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Reuse floppy diskettes
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- Reuse Floppy diskettes; they're easy to reformat and can be used over and over.
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Add weather strip and caulk around windows and doors.
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- Plugging air leaks around doors and windows keeps heat in, saving energy and reducing ozone depleting carbon dioxide.
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Be a tutor.
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- When someone is having difficulty learning something that we
already know, offering to tutor them greatly increases their chances of success. It is a refresher and chances are that someone helped us learn a thing or two.
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Stock investing
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- Do you share all your hot stock tips with your friends or do you keep the for yourself to get a leg up on them?
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Plant a tree
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- Trees are beautiful and they clean our air.
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Respect Those With Whom You Disagree
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- Everybody has a valid point of view. Respect those who disagree with you and try to understand their point of view.
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Recycle toner cartridges.
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- Saving toner cartridges for refilling saves having to send
the unrecyclable plastic to a landfill. They are filled
with enough remaining toner residue to stain
anything you've got.
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Study hard.
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- Wouldn't it be great if we remembered everything we learn? When we study "hard" we gain a better understanding of a topic and can retain the knowledge longer, this saves time not having to refresh or relearn something, we carry
the knowledge with us.
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Reduce waste.
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- Reducing household waste by making eco-friendly purchases,
sorting out recyclables and simply being more aware of the
trash we produce drasticly reduces landfill glut and it
also limits the amount of natural resources we expend.
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Use drought-tolerant or native plants in landscaping.
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- Drought-tolerant and native plants need little or just the
right amount of water for your region. During dry years, they
can exist on less or no water, saving water and the lives of
your plants.
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Take public transportation.
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- As discussed in many other guidelines, using alternatives to the automobile for transportation can reduce the negative impact you have on the environment. When possible, take public transporation instead.
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Massage others.
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- Our lives are stressful and the human body becomes fatigued,
giving someone a massage is a generous and caring gift.
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Support medical marijuana.
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- Many people have medical problems that can only be relieved
with the use of marijuana. It is cruel to prohibit them from access to this soothing and healing natural herb. The fear of drug proliferation is unsubstantiated.
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Ride your bicycle
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- When you need to go somewhere that isn't too far,
ride your bicycle there
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Don\'t use to-go containers.
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- To-go containers are a convenient, but inefficient and
environmentally harmful food storage device.
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Let the cocktail waitress through the crowd at music shows
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- Make way for the waitress, she is only doing her job.
Music shows can be very crowded with a lot of drunk people,
making it difficult to navigate the crowd. When you see a
waitress with a drink tray, move out of the way and let her
pass so she can ser
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Love your pet
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- give your pet lots of adoration, pet it often, pay attention to it, strive to do the same in all your intimate relationships
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Telecommute.
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- Working from home saves fuel, reduces pollution and traffic
as well as being easier on you and your family.
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Recycle.
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- With natural resources dwindling and landfills growing, it
is necessary and quite easy to recycle.
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Create a lawnmower-free zone in your yard.
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- Challenge conventional wisdom of what a yard should be, by designating at least a portion of your yard as a "no-mow"
zone, allowing grasses, weeds and local naturally seeding plants to grow, providing food for birds and other critters.
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Consider alternative health remedies.
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- Doctors seem like dealers for drug companies. They are
quick to write prescriptions for pain killers to reduce
symptoms but not specific causes of illness. Alternative health practitioners address the body as a whole, which is a more healing approach.
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Live closer to town.
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- Living in or close to town saves gas money and is much less polluting than living in remote regions. Life is a bit easier
over-all when one lives near stores and gas stations, its much better for the environment, your fuel budget, and your
social life.
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Use reusable shopping bags.
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- If each of us used one less shopping bag a week, we could save
hundreds of millions of bags every year. Paper bags are made of virgin paper and plastic bags are not degradable. Using a
reusable bag is earth-friendly.
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Use cloth diapers.
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- They say that 1% of all American landfill space is occupied
by disposable diapers which take up to 500 years to decompose. Cotton can be reused 100 times and decomposes in
1-6 months. Reduce landfill glut and save natural resources, use cloth diapers.
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Return things you find.
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- We all lose things from time to time, such as wallets, purses and keys, and we can empathize with others when it occurs to them. Often a lost item is invaluable to us, but worthless to others. A goodhuman seeks to return lost items.
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Use pens with replaceable ink cartridges
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Donate wedding flowers to a nursing home or other charity.
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- Donate wedding flowers to those who will really appreciate them, perhaps to a nursing home, womens' shelter, or any other organization that could use some brightening up.
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Instead of wedding favors, donate money to a charity.
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Buy tree-free paper.
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- Purchasing paper manufactured with tobacco, banana leaf, denim, recycled wood pulp, or hemp, saves trees and is very cool.
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Use hemp clothing.
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- Hemp cloth has better strength and softness than cotton,
without the huge range of environmental problems associated
with it.
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Plant trees at home.
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- Planting trees at home, enriches the natural environment and
beautifies our world.
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Visit nature.
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- Experiencing the beauty of nature adds depth and meaning to
our lives.
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Drive a more fuel efficient car.
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- A fuel efficient car is not only easier on the pocket book,
it is easier on the ozone and our limited fossil fuels too. *
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Car pool.
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- Put two people going to the same place, in the same car, and
the environment benefits.
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Help push a stalled car.
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- A person is having car trouble and is pushing their car
to a safer area, or they need a "push-start", pull over and
lend a hand.
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Tailgate less in traffic.
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- Tailgating may be an attempt to send a message to another
driver to move over or speed up, but it endangers others and
is a sign of impatience.
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Be courteous on the road
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- Being considerate of other people on the road makes everyone happier, and safer.
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Be an unsung hero.
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- Working honorably and without needing recognition, focusing
on the deed, not the rewards, eliminates reward oriented and
competitive motivations, lending a less anxious and more
dignified quality to work and life.
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Use protection.
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- Sex is fun, but it can also be reproductive and dangerous. Using "protection" puts the fun back in sex.
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Hold parties in venues where the use fee will go to a good cause
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- Hold parties in parks, historic buildings, or other venues where your use/rental fee will go to a good cause.
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Shop at farmer's markets.
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- Buying directly from associated farmers at farmer's markets,
supports small, organic, and family farms, and affords one
the opportunity to select from the finest quality foods
available.
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Always look under public bathroom stalls before waiting in line.
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- Be courteous and give a quick look under the bathroom stall doors to make sure that all stalls are occupied before you create a line.
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Grow your own food.
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- When we grow our own food, we eat more healthful, get more
exercise and begin to look and feel more vibrant and
attractive as we get in touch with the earth.
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Keep your bedroom clean.
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- When our bedroom is clean and organized, we can
effectively organize the rest of our life; our clothes are
cleaner and less rinkled, we can find our car keys and
friends want to visit and maybe even sleep over.
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Support local live music.
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- Attending local live music performances is good for the soul,
the community and the players too.
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Look at art.
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- Art reflects life. Looking at art helps us see the beauty
around us, in others and in ourselves.
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Buy locally produced goods and services.
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- Purchasing local products stabilizes jobs and bolsters the
economy.
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Root for underdogs.
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- It is easy to support winners but it requires character to root for the underprivileged, the unfavored and the losing. Victory is
sweeter when underdogs win and sometimes the underdog is you.
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Volunteer for your next vacation.
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- A lot of great travel opportunities, both domestic and international, exist for people willing to volunteer their time during their next vacation.
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Do a home exchange for your next vacation.
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