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Rubbish, and how we choose to handle it, affects the environment and everything around us including the air, water, land, plants, and man-made things. We need a healthy environment for our health, (34)_______ we can understand why effective management of rubbish is important. Everyone needs to learn about and (35) _______ the three Rs reduce, reuse, and recycle to make our world a safe and healthy place. First, we must buy and use less and we should choose items with minimal packaging. Second, we should reuse things as much as possible and pass items on to others (36) _______ can use them when they are no longer of value to us. Finally, we should recycle everything once its (37) _______ is over so they can be made into new items. Making new items from recycled ones takes less energy and (38) _______ resources than making products from brand-new materials. You'd be amazed what can be done with a recycled product!

Brooklyn Free School has one part for students aged 11-18 and one for students aged 4-11. Students in both parts choose the subjects they take, never do homework and don't have to take exams or tests. And if they're not enjoying a chemistry lesson, for example, they can walk out, or go to the students' room and read a book. Other examples of subjects on the timetable are writing films and building design - a very popular subject.
Some people think this kind of school is a bad idea. They don't think it teaches students the things they'll need when they grow up. They also think the school's only for people who have lots of money. But actually, only 20% of the students pay the whole cost of being at the school.
So what do the students think? One student, Marlon, says in his favourite class he watched a TV show about city life. It taught him a lot. In another, students discussed how people decide about things or vote. They then ate at local restaurants and decided which one they liked the best.
But Marlon found it hard when he started at the school. It took more than a year for him to feel comfortable there. He played computer games in the students' room for most of that first year. Now he enjoys classes and says he wouldn't like to go to school anywhere else.

Cities are often noisy and dirty places, and many people prefer the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside, with open fields and forests. However, there are many good reasons to live in cities - jobs, exciting things to do and plenty of new people to meet. Some architects are now trying to bring the country into the city by creating ‘green skyscrapers’.
The Bosco Verticale in Milan is a skyscraper which tries to create a ‘forest in the sky’. It opened in 2014 and has two towers. Inside, it is mainly apartments, but there are also some offices. The special thing about this skyscraper is that there are nearly 1,000 trees, and also hundreds of smaller plants, growing all over it.
Skyscrapers like this are more difficult and more expensive to build. There are problems with planting trees so high up - not all kinds of trees can live in the strong winds at this height. Also, someone has to look after the plants, to water them in hot weather and cut them back when they grow too big, so they don't spoil the view for the people who live there. This could be a lot of work for the people who live there, but at Bosco Verticale, a special team of professional gardeners takes care of it.
But green skyscrapers also bring a lot of benefits. The trees and plants clean the air, keep the apartments cool in hot weather and reduce the amount of noise that people hear inside the building. More importantly, most people would agree that they are much more attractive to look at than the usual metal and glass. Some architects believe that over the next 20 years green buildings could change the skyline of our cities, to make them look more like forests.