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100 Things You Can Do To Promote Green Values
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1. Recycle paper, glass and metals 2. Recycle motor oil, dispose of hazardous waste responsibly 3. Use cloth diapers 4. Reuse egg cartons and paper bags 5. Avoid using styrofoam 6. Avoid disposable plates, cups and utensils 7. Use rags instead of paper towels 8. Use paper bags, not paper towels to drain grease 9. Give away rather than dispose of unneeded items 10. Use the back of discardable paper for scratch paper 11. Be responsible and creative with leftover food 12. Use the water from cooking vegetables to make soup 13. Mend and repair rather than discard and replace 14. Invest in well-made, functional clothing 15. Buy bulk and unpackaged rather than packaged goods 16. Purchase goods in reusable or recyclable containers 17. Buy organic, pesticide-free foods 18. Avoid highly processed foods 19. Eat foods from low on the food chain 20. Compost your food scraps 21. Grow your own food (even small kitchen gardens!) 22. Volunteer to start or help with a community garden 23. Support local food co-ops 24. Discover where the food and goods you buy come from 25. Buy locally grown produce and other foods 26. Use glass and steel cookware rather than aluminum 27. Volunteer to maintain local parks and wilderness areas 28. Plant trees in your community 29. Learn about the plants and animals in your region 30. Discover your watershed and work to protect it 31. Oppose the use of roadside defoliants in your area 32. Use non-toxic, biodegradable soaps and cleansers 33. Use non-toxic pest control 34. Don't buy products tested on animals 35. Keep hazardous chemicals in spillproof containers 36. Put in a water-conserving shower head 37. Take shorter showers 38. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth 39. Put a water-conservation device in your toilet 40. Learn where your waste and sewage goes 41. Learn where the energy for your home comes from 42. Support your local utility's conservation program 43. Hand your clothes out to dry 44. Be sure your home is appropriately insulated 45. Weather-seal your home thoroughly 46. Heat your home responsibly, with renewable energy 47. Don't burn green wood 48. Choose the long-term investment of solar energy 49. Turn off lights when not in use 50. Turn down your hot water heater 51. Lower your thermostat and wear warmer clothes |
52. Buy energy efficient electrical appliances 53. Keep your car engine well tuned 54. Drive a fuel-efficient car that uses unleaded gas 55. Walk, bicycle, carpool, or use public transportation 56. Shop by phone first, then pick up your purchases 57. Use rechargeable batteries 58. Research socially-responsible investments 59. Support local credit unions 60. Support local shops and restaurants, not chains 61. Adopt a grandparent from the local senior center 62. Volunteer to cook for senior citizens 63. Provide for children in need 64. Hold a community potluck to meet your neighbors 65. Pick up litter along highways and near your home 66. Sponsor a clothes swap 67. Become involved with community projects and events 68. Organize or participate in community sports 69. Be responsible for the values you express 70. Participate in sister city and cultural exchanges 71. Educate yourself on global and "Third World" issues 72. Learn about the cultural diversity of your bioregion 73. Work for global peace 74. Learn how your legislators vote and let them know your views 75. Be an active voter and attend town meetings 76. Vote for candidates who support Green values 77. Become involved with your child's school 78. Encourage your child's natural talents and interests 79. Organize or join a neighborhood toy co-op 80. Put toxic substances out of reach of children 81. Teach your children ecological wisdom 82. Listen to your children's needs and support their dreams 83. Discourage the use of violent toys in your household 84. Communicate openly with your friends and co-workers 85. Work to understand people with different views and values 86. Be conscious of the struggles of oppressed people 87. Unlearn cultural sexism and racism 88. Acknowledge the spirituality in yourself and in others 89. Donate blood, if your health permits 90. Explore ways to reduce the stress in your life 91. Practice preventive health care 92. Exercise regularly and eat wisely 93. Bring music and laughter into your life 94. Learn about the medications you put into your body 95. Practice responsible family planning 96. Learn first aid and emergency procedures 97. Take time to play, relax, and go into nature 98. Decrease TV watching and increase creative learning 99. Acknowledge someone who provides quality service 100. HAVE FUN AND BE JOYFUL!!! |
50 Difficult Things You Can Do To Save The Earth
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1. Bury your car 2. Become a total vegetarian 3. Grow your own vegetables 4. Have your power lines disconnected 5. Don't have children 6. Restrict the population of motor vehicles 7. Don't build cars 8. Stop building roads 9. Replace roads with homes, parks, and gardens 10. Halt weapons production and exports 11. Stop the sale, distribution, and export of cigarettes 12. Send money to Brazil to provide urban jobs for impoverished workers now forced into the rain forests 13. Blockade a lumber truck carrying old-growth trees 14. Spend a month tree-sitting 15. Try to live within the world average income ($1,250 a year) for one month 16. Cut up your credit cards 17. Unplug your television 18. Undertake a "conservation Sabbath" -- one day a week without consuming electricity or fuel 19. Fast one day each week and send the money saved on food to help feed the hungry 20. Adopt a homeless person 21. Raise the minimum wage to a survival income 22. Enact a maximum wage law 23. Tie politician's salaries to the average working wage 24. Replace majority rule with proportional representation 25. replace the Electoral College with direct democratic elections 26. Abolish the CIA and the National Security Act of 1949 27. Pass a nature amendment to the U.S. Constitution 28. Plant one new tree every day 29. Go to jail for something you believe in |
30. Don't own pets 31. Allow all beef-producing domestic cattle to become extinct 32. Redirect the military budget to restoration work; convert weapons factories to peaceful research; retrain soldiers for ecological restoration 33. Remove the U.S. Forest Service from under the Agriculture Department; place USFS, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish and Wildlife Service under the Environmental Protection Agency 34. Consume only products produced within your bioregion 35. Don't eat anything that comes in a package 36. Don't buy anything that comes in a box 37. Require operators and owners of nuclear power plants to live within one mile of the site 38. Mandate federal recycling and institute a refuse tax on solid waste 39. Pipe polluted water back into the water supplies of the companies that do the polluting 40. Don't own anything that runs on batteries 41. Hand over all excess packaging to a store manager on each visit to the grocery store 42. Travel by bus, never by air 43. Stop using toilet paper and tissues: use washable cloth 44. Extend the life of your wardrobe by learning to make and mend your own clothes 45. Give money to every single panhandler you meet 46. Democratize your workplace: start a union or a collective 47. Learn to farm 48. Liberate a zoo 49. Liberate circus animals 50. Ask your boss if you can take a day off to work on healing the planet -- with pay! |
Cool Environmental Links
The Lands Council Non-profit org
Greenpeace Non-profit org
EnviroLink Online Environmental Community
Environmental Web Directory Find Anything Here!
GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
EcoMall A place to help save the Earth
