pollution

1 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
58 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