40 Ways to help the Environment today

  1. Plant trees
  2. Plant plants for specific local animals/insects (Example: Plant milkweed for butterflies)
  3. Take note of your plastic consumption
  4. Don’t buy items with a lot of packaging
  5. Follow the 3 R’s:
    1. Recycle
    2. Reduce
    3. Reuse
    4. Rot (Composting)
    5. Recall (Spread the word and tell others to participate)
  6. Be aware of the invasive and natural species in your area
  7. ALWAYS turn off the lights when you leave a room even if it is just for a moment.
  8. Write to your representatives about what you are doing to help the environment, and what topics you think they should take action on.
  9. Use LED light bulbs and conserve energy whenever possible.
  10. Use social media to show your support to Eco-friendly and pro-environment organizations, and to raise awareness about issues you care about.
  11. Turn off or down your AC unit to conserve energy and electricity.
  12. Star a petition. LINK
  13. Volunteer
  14. Donate
  15. Follow the 3 C’s
    1. Conserving
    2. Cleaning
    3. Chiming in
  16. If you are eating seafood, eat food that is no endangered or over fished.
  17. Turn of the TV if you are not watching it, or in another room.
  18. Don’t let your balloons fly away. They can land in body’s of water or in an animals habitat and can easily be mistaken for food
  19. Walk or ride your bike to cut back on air pollution and your environmental footprint
  20. Avoid plastic straws and keep a metal straw in your purse, car, etc.
  21. Use a reusable water bottle.
  22. Volunteer at a local beach or park clean up
  23. Pick up after your pet
  24. Look at the page “Ways to help the environment ” under “What you can do” on this website
  25. Use reusable cloth bags instead of plastic bags. If you have a pet like me, you can shop with plastic bags every once and a while, so that you can pick up after your pet.
  26. Buy recycled paper and print as little as possible
  27. Try to use less paper in general
  28. Carpool when ever possible
  29. Build your hive for the bees
  30. Take short showers
  31. Buy and invest in companies that have Eco-friendly policies, and try to avoid those that do not .
  32. Try to avoid traveling by airplane. It produces a VERY high level of Carbon Dioxide.
  33. If you buy a set of beverages that come in 6 pack rings, (Soda, beer etc) cut cut the rings before you throw them away. This prevents animals head from getting stuck in a ring if it makes it way into an animals habitat. (Which is likely.)
  34. Avoid pesticides of any kind on your property or garden! Pesticides kill a ton of wildlife. When you spray them on your garden if is getting on the food you eat, and you do not want to be eating chemicals!
  35. Eat less beef and pork
  36. Plant plants that help pollinators
  37. Start a garden
  38. Use a cloths line
  39. Have a vegetarian day
  40. Get out in nature!
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