Easy Ideas
- Try a reusable water bottle- they're easy to wash, and can be used for both hot and cold liquids.
- Use biodegradable sunscreen- and protect yourself from harmful rays every day.
- When you donate to an organization, find out where the money goes and make sure the organization supports your values.
- Play a video game that gives back: head to www.gamesthatgive.net
- Revamp your old clothes! Spice up a shirt you never wear with sequins, or make an old pair of jeans into shorts.
- Send an e-blast to family and friends with information and tips on recycling.
- Recycle- DUH!
- Use eco-friendly dishes- like bowls made of recycled magazines or glassware instead of paper plates.
- Start reusing a reusable water bottle and just say no to plastic.
- Pick up trash or recycling that you see around town- just because other people don't recycle doesn't mean you shouldn't.
- Make sure your printer paper is 100% post-consumer recycled paper.
- Use eco-friendly dishes - like bowls made of recycled magazines or glassware instead of paper plates.
- Reuse bags and containers.
- Organize a clothes exchange - get friends and people in your community to bring anything they don't want so they can swap!
- Donate! You can donate clothes, appliances that still work, shoes, and kitchenware.
Action Guides
- Start a Do Something Club at your school
- Shop and donate to Do Something automatically!
- Greenify your prom (or any dance)
- Going to the beach? Make it an eco-friendly trip
- Organize a letter writing campaign to get your school to lower its carbon footprint
- Organize a Benefit Concert for your cause
- Green the greenery at your next school dance!
- Green your eats for your prom or dance
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- Make your prom or dance paperless
- Chatter about your school's green
- Make flyers and posters instructing people how to recycle (on recycled paper, of course!)
- Start a blog about recycling informing people of the importance and providing them with tips.
- Compile a responsible shopping guide for your town and distribute it in your school and community
- Green your Dorm Room
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- Hold a recycling drive and pick up cans, bottles, etc. for people who can't take them to the center themselves.
- Eco-Education
- Explore your school’s digs
- Wear a button on your jacket or bag to publicize your cause
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- Get people to pledge to recycle
- Have a green picnic. Here's how!
- Become an activist who models good recycling habits and encourages others to do the same
- Moving? Make it eco-friendly!
- Start a school recycling program
- Find out your carbon footprint
- Create a petition to have plastic banned in your neighborhood - one more voice means one more step in the right direction
- Go to city hall and get them to start printing on recycled paper. Enlist family and friends to help!
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