Eco-Friendly Tips
Each day, EarthShare member organizations educate people about ways to lower our environmental impact. Here are some tips for small changes to your daily life.
Take A Look at the Numbers To see the changes one person can make, look at these statistics.
By giving up bottled water, you save 216 pounds of CO2 emissions a year, and that's only one of Bridging The Gap's 5 Green Things program.
If all U.S. households received and paid their bills online, it would eliminate more than 800,000 tons of waste each year. The New American Dream can help you stop junk mail, too.
Heating water for laundry accounts for nearly 90 percent of the energy used to wash laundry. The Sierra Club asks, "How green is your laundry?"
The average U.S. house creates two times more greenhouse-gas emissions than the average car. Audit your home's energy online with Home Energy Saver, or check out the Home Energy Yardstick.
Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags each year, and only one to three percent is recycled. Use, and reuse cloth bags! Visit our Canvas Bags page for more information.
The James River Basin Partnership encourages properly pumped-out septic tanks. Their "Get Pumped" program has kept 300,000 gallons of waste from reaching Missouri's rivers.
Slowing down from 75 to 65 miles per hour can cut your gasoline consumption by 15 percent. Save gas and wear on your car with seven easy tips from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Check out this carbon footprint calculator from The Nature Conservancy to see your daily impact.
See All the Changes You Can Make These sites summarize the most up-to-date green living tips and include tips for all areas of life.
The Nature Conservancy's Climate-Saving Tips
World Wildlife Fund's Good Stuff
A toolkit from the Natural Resources Defense Council
The Sierra Club's Tip Library
Start with Small Changes These small changes can have a big effect on the environment.
Recycle your batteries.
Make weddings and big events environmentally friendly.
Know what and where to recycle, including your old electronics. Be moved to manage e-waste better by these videos from Surplus Exchange.
Check the health qualities of your seafood with this printable guide to buying healthier fish from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Make your vacation and travel more sustainable.
Find organics on a budget.
Have A Healthier Yard and Garden To help make your garden and landscaping sustainable, please check out these ideas.
The National Wildlife Federation has tips on environmentally-sound gardening.
Use this Habitat Inventory from the Audubon Society to get started.
Use a rain barrel to collect water your garden and prevent runoff pollution.
Plant the appropriate tree in Missouri.
Compost your food waste for fertilizer.
Grow your own organic produce.
Make Our Schools Healthier Here are ways to reduce impact and teach children about environmental awareness through action.
The Earth Day Network reminds us not let the car idle while waiting to pick up children from school.
The Earth Day Network also provides ideas for teachers and students to green their schools.
Find videos and safe cleaning training at http://www.cleaningforhealthyschools.org/
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