
Earth Day happens just one day a year. But it should spur us to do our best to reduce our impact on the environment for the other 364... I'm looking for suggestions on how to live life in a way that's better for the environment. Whether it's car-pooling or simply eating the right foods, we need to find ways to be a more responsible Earthlings...
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| Eat only organic or naturaly grown food | +1.18
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When you eat food grown with pesticides or GMOs you are buying and voting for poisen to be spread on the earth. Monsanto and Dow Chemical are the main sources of poisen, it is their business. Stop buying their products and you will see a big difference in the health of plants, animals and the Earth.
Suggested by Carol
| Some few new behaviors in routine to save the planet | +1.18
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I believe that dont have ONE suggestion to make things different, but a group of them. I can imagine it as a little tag in shirts, shoes, furniture, walls, ever remembering us to do:
1 - Save water, turn off when dont using
2 - Save eletricity, turn off lamps and "stand by" systems
3 - Dont use plastic bags. Prefer paper or natural textiles bags
4 - Classify the waste: metal, plastic, organic and send to recycling
5 - Eat more vegetables: cattle produces a lot of methano everyday and processed food spend a lot of energy and causes many pollution till arrives in your table.
6 - Reuse: Many old furniture, clothes, metal pieces can become decoration or used to original things.
7 - Transport: use more coletive transport, bicicles and shoes or electrical-motorized alternatives
8 (and last!) - Spread these ideas!
Suggested by acchile
| Make right turns | +0.83
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When driving, try to plan your route so that you replace left turns with right turns. This can reduce idling time, since right turns can be performed at a red light.
Suggested by Shaun
| Separate Collection | +0.00
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It will save us!
Sure.
Suggested by Alessio
| Use LocalCooling on you PC | +1.41
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With "LocalColling" you can reduce your PC's consume. Until now I saved 20 Trees!
Here the link: http://localcooling.en.softonic.com/
Suggested by Alessio
| Drink domestic water | +1.06
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...where is possible.
Do not buy water bottle .
Suggested by Alessio
| Stop exhaling. | +1.77
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Quit it, it's a disgusting habit.
Suggested by Scott
| Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate! |
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Instead of spending your money on new decor items, use found objects in novel ways (think Shabby Chic style).
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Use existing items in craft and decor projects.
How can you use items you'd recycle or throw away to make other fun items?
Cardboard furniture?
Bottlecap necklaces?
Light up Christmas "snowballs" made out of clear plastic cups?
When you come up for novel uses for items you'd otherwise throw away, you're extending their useful life!
Suggested by Annette
| Perfume isn't the only toilet water that's expensive! | +2.00
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When using the toilet, follow this simple rule of thumb to help save water and our planet:
If it's yellow, let it mellow.
If it's brown, flush it down.
Suggested by Annette
| Turn off the water when you brush your teeth |
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Simple, easy to do, good stewardship, benefits your wallet and the planet.
Suggested by Jane
| Find Peace in Herbs More Than Once a Year | +1.77
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4/20 is a day in which we pay homage to all that mother nature lovingly provides for us. . . a little herbal intervention can spur this mindset and movement of peace, love, and the responsibility of keeping our planet healthy
Suggested by Eric
| Reduce you consumption of beef |
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Considering all factors involved in raising cattle and delivering beef to the dinner plate, the production of beef produces more global warming gasses than vehicles or industry. If everyone simply cut their consumption of beef in half (not chicken, not pork...just beef), it would do significantly more to stop climate change than any other initiative ever proposed or enacted. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-greenhouse-hamburger
Suggested by Harvey
| Vermicomposting | +2.00
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I looked into ways I could do the same thing. I'm not an environmentalist at all, but found vermiculture (yes, having a compost pile that has worms in it) to be amazingly easy. You can throw 100% of your vegetable waste in there and it turns into great soil. People are grossed out by worms, but seriously they are very clean and the compost bin does not smell at all (versus traditional composting) and can be very small and even indoors. More info at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculture
Suggested by Jeremy
| Ride a bike. |
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Looking for a way to lose some weight? Try biking to work and from work on nice days. It's a great way to stay in shape or lose those few extra pounds.
Suggested by Stephen
| Install Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs |
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Install more efficient light bulbs that last longer and use less energy.
Suggested by Troy
| Do Errands At One Time |
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+2.94
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planning to do errands at one times reduces the amount of total driving time and thus the amount of gas used which in turn leads to less pollution.
Suggested by Troy
| Reuse Plastic Water Bottles |
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+2.94
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this can be done at work, at home, or anywhere. less plastic = better standard of life.
Suggested by Troy
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