World Environment Day - spread the message

1. Adopt as many eco-friendly lifestyle choices as you can this World Environment and make them habits!
2. Bring a cloth bag to do all you’re shopping. But not just for groceries, even on your trips to the mall.
3. Car – pool or choose a Hybrid. Hybrid cars produce 90% less pollutants than comparable non hybrid cars. Cut you carbon footprint by changing to energy – efficient bulbs.
4. Don’t run the water when brushing your teeth .You will save as much as 3 gallons every time!
5. Engage in an environmental activity like school or neighborhood beautification or tree-planting. Educate your friends on how individual actions can have an exponential impact and motivate action for World Environment Day.
6. Find an unusual insect in your garden. Fewer than 10% of the World’s described species have been assessed to determine their conservation status. Form a group of peers or colleagues to oversee the greening of your school, neighborhood or workplace with recycling, car-pooling, energy-efficiency.
7. Give Memberships to an environmental organization or seedlings as birthday gifts.
8. Clean up your neighborhood, carpool with friends, have a vegan (no animal products) and don’t forget to register your activity on World Environment Day website.
9. Identify the nature that surrounds you- take note of the beautiful plants and animals that you may not always appreciate .Improve the insulation of your home – it will really help your energy consumption and your monthly bills.
10. Join the local environmental or conservation group .you can team those around you and make a real difference for your community. Jog outside and save energy you would have used on the treadmill!
11. Don’t print unless its absolutely necessary. And when you do print – print double sided.
12. Learn more about Rwanda, this years host country. www.unep.org/wed . Leave a WED legacy. For every action registered on the site, $10 will go towards the gorilla conservation in Rwanda.
13. Message your friends about World Environment Day – face book, twitter, orkut, SMS, text, phone, email- it doesn’t matter hw, just get the word out .
14. Optimize the use of your washing machine – use the cold wash option and significantly save energy and reduce your carbon emissions. Offset your travel whenever possible – most airlines provide an option to offset your travel when you book your tickets.
15. The International Energy Agency estimates that standby mode could be causing a full 1 % of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions.
16. Quantity how much money you could save each winter if you lowered the temperature inside your home by 2 degree Celsius. It could reduce your energy consumption by 14%
17. Sacrifice something a small each month – eat local fruit instead of the imported fruit, do without steak, carpool with co-workers.
18. Think about your daily routine – turn out your lights when leaving a room. Just by making a few small changes you could cut your daily emissions by more than 60%.
19. Understand you options. Learn about the small ways you, as an individual , can make a positive impact on the environment .