MARKHAMNEWMARKET IDLEFREE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

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MARKHAM/NEWMARKET IDLE-FREE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE!
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IDLE-FREESCHOOLS
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WHAT IS IDLING?

• Idling is when something or someone is not
  operating or not moving. Here, we are talking
  about cars that are turned on with their engines
  running but they are not moving anywhere they
  are just parked.

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AIR POLLUTION

• See it
• Smell it
• Breathe it

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3 WORST AIR POLLUTERS

• Cars
• Factories
• Coal-Burning Power Plants

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CARS POLLUTE

• Try not to use your car as much
• Take public transit (bus, subway, streetcar)
• Walk
• Carpool
• Dont idle your car

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IDLING CARS

• Make the air dirty (pollution)
• Waste
• Waste gas
• Hurt car engines

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IDLING MAKES US SICK

• Kids breathe faster than adults so they breathe
  more dirty air
• Breathing polluted air gives us asthma, lung
  problems, allergies, and sometimes cancer
• Small children walk right by the car exhaust
  pipes where the dirty air comes from

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IDLING MAKES THE PLANET SICK

• Car fumes poison animals
• Car pollution hurts plants and flowers
• Air pollution destroys our planet

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WHY DO PEOPLE IDLE?

• Warming up their cars
• Waiting for someone
• Running a quick errand
• Comfort (air conditioning, heater, radio)
• Parking illegally
• HOW CAN WE STOP THIS?

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WE CAN HELP!

• Ask our parents to walk us to school or start a
  walking school bus program
• Tell people to not idle their cars
• Wear an extra sweater so the bus driver doesnt
  need to keep the heater running
• Let drivers know idling hurts their engines

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REMOTE STARTERS

• Are little gadgets that will turn on your car
  engine when you press the button.
• Can be used while YOU are still in your house and
  your CAR is out on the street.
• Are terrible for the planet because people press
  the button and forget that their car is running
  and it ends up polluting for a long, long, long
  time!

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STOP IDLING!

• Make our air clean
• Help us stay healthy
• Dont waste or gas
• Save our planet

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WE CAN DO IT!
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