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- When it snows, get out there and shovel. Don't salt. Salt leaks into the sewage systems and the sheer amount of salt can cause improper chemical imbalances. Also, environment-friendly snow melters are available.
- Try growing your own fruits and vegetables. It may be a fun hobby, and it saves money and trips to the store.
- Use NO pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, or herbicides. There are natural ways to get rid of pests and fungus and other nuisances. Almost everything ending in -cide is terribly harmful to the environment, and unsafe to you.
- When cutting your grass, don't use a bag. The cut grass is possibly the best thing you can put on your grass. It breaks down and the nutrients are absorbed by the roots of your growing grass.
- Recycle old cans and bottles. Here's a activity: take two used apple juice cans or cans of similar size, cut two holes on the sides near the top, string some yarn through, and give it to a kid as a pair of stilts!
- Thinking of cutting down a tree? Try to live with it. Unless it is a serious threat to the safety of your house, leave it alone.
- If you must cut down a tree, cut the branches into small enough pieces for firewood.
- Grow a garden! A garden, flower or shrub or other, serves as a home for countless creatures and a source of food for countless more.
- Put up a birdfeeder. You can enjoy the many colours of the visiting birds while feeding them.
- When putting your garbage out by the curb, make sure there are no leaks in the bag.
- Water the lawn in the early morning to avoid water loss to evaporation.
- Reduce evaporation losses from gardens by using an organic mulch or plastic ground cover between rows.
- When washing the car, rinse it once, use a bucket of soapy water to wash it, and then give it one more quick rinse. Taking it to a car wash may save water because many commercial installations recycle their water.
- If you have a swimming pool, try a new water-saving pool filter. A single back flushing with a traditional filter uses 680 to 950 litres (l80 to 250 gallons) more water.
- After using a hose, turn it off at the faucet rather than at the nozzle to prevent leaks.
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