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 wastes
a 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 things
double 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.)
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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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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