Clean up.
Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.
Dan Martin
Alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative %26amp; Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World...
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- turn off the water when you%26#039;re brushing your teeth, only turn it on to rinse.
- instead of running tap water until it%26#039;s cool enough for a glass of water, keep a bottle of water in the fridge.
- make gifts from recycled materials
- wrap gifts in newspaper or the comics
- use notebooks and paper made from recycled products
- turn off lights when you are not in a room
- turn off the tv when you%26#039;re not watching it.
- put on a sweater instead of turning up the heat
- donate clothes and other things you don%26#039;t want anymore to a thrift shop
- read books from the library instead of buying them.
- learn all you can about energy conservation and recycling.
- tear up junk mail to use as scrap paper.
- help your parents sort for recycling on garbage day or to bring to the dump.
- walk or bike it when you can versus have your parents drive you to conserve gas.
- don%26#039;t buy things you don%26#039;t need.
- cut up your old or stained clothes to use as rags.
- use cloth napkins instead of paper
- only use paper towels when you absolutely have to.
- take a bag with you to pick up trash when you walk somewhere. -
1.Recycle
2.Reuse
3.Reduce waste
4.Don%26#039;t buy milk or juice in cartons since these cant be recycled buy them in something like a glass bottle or plastic bottle instead.
5.Use solar products
6.Turn of your TV and go read a book instead
7.Turn of a light when no one is in the room
8.Take a quick shower instead of a long bath
9.Take the bus instead of a car because for example it holds 10 people and uses as much gas as 1 car instead of 10 people separated in 1 car which will ruin our atmosphere
10.Turn of your computer instead of leaving it on standby
11.Walk to school or ride your bike instead of the bus and car (if it is near)
12.Use environment friendly products
13.When buying electronics make sure they have an energy star logo or another energy saving company logo
14.Only turn on the washing machine or dish washer when full
15.Buy organic cotton clothes or buy second hand clothes
16.Adopt an animal from the pound for the holidays
17.Get something in which to collect rain water then with this water use it to water your plants or something
18.Water your plants in the early morning or early evening to prevent evaporation
19.Set up a recycling club in your school to make others recycle
20.Dont leave the tap running when brushing your teeth
21.Take a lunch box to school instead of paper bags or buy somehting to eat from the school canteen
22.Take exercise outdoors rather than outdoors this saves the lighting needed indoors
23.Buy free range eggs
24.Instead of buying a packaged sandwhich make one your own
25.Most of all join clubs and commities for saving animals or recycling
Dont forget that every little thing you do makes a big difference!
Here are some sites and books you can get awesome suggestions
go to these sites and get these books
treehugger.com
green.alltop.com
ecomall.com
ecochoices.com
naturalcollection.com
theorganicpages.com
newdream.org
coopamerica.com
ens-newswire.com
foe.org
environmentaldefense.org
epa.gov
awionline.org
catgen.com/ifat/en
fairtrade.net
charmoneshoes.com
branchhome.com
econsciousmarket.com
furnature.com
methodhome.com
modgreenpod.com
mrsmeyers.com
milkpaint.com
gcollection.com
paporganics.com
vivattera.com
theorganicmattressstore.com
farmaesthetics.com
jason-naturals.com
juicebeauty.com
pageaorganics.com
abundantearth.com
greenearthcleaning.com
chelsea-girl.com
prana.com
bepresent.com
coolnotcruel.com
mociun.com
johnpatrickorganic.com
indigenousdesigns.com
albabotanica.com
gaiam.com
satarainc.com
hankettes.com
greenhome.com
earth911.com
intentblog.com
recycline.com
lavera.com
aveda.com
natracare.com
organicessentials.com
drhauschka.com
johnmasters.com
aubrey-organics.com
hugonatural.com
annasova.com
coyuchiorganic.com
kocandels.com
equiterre.org?en
intentblog.com
babuhome.com
naturaleurope.com
farewellmysubaru.com
solarnation.org
localharvest.org?csa
dripworks.com
cspinet.org
search.caringconsumer.com
just keep cutting and pasting my friend you will find what you need especially on treehugger.com and ecomall.com its a amazing resource but dont discount green.alltop.com either because it is a site that has major green sites all in one place that is a link to them and is updated daily i love it
books
365 ways to change the world : how to make a difference--one day at a time / Michael Norton
500 ways to change the world / Global Ideas Bank ; edited and compiled by Nick Temple
Farewell, my Subaru : an epic adventure in local living / Doug Fine
Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the Earth and get rich trying / David Bach, with Hillary Rosner.
The green book : the everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time / Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen with a foreword by Cameron Diaz and William McDonough
Green living : the E magazine handbook for living lightly on the earth / by the editors of E/the environmental magazine
It%26#039;s easy being green : a handbook for earth-friendly living / Crissy Trask ; illustrations by Mike Clelland.
The lazy environmentalist : your guide to easy, stylish, green living / Josh Dorfman
Making kind choices : everyday ways to enhance your life through earth- and animal-friendly living / Ingrid Newkirk ; foreword by Paul McCartney.
MySpace OurPlanet : change is possible / by the MySpace community ; with Jeca Taudte ; foreword by Tom Anderson
Worldchanging : a user%26#039;s guide for the 21st century / edited by Alex Steffen ; foreword by Al Gore ; design by Sagmeister
Ethical markets : growing the green economy / Hazel Henderson with Simran Sethi ; foreword by Hunter Lovins
Sustainable planet : solutions for the twenty-first century / edited by Juliet B. Schor and Betsy Taylor
trust me there all excellent books i love them and they have alot of info -
1) turn off lights or use them less
2) install energy saving light bulbs
3)try planting some things either around your house or even inside
4)dont waste food (less wasted food means more room in land fills that could be used for trees)
5)unplug things when not in use like t.v. (they actually use more electricity when they are unplugged)
these are some things i try to do i am 13 too i said that i couldnt do a lot of things because i am young but we really can if we try....good luck going green =] life