Install timers to turn off lights and heat (or air) after a certain time at night.Ensure your office air-conditioning and heating are set at realistic and comfortable levels.Encourage your employer to carry out an energy audit, and implement the recommendations.Work toward a paperless office: use email.Start an office conservation committee practice energy efficiency, recycling and buying recycled.Join or start a community garden whenever possible.Avoid chemicals, herbicides and insecticides.Mulch to reduce water needs install an irrigation system that puts water where needed.Start a compost pile and/or a worm bin.Grow some of your own fruit, herbs and vegetables.Grow (preferably native) plants that are appropriate for your place and climate.Plant trees, particularly native trees.Never pour it down the drain or on the ground. Rent on those rare occasions when you need something bigger or more powerful. Reduce individual use of your car-walk, bicycle, use public transport, carpool.Support public transportation initiatives and funding.Buy locally grown and organically grown produce. Demand recycled-content products, such as recycled paper products.Avoid products designed to be used once and thrown away.Ask yourself, “Do I really want to keep this forever?” Every purchase planned, needed and cared for.Check into household solar, utility-based wind, and other renewable energy systems.Eat lower on the food chain-especially eat less far-traveled beef and seafood.Avoid processed foods eat in a way that benefits your health.Use alternatives to toxic cleaners, such as vinegar and baking soda.Save water-turn it off! Repair dripping faucets install low-flow devices on taps, showers and toilets.They initially cost more, but last many times longer. Use energy efficient lighting, such as LED light bulbs.Heat, cool & light only those rooms in use.Put on a sweater instead of turning up the heat use an extra blanket on the bed. In winter, open curtains during the day to let sun in.In summer, close curtains to keep sun/heat out.With your income, instead of buying more, bigger or fancier things, reward yourself with less stuff and a simpler life that allows more freedom, and more time for family, friends and building community.Support policies that curb road-building, sprawl, loss of open space and destruction of native habitat.Meet your native plants and animals-appreciate the roles they play in your health.For example, where does your water originate? What are your local food sources? How has the landscape changed over time? Get to know the place where you live as a bioregion, not just as a political jurisdiction.Educate yourself about ways to preserve wild places and the diverse creatures that share our world.Conserve freshwater and promote efforts to keep it clean and publicly available.Choose a sustainable diet: eat less meat (reduce the heavy impacts of livestock on land, water, and greenhouse gas emissions) and promote sustainable agriculture.Reduce your carbon footprint by conserving energy through efficiency improvements and promoting greater use of renewable energy sources.There is probably no single greater impact you can have on the biosphere than choosing to limit the number of children you bring into the world. Consider having fewer children, or none.
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