"Going Green" is a great decision on any day, however Earth Day is a great reason to make some Earth-friendly changes if you haven't already done so. Check out these 13 {simple} ways you can help Mother Nature this Earth day with these no-cost ways to celebrate Earth Day in ten minutes or less!
1. Turn your thermostat down two degrees and keep it there. And turn it off altogether tonight, heaping on the blankets if necessary.
2. Send Happy Earth Day e-cards to a half dozen friends.
3. E-mail your state or national representatives about a green initiative.
4. If you're in the supermarket, track down the manager and encourage him or her to source local products.
5. Make signs to put on the mirror over faucets to remind family members to turn off water when they are brushing their teeth. (You can save an average of nine gallons every time you do this.)
6. Cancel subscriptions to newspapers or magazines you don't really want.
7. Go online to CatalogChoice.org to free your mailbox from junk mail.
8. Call several people and arrange to carpool for an upcoming event such as a child's sporting activity or a club meeting.
9. Go online and join a group like Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Kids for Saving the Earth, the Wilderness Society or Co-op America.
10. Make a family pledge to walk everywhere today.
11. Talk to the principal at your children's school about instituting environmental education in the curriculum.
12. Check to see that your tires are correctly inflated.
13. Sign the " Healthy Yard Pledge" at Audubon.org.
Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and co-authors of Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family, available at www.CelebrateGreen.net
Julie N says
Lynn and Corey have done a fabulous job collecting awesome earth friendly tips. I keep planning to do #7, but keep forgetting. I'm bookmarking this so I'll remember! :)
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Mary Kay Russell says
Some awesome ideas here! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Envelope Printing says
I love the tip on saving water when brushing teeth. Imagine all the gallons of water that gets wasted when you spend a couple or so minutes brushing your teeth with the faucet running. In other places people don't even have access to water! Let us all do our part in helping save mother earth!