Action Guides
- Organize an Art Show to support your cause
- Organize a blood drive
- Build the blocks
- 11 Ways to go green on Earth Day 09
- Produce a brochure about healthy living
- Check if your school uses natural cleaning products and if not, ask why, and start an awareness campaign.
- Organize a letter writing campaign to get your school to lower its carbon footprint
- Going to the beach? Make it an eco-friendly trip
- Start a blog or video blog about your cause
- Green your eats for your prom or dance
- Get a health food vending machine put in your school
- Shop and donate to Do Something automatically!
- 11 ways to do something with your family
- How to Use Videos or Photos to Record Your Cause
- Host a screening of the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" followed by a discussion about climate change.
- Compile a list of where your community can buy local organic food,
- Travel in "green-style" to the prom or dance
- 11 Ways to Save Energy
- Healthy Bake Sale
- Have a bake sale using only organic ingredients
- Organize a Benefit Concert for your cause
- Green the greenery at your next school dance!
- Green your Dorm Room
- Start an awareness campaign about your cause at your school or in your neighborhood
- Be an Architect for a day
- Wear a button on your jacket or bag to publicize your cause
- Start a Do Something Club at your school
- Participate in the 2008 Increase Your Green Competition
- 27 Things you can do to stop global warming
- Organize a letter writing campaign
- Green up with your pet
- Explore your school’s digs
- Sign up for text messages about volunteer opportunities
- Eco-Education
Easy Ideas
- Buy products made or farmed locally.
- Wash your hair every other day- every day can strip it of natural oils that it needs, and puts more chemicals into the water.
- Use non-toxic cleaning products - toxic products can hurt the environment and your health.
- Wear animal-friendly clothes- don't wear leather and other animal products - the treatment process uses harmful chemicals.
- Cook vegetarian meals for your friends and family
- Try going vegetarian at least once a week. Eating 20% less meat makes the same impact as switching to a hybrid car!
- Use eco-friendly dishes - like bowls made of recycled magazines or glassware instead of paper plates.
- When you donate to an organization, find out where the money goes and make sure the organization supports your values.
- Take a field trip to an organic farm.
- Have a healthy bakesale with organic goods and donate the money to your favorite cause!
- Ask your school, church, or community center to make sure that there are vegetarian and vegan options available at large events.
- Do a blind folded taste test between organic and regular food and really taste the difference
- Teach kids about healthy eating by making pizzas that look like faces using colorful veggies
- Drink tap water (use a Brita filter if you want) instead of bottled- it uses way less plastic and, in most cases, is just as ref
- Learn from mother nature - volunteer on an organic farm
- Buy organic food. It's better for you and our earth.