Posted by Susan Pederson.
These are some things Susan has done to make her environment a greener place.
1. I save a lot of cardboard containers like egg cartons, oatmeal containers, toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, gift wrap tubes, milk cartons, etc. and use them for my preschool.
2. I use empty containers for leftovers instead of buying new containers.
3. I keep a scrap box of paper scraps to be used for projects.
4. I save old crayons and melt them down for scribble crayons. I also use them for coloring in homemade candles.
5. We recycle newspapers, printed paper, mail, aluminum cans, tin cans, plastic, cardboard and glass bottles.
6. I mail back empty computer ink cartridges for reuse.
7. I don't litter and I have taught my children not to litter.
8. I have an energy efficient washing machine and dryer. I wash all of our clothes in cold water.
9. We use plastic grocery bags in our waste baskets.
10. I just got a bunch of cloth bags to use/reuse for grocery shopping.
11. We're going to start a compost in our back yard.
12. We're going to plant a vegetable garden and not use pesticides.
13. I'm going to make "green", non-toxic cleaning products for cleaning my house.
Monday, April 13, 2009
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What You Can Do
What You Can Do
As promised, here’s the list of things our Leadership Students came up with last night in class. Keep track of the things you do at home, school and Taekwondo to help us reach 40,000 Acts of Environmental Self-Defense. If everybody pitches in, we can do it! Have another idea? Send it to us at atagreenteam@gmail.com and we’ll post it. So, get started and stay tuned for more…
1. Use a lunchbox instead of a paper bag.
2. Pick-up trash you see lying you see on the ground.
3. Stop using paper plates and Styrofoam cups.
4. Use canvas bags instead of plastic bags.
5. Recycle plastic bags at your local grocery store.
6. Reduce water usage, (Turn off the water while brushing your teeth, take short showers etc.)
7. Reduce electricity usage, (Turn off lights during the day or turns off lights when you are not using them, don’t watch so much TV, unplug cell phone charges when not being used, this wastesa lot of energy! Unplug computer chargers at night, etc.)
8. Create compost heaps.
9. Reuse plastic bags or plastic containers.
10. Reduce the use of paper, (Reuse scrap paper for lists or something to write on, print thingsdouble sided, reuse kid menus or don’t use them at all, use dry erase boards, etc.)
11. Take aluminum cans to recycle plants.
12. Use water bottles.
13. Plant plants/trees to produce oxygen.
14. Use unwanted shirts as rags or donate them to a church or homeless shelters.15. Use mechanical pencils.
16. Use hand dryers and not paper towel.
17. Save gas (Check tire pressure, walk or ride your bike instead of driving in a car, etc.)
http://www.atagreen.com/
http://www.actiongreenteam.blogspot.com/
ATAGreenTeam@gmail.com
As promised, here’s the list of things our Leadership Students came up with last night in class. Keep track of the things you do at home, school and Taekwondo to help us reach 40,000 Acts of Environmental Self-Defense. If everybody pitches in, we can do it! Have another idea? Send it to us at atagreenteam@gmail.com and we’ll post it. So, get started and stay tuned for more…
1. Use a lunchbox instead of a paper bag.
2. Pick-up trash you see lying you see on the ground.
3. Stop using paper plates and Styrofoam cups.
4. Use canvas bags instead of plastic bags.
5. Recycle plastic bags at your local grocery store.
6. Reduce water usage, (Turn off the water while brushing your teeth, take short showers etc.)
7. Reduce electricity usage, (Turn off lights during the day or turns off lights when you are not using them, don’t watch so much TV, unplug cell phone charges when not being used, this wastesa lot of energy! Unplug computer chargers at night, etc.)
8. Create compost heaps.
9. Reuse plastic bags or plastic containers.
10. Reduce the use of paper, (Reuse scrap paper for lists or something to write on, print thingsdouble sided, reuse kid menus or don’t use them at all, use dry erase boards, etc.)
11. Take aluminum cans to recycle plants.
12. Use water bottles.
13. Plant plants/trees to produce oxygen.
14. Use unwanted shirts as rags or donate them to a church or homeless shelters.15. Use mechanical pencils.
16. Use hand dryers and not paper towel.
17. Save gas (Check tire pressure, walk or ride your bike instead of driving in a car, etc.)
http://www.atagreen.com/
http://www.actiongreenteam.blogspot.com/
ATAGreenTeam@gmail.com
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