Environmental Action: Steps You Can Take
(from the Environmental Defense Fund )
- Recycle, as much as possible, newspapers, glass, plastic, aluminum, and batteries.
- Conserve energy, use energy efficient lighting, and ask your utility company to use renewable energy.
- Find an alternative to chemical pesticides for your lawn and buy organic produce when possible to reduce pesticide use in farming.
- Purchase only those brands of tuna marked “dolphin safe.”
- Organize a community group to clean up a local stream, highway, park, or beach.
- Use public transportation whenever possible and when driving , try to carpool.
- Visit and help support our parks. Help teach young people about the beauties of the natural world.
- Educate yourself on environmental concerns and know how your elected officials stand on these issues.