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Things you can do for a healthier, cleaner,
greener, earth
- Re-use and recycle everything
- Avoid using Styrofoam –it’s non-biodegradable, deadly to
marine-life, terrible for the environment and can’t be
recycled
- Buy bulk goods to reduce packaging waste
- Reuse grocery bags
- Use cloth serviettes instead of paper ones
- Buy goods in reusable or recyclable containers
- Mend and repair rather than discard and replace
- Buy living Christmas trees and replant them
- Plant trees throughout your community
- Keep hazardous chemicals in safe containers
- Use non-toxic, biodegradable soaps and detergents
- Put a water conservation device in your toilet tank
- Install a water-conserving showerhead
- Hang your clothes out to dry
- When using your dishwasher, turn off the drying cycle
- Turn off lights when not in use
- Turn down your hot water heater
- Snip six-pack rings to save marine-life
- Don’t buy or use aerosols
- Use unbleached paper products
- Buy a fuel-efficient car
- Keep your car tuned up
- Recycle used motor oil, don’t dump it
- Walk, cycle, carpool or bus it rather than using your car
- Support global ecological improvement efforts
- Educate yourself on local and global issues
- Join and support active environmental organizations
- Teach children ecological values
- Teach children to love and respect animals
- Work to unlearn poor ecological habits
- Try to reduce stress in your life
- Practice preventive health care
- Learn about the medications that you put into your body
- Exercise regularly
- Eat more nutritious foods
- Be kind to yourself and others
- Live by the three R’s – reduce, reuse, and recycle
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