Nearly four decades ago, Americans stood up to protect human health and the environment.
And what started with some 20 million Americans 39 year ago, will engage more than a billion people across the globe tomorrow.
What is Earth Day?
Earth Day, celebrated April 22, is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. Founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 to bring awareness to how humans are impacting the environment in which they lived.
Today, the burgeoning GREEN movement offers more to Americans than just the next great economic opportunity for us to prosperas a nation: It is the best opportunity for us to"pay it forward" to the future generations of inhabitants on our planet.
Without further ado, here is a simple list of 39 ways (one for every year) that you can help keep the green movement going, and to help sustain our planetary ecosystem for future generations:
- Plant a tree
- Build a bird house
- Park the car
- Read the label
- Let the grass grow another day
- Reduce waste
- Re-use products
- Recycle materials
- Tell-a-friend
- Drink tap water (filtered)
- Pick up litter
- Read about conservation
- Write about healthy living
- EAT LESS JUNK FOOD
- Use a laptop, not a desktop
- Exercise often
- Start a backyard garden
- Buy natural products
- Teach children smart habits
- Wear green!
- Buy a carbon offset
- Keep vehicle properly maintained
- Ride your bike, or carpool
- Embrace healthy change
- GO SOLAR!
- Support local business
- Launder in cold water
- Buy used when feasible
- Turn off the lights
- Keep air in your tires
- Open a window
- SMILE!
- Stop smoking
- Organize an Earth Day event
- Make a donation
- Tell your local home builder
- Join a community group
- Go paperless if possible
- CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!
Have more green living, Happy Earth Day ideas? Want to help do your part right now?
Just post a comment with how you and your family will celebrate Earth Day 2009, and I will add them to this list! Do you think we can get our list to 100? Let's see...
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