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Profiles, advice on going green & EarthWatch Ohio


I don’t read enough about green activities, or Jewish activities, or green people or Jewish people because everything in this article in the Cleveland Jewish News was news to me.  Ouch.

Some tips at the end, which the article indicates were “Adapted from: ECOTEAM n A Program Empowering Americans to Create Earth-Friendly Lifestyles, Tevacenter.org“:

Buy cloth bags and keep in the car for shopping trips.

Take your own mug whenever you go some place to buy a drink.

Take yourself off bulk mailing lists.

Use cloth napkins for meals.

Buy reusable kitchen cloths instead of paper towels.

Find a local secondhand shop. SELL AND BUY!!

Participate in a local garden or clean-up project.

Take a class at your local nature center.

Reuse food jars for storage of flour, sugar, pasta, etc.

Collect toilet paper tubes and give to a local school for art projects.

Have one day a month in your house where you try to make no garbage.

Buy a low-flow water attachment for your shower.

Plant some fruits and vegetables in your garden.

Put on a sweater before you turn up the heat.

Replace some/all of the light bulbs in your house with longer lasting

fluorescent bulbs.

Bike or walk to places that are close by.

Arrange carpooling with your parents and friends when possible.

Learn about public transportation, and take advantage of it.

Buy locally grown produce.

Join the Sierra Club.

Contribute to environmental organizations.

use eco-friendly cleaning supplies.

Make some of your own beauty and hygiene products.

Buy products that are not tested on animals

Eat one meatless dinner every month or every week.



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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:39 am November 23rd, 2007 in Environment, Jewish, Ohio 

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