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Going green for a special occasion or making planet-friendly changes to your daily routine? Let us know how you are leaving a lighter footprint and helping to protect the lands and waters that sustain us all.

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Submitted by
Dylan
May 13, 2012

Keep a bucket under the kitchen sink faucet to collect all the water used to wash hands, vegetables, dishes, etc. When the bucket is full, use it to water your plants. They don't mind the soap and dirt!

Submitted by
Charles
May 9, 2012

Install more CFLs and maybe even a solar energy system. They will reduce your electric bill greatly and help save the environment at the same time!

Submitted by
Perky
May 6, 2012

Use a pillow case instead of a plastic kitchen garbage bag. You will need to compost vegies and such. You will need a small container in the fridge for meat waste...recycle everything you can and use the pillow case garbage bag for plastic and the like. Then, dump the container of meat debris and the pillow case into the nearest dumpster. Wash the pillow case and start again. It works like a charm.

Submitted by
Carla
April 24, 2012

We reuse our baggies and produce bags multiple times, use cloth shopping bags, compost, donate, and throw very few things away.

Submitted by
trishmch
April 23, 2012

We started make it a point to unplug unused electrical items at the end of the day. We also try to limit the amount of time we are on the computer or watching t.v.

Submitted by
Shelb
April 22, 2012

At my school there are universal recycle bins, so everything from plastic water bottles to chip bags to unused paper goes in. A special class actually taught by a teacher has the students go around and pick it up and sort it into recycle bins. I am not sure if they go to the recycling plant in our city to get money for the school. They also planted a garden and have been taking care of it when not recycling.

Submitted by
Savannah Sparrow
April 15, 2012

I wash used plastic sandwich/snack baggies and reuse them for my daughter's school lunches. They fit in her lunchbag better than reusable containers.

Submitted by
bill merical
April 11, 2012

When I wrote my book, The Journey of Fallen Rock for kids I hoped they would enjoy the story but also her the lesson of how we all need to protect and preserve our natural resources. now when I get emails and letters from those readers of the book and they talk about wanting to see all there is to see but to protect and preserve it, now that is my best everyday green work since this is all I do.

Submitted by
Chyna
April 4, 2012

My family reuses our shopping bags, water bottles, jars, and etc. to help the environment

Submitted by
Garden
April 4, 2012

Make a small garden and be only positive. Watch all the things going on in your garden: all the little insects marching around and when you water your garden, watch haw the water gently replenishes your plants.

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