Family

1. Don’t pass on a mean message or embarrassing picture of a classmate.
2. Save an anti-gossip pledge to your phone. When you receive a mean message, send that person back the pledge saying that you won’t spread negative words or images.
3. If someone is harassing you by text, save them and show someone who can help.
4. Educate your peers on dating violence by making a short video, public service announcement or meaningful image, and share it via text!
5. Know someone overcoming dating abuse?

You probably know all about how to green up your home and even your school, but do you know how to make your pet an environmentalist? Check out these ideas:

Spring Cleaning

When your parents make you clean out your house, call your local shelters and ask if they need old towels, bedding, leashes, litter boxes and pet toys. They may even be looking for unused printers and computer monitors.

Water Works

Give your pet filtered tap water instead of bottled to drink. And if you have to use bottled, be sure to recycle.

1 in 6 U.S. households don't know where their next meal is coming from. (Shocking, right?) You can do something about this. We've put together a list of food drive ideas for you. 

Encourage your family and friends to reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover around the house. We've got some easy tips to help you create a better world and home.

In the kitchen

• Before running your dishwasher, fill it up to consume less energy. Don’t forget to turn off the heat drying option!
• Use eco-friendly plates, pots and pans.
• Stock your fridge since a full fridge consumes less energy than an empty one.
• Shop in bulk to reduce packaging.
• Reuse containers, aluminum foil and packaging.

Living Room

Can you imagine a world without panda bears or tigers? Well, that can become a reality if we don't do anything to stop it. Help encourage species from becoming threatened and endangered by conserving natural resources that are readily available in your yard and in the yards of others. 

Mow less often

Keeping your lawn tall allows the grass to retain more water and shades the soil from the brutal sun.

Water wisely

You want your lawn to be hydrated, but you don’t want to drown it. Limit watering to three times a week (less if rain is lurking).

No matter how sick or old an animal may be, every one of them needs a home. So follow these 11 tips and help an animal leave a shelter alive and loved.

There is always a need for blood donations. Get your school or community involved by running a drive of your own. Here are the deets on how!

Springtime brings sunshine, flowers, and asthma triggers. Womp. You can do something about this! Get your friends, club, or entire student body together to help eliminate common asthma triggers.

Over half of America's pets are overweight. (Yikes.) Take action against pet obesity—follow these tips to keep the animals you know and love healthy.

After our awesome talk with bullying expert Rosalind Wiseman a couple of weeks ago, we came up with an action guide on how to handle bullying, whether you're the victim or a bystander.