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Easy Action Ideas
- Reuse boxes for gifts and wrap them with newspaper - use the Sunday comics for pizzazz.
- Donate! You can donate clothes, appliances that still work, shoes, and kitchenware.
- Use Evite or facebook for party and event invitations - it saves paper AND you can know who's coming in an instant!
- Revamp your old clothes! Spice up a shirt you never wear with sequins, or make an old pair of jeans into shorts.
- Use old stuff to make art- make a mobile from CDs, or collage from magazines.
- Use eco-friendly dishes- like bowls made of recycled magazines or glassware instead of paper plates.
- Use non-toxic cleaning products- toxic products can hurt the environment AND your health.
- Recycle- DUH!
- Cut the plastic rings that come on 6-packs of soda before you throw them away - animals can get stuck in them
- Change your car's air filter- it reduces CO2.
- Start an email chain with 11 of these ideas.
- Fill the washer and dryer completely. You waste a lot of energy by doing small loads.
- Sign up for text message alerts on your phone.
- Use cloth napkins and dish towels instead of paper ones.
- Reuse bags and containers.
- Fix a leaky faucet- it can waste up to 2,000 gal of water a year.
- Turn off the water while you wash your face, shave, or brush your teeth.
- Take shorter showers- preferably less than 10 minutes.
