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Read aloud the ingredients in your "food"
2
Stop eating beef
3
Share your knowledge of sustainable practices and products
4
Change your attitude about what constitutes "progress"
5
Adopt low-tech when it helps sustainability
6
Talk with others about issues of sustainability
7
Buy for durability
8
Read and study sustainability and clean energy news sources
9
Eat less pork
10
Learn about natural cleaners
11
Buy natural cleaners
12
Accept that there is no "planet B"
13
Never buy bottled water
14
Eat less beef
15
Learn to appreciate the intangible and all its value
16
Practice frugality in all matters of purchasing
17
Study nature more and pay less attention to the works and doings of humanity
18
Stop buying synthetic "food" that damages your health and is manufactured in damaging ways
19
Reduce your use of plastic
20
Buy experiences instead of products
21
Stop eating pork
22
Research innovative sustainable products in development and give them early support
23
Reduce your consumption in general
24
Don't make overpopulation worse
25
Learn about your local ecosystems
26
Buy organic food
27
Question every claim and every norm of the currently prevailing system of destructive consumption
28
Write to your representatives
29
Support the economy of the non-material
30
Change your attitude about what you "need"
31
Install a greywater system
32
Prefer minimal recyclable packaging for all products
33
Refuse plastic straws
34
If you prefer to use a power lawn mower, choose an electric model
35
Drink tap water or filtered tap water
36
Promote healthy soil
37
Use drying racks instead of gas or electric dryers
38
Keep your car tires inflated to the proper pressure
39
Choose hobbies that help sustainability
40
Eat less sugar
41
Get exercise picking up litter
42
Use laundry sheets instead of liquid detergent in plastic
43
Use reusable produce bags
44
Become a litter picker upper
45
Participate in "buy nothing" groups
46
Give experiences and love for the holidays instead of products
47
Learn about green building materials
48
Cook with an InstantPot instead of less efficient means
49
Record the electrical use of every device in your home
50
Become a walker
51
Reduce your driving
52
Cook with an air fryer instead of less efficient means
53
Learn more about the non-recyclability of plastic
54
Reduce your purchase of clothing that sheds microfibers
55
Learn about organic gardening
56
Stop using synthetic fertilizers
57
Adopt natural forms of tick abatement
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Adopt natural forms of mosquito abatement
59
Stop using pesticides and other poisons
60
Use a manual lawn mower
61
Drive an electric car
62
Take up solar cooking
63
Learn about LEED certification for your place of employment
64
Get your electricity from a solar farm
65
Read aloud the ingredients in your personal care products
66
Use a shampoo bar instead of liquid shampoo in plastic
67
Live with others and share resources
68
If you drive a gas-powered car, get regular tuneups
69
Prefer glass bottles over plastic
70
Make your own yogurt in an InstantPot
71
Use a stainless steel canteen for water on the go
72
Stop using synthetic cleaners
73
Keep durable metal eating utensils in your car and refuse plastic utensils
74
Keep stainless steel food leftover containers in your car and bring them into the restaurant
75
Reduce your use of plastic with refillable deodorant
76
Use simple non-harmful cleaners to clean your toilets
77
Use an induction stove
78
Use a glass water filter with no-waste carbon filters
79
Grow plants from seeds instead of buying them in plastic pots
80
Use tooth brushing tablets in minimal packaging instead of toothpaste in a plastic tube
81
Make your own ricotta, sour cream and other cheeses
82
Use a corded electric leaf blower
83
Make good use of grass clippings from lawn mowing
84
Don't use wasteful K-cup coffee makers
85
Use dental floss refills to reduce your use of plastic
86
Get your tap water tested
87
If you give products as gifts for the holidays, use minimal packaging
88
Reduce your use of plastic with a permanent toothbrush
89
Make your own nut milks