Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Action Green Student Post#8

Posted by the Woodwards.

These are some things the Woodwards have done to make their environment a greener place.

We bought small towels to use when we eat instead of using paper towels or napkins.
We wash our ziplock bags and re-use them.
We no longer use the heat dry function on the dish washer.
We bought a "Go Green" lawn mower and cant wait to start using it.
We unplug everything when not in use.
We recycle what we can (soda cans , paper , plastic).
We bought canvas bags to use when we go shopping.
We do not liter and pick up liter when we see it.

Did You Know: If you park your car in the shade, it reduces the amount of gas evaporated into the atmosphere, so park in the shade when possible even if you have to walk farther by doing so.

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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.)

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