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land use
1
Replace all or part of your lawn with a pollinator meadow
2
Grow some fruit
3
Don't make overpopulation worse
4
Share your knowledge of sustainable practices and products
5
Change your attitude about what constitutes "progress"
6
Adopt low-tech when it helps sustainability
7
Talk with others about issues of sustainability
8
Read and study sustainability and clean energy news sources
9
Accept that there is no "planet B"
10
Keep dead trees for use by birds, small mammals, insects
11
Learn to appreciate the intangible and all its value
12
Eat less pork
13
Eat less beef
14
Grow some vegetables
15
Reduce your consumption in general
16
Stop eating pork
17
Learn about soil biology and soil health
18
Learn about your local ecosystems
19
Research innovative sustainable products in development and give them early support
20
Waste no food
21
Question every claim and every norm of the currently prevailing system of destructive consumption
22
Write to your representatives
23
Change your attitude about what you "need"
24
Stop eating beef
25
Buy experiences instead of products
26
Study nature more and pay less attention to the works and doings of humanity
27
Support the economy of the non-material
28
Choose hobbies that help sustainability
29
Support local farmers' markets
30
Install a greywater system
31
Remove non-native plants on your property
32
Provide habitat for wildlife and insects
33
Plant native plants on your property
34
Promote healthy soil
35
Buy an insect house
36
Stop using synthetic fertilizers
37
Learn about organic gardening
38
Eat more vegetables
39
Become a walker
40
Use a bicycle
41
Get your electricity from a solar farm
42
Become a locavore or partial locavore
43
Learn about all-season gardening
44
Mulch or compost organic matter on your property instead of sending it to the landfill
45
Live with others and share resources
46
Get your property certified as wildlife habitat
47
Make good use of grass clippings from lawn mowing
48
Chop up leaves with a lawn mower for compost