At lunch, only get what you think you can finish eating to avoid wasting good food!
Moving your thermostat down just two degrees in winter and up two degrees in summer reduces energy consumption and could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every year.
Use colder and less water during showers and save water!
Donate clothes when you don't need them any more.
Refuse the single-use plastic bag at stores! Bring your own reusable bag.
Ask for paper bags instead of plastic bags if you forget your reusable bags!
Bring your own mug, cup, or reusable bottle to the coffee shop to get coffee.
Volunteer with environmental activities such as cleaning a beach or planting a tree
Before recycling, rinse out containers so that no residue is left behind.
Search the web using the search engine www.ecosia.org. Ecosia gets money from ads and donates 80% of profits to tree-planting projects!
When shopping online, choose standard shipping over expedited shipping. Check out this video for more info.
Carpool, ride a bike, or walk to save gas and reduce pollution.
Go digital! Not buying non-biodegradable CDs, DVDs, etc can reduce waste.
Carry reusable utensils.
Use both sides of a paper before throwing it away (hopefully in a recycling bin). Use the back of old documents for scratch paper.
Wash and reuse zip-lock plastic bags. No need to throw away perfectly good bags!
Don't forget to turn off lights when you leave a room.
Turn off the water when brushing your teeth.
Turn off and unplug electronic devices when not in use.
Reduce your usage of plastic straws.
Don't get the plastic cup lid at fast food restaurants.
Save holiday gift bags.
Repair worn-down items instead of replacing them.
Got gifts? Save the wrapping paper. Carefully unwrap your gifts and save the wrapping paper for next year.
For Halloween: Reuse decorations and costumes. Don't waste money and generate trash purchasing brand new items every year.
For Halloween: Make your own decorations out of old containers, like used bottles. Evergreen has shown some examples of turning trash into decor at Spooktacular at Chehaw. (See our Events page to see Evergreen at Spooktacular)
Don't litter! (obviously)
Reduce meat consumption. Why? Check out this article.