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Australian Museum: Environmental tips for 2010
green | March 11th, 2010 - 10:08 AM
Ideas on how you can help the environment in 2010
Around your home
- Turn off any lights or appliances in your house you don’t need on. This includes the play station and wii consoles.
- Have shorter showers (three to four minutes) or have baths.
- Recycle as much as you can. Really think about something before throwing it out. Swap clothes, games, DVD’s and books with friends and family.
- Don’t hold the fridge door open for long periods of time. Decide what you want before opening the fridge doors. Limit one fridge per household.
- Change the household power to green power through appropriate energy suppliers.
- Don’t use plastic bags or plastic bottles. Take cloth bags shopping and use aluminium bottles.
- Install a water tank.
- Install solar hot water and/or solar panels.
- Install insulation.
- In winter put an extra jumper on or use extra blankets instead of using the heater.
- Only buy food you will use. Buy local produce. Buy organic.
- When buying new appliances buy ones with five star energy ratings.
In your garden
- Make a worm farm and put all your scraps in it.
- Plant some natives in the garden, they need less water and attract beautiful native birds.
- Start a vegetable garden so you can produce your own fresh products.
School and work
Get your school involved in environmental projects.
- Plant some trees.
- For school projects try to use old boxes, containers, paper, cardboard etc
- Use recycled paper.
- Participate in phone and video conferencing instead of travelling to meetings.
- Encourage recycling by setting up a process that everyone can participate in.
- ¢ Turn off all computers and lights when you go home (except for security lights).
- €¢ Ride, walk, catch the bus or train to school or work. You can even car pool with other families and work colleagues.
Other tips
- Adopt an animal.
- Watch environmental documentaries with your family and friends. Read books and other material about the environment and share what you have learnt with others.
- Visit a museum to learn about the environment.
- Go on a family picnic to a national park to learn about the local environment or to see a wind farm, or a dam.
- Talk to a politician about local issues.
- For gifts buy experiences such as movies, scuba diving and charities that help those in developing countries.
- Get involved in local groups helping the environment.
If we all make small changes then together we will all make a big difference.
Remember ‘Habits made today will help life tomorrow”
thanks to the Australian Museum
