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This year marks the 40th anniversary of “Earth Day”, a day spent honoring the initiatives to reduce, reuse, and recycle the earth’s resources in an effort to preserve this beautiful planet. How will you use this day to make a difference? Here are some great ideas…
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1. If you don’t have curbside recycling take your recycling materials to a local school or library with recycling bin. Schools and libraries are paid for the material they recycle. The money they earn goes to providing better services at these facilities (more books, renovations, student trips, etc.).

2. Refer a local non-profit organization to a recycling program that will earn money for the material they recycle.

3. Start a compost pile, or buy a compost bin to place your leaves and kitchen scraps inside.

4. Take the bus today. If the bus stop is too far away ride your bike to the bus stop. Did you know many buses now have bike racks to place your bikes while riding the bus?

5. Carpool. If your coworker lives on the way to your commute to work go ahead and pick him/her up.

6. Spring clean you home, office or company and donate your unwanted, but still good items, to a resale shop, a church, the Salvation Army or other charity. Your home, your conscious and the earth will be cleaner for it.

7. If you haven’t done so yet replace your light bulbs with energy efficient ones.

8. Donate your electronics to programs such as: Cell Phone for Soldiers, America’s Computers for Kids, etc.

9. Donate money to your favorite green cause.

10. Write a letter or email to your favorite green companies thanking them for doing their part for the environment.

11. Plant a plant or more with your family and if possible with you neighbors.

12. Go online and search for educational recycling crafts (such as making new paper out of old shredded paper) for kids and adults. When you find useful website bookmark them to easily refer to them on rainy days.

13. Be creative and come up with an innovative way to live green.

14. Adopt a beach, a park, or a street and help clean it up.

15. Log on to Earth Day and register to vote.

16. Go to an Earth Day Event. To find a location nearest you visit Earth Day Network.

17. Freecycle! Freecycle! Freecycle!

18. Have a garage sale. You will be surprised at what people will buy at garage sales. You’ll earn a few dollars; clean out your home and help your old items find new homes.

19. Forward links of environmental websites like AboutMyPlanet.com to your friends and family.

20. Organize your address and phone list of resale shops, thrift stores, consignments stores, recycling center and other green locations in an address book. Keep a copy of this list in your car. In addition map out how far away these locations are from each other to save gas when you visit several of these locations at a time.

21. Sign a “green” petition you approve of.

22. Share what you’ve done or plan to do for Earth Day below.

And remember, you don’t have to wait for Earth Day to live green, recycle, volunteer, or make a difference. Make them a part of your day every day!

Happy Earth Day!

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This article courtesy of About My Planet http://www.aboutmyplanet.com.