooling trips with friends and family to reduce the amount of cars or buses taken to get places. Combining your trips, such as grocery shopping and running errands, will be more efficient for your time as well as for the environment. It is better to not buy a car at all, as they are produced in huge quantities and produce a huge amount of landfill waste. But, if it is necessary to own a car where you live, it is much better to buy an electric car. Electric cars are much better for the environment and even develop fewer problems as they have less complex parts than gasoline and diesel cars. There is no Planet B for us to escape to if we let our planet die. Although it may seem like there is not much you can do to help, making a small effort can help a lot in trying to preserve our planet and her ecosystems. We have many simple solutions at our disposal but if we don’t take advantage of those opportunities to make a difference, we will be leaving our children and grandchildren without the amazing beauty and life that the world holds today. Bibliography Ocean Plastics Pollution​ , www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/live_more_sust ainably.html#shopping. “Is Flooding Becoming More Common?” ​ RestorationEze​ , 23 Oct. 2015, restorationeze.com/is-flooding-becoming-more-common/. “Food's Carbon Footprint.” Green Eatz, Green Eatz, www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html. http://wwf.panda.org