Plant a garden or tree where the whole neighborhood can enjoy it
Set up a recycling system for your home and participate in your neighborhood curbside recycling pick-up
Organize a car pooling campaign in your neighborhood to cut down on air pollution
Set up a seed or a plant exchange in your neighborhood
Grow fresh flowers and deliver them to someone to brighten their day
Pick up a trail during National Trail Day in June
Make bird feeders for public places
Collect Old phone books in your neighborhood for recycling
Adopt an acre of a park or a mile of roadside to keep clean More Information
Elect a family “energy watchdog” to shut off lights, radios, and TV’s when not in use
Help everyone in your family conserve water
Clean up trash along a river or in a park
Create a habitat for wildlife
Create a campaign to encourage biking and walking
Test the health of the water in your local lakes, rivers or streams
Got places to be? Burn energy on your bike instead of taking the family car
Participate in the Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program, –
Start a butterfly garden at home, at a community center, senior home or school
Sponsor an environmental slogan contest in school
Build a bluebird trail
Collect aluminum cans and donate the money to a favorite charity
Get together with friends and make conservation posters for the community center
Encourage your parents to buy products made from recycled materials
Conduct an energy audit at your school
Monitor the indoor air quality
Organize an asbestos check
Test the drinking water for lead
Adopt an acre of rainforest
Plant a commemorative tree to honor someone
Create a children’s nature garden, labeling plants and trees and scheduling guided tours
Replace trees that have died
Take household toxic waste to a proper disposal facility
Check indoor radon levels
Adopt highways and clean up clutter
Volunteer to separate recyclables
Organize a hazardous waste collection
Start a recycling center at school
Host a recycling fair
Hold an invention contest with entries made out of recycled goods
Form a volunteer lawn mowing service with your friends
If you see a tree that’s in trouble, try to save it Pamper it, water it, or don’t water it as the case may be Find our what’s wrong with it and how to make it better
Pick up litter
Use a lunch box instead of throwaway bags
Practice the R’s in your house: Reduce, recycle, reuse
Adopt a park with your friends and keep it clean More Information
Bring a backpack when you shop or reuse those little plastic sacks
Clean up a beach or riverbed
Start a compost pile and encourage your family to use it!
Plant trees
Plant a commemorative tree to honor someone
Ask your school to use recycled paper
Repair homes or abandoned buildings
Start an Environmental Club
Hold a recycling contest
Check homes and public buildings for lead based paint
Clear a new trail at a nature center or park
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