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I’m inspired to start using a timer while I’m in the shower, as I am very guilty of taking too long of showers.

we recycle, use cloth diapers(I share my experience with friends) Joined a CSA. there are SO MANY ways to make a difference

I’m a big fan of riding my bike – so much so that I sold my car and went car free for about a year and a half. I can’t do that any more, but I still only drive about twice a week!

In the New Year we have started to check everything before tossing to see if it is recyclable rather than taking the easy way out and just putting it in the trash, we sort it now for recycling.

Recycle and conserve

As far as Smucker’s I have been a Smucker’s fan since I was a little girl, but now I buy sugar free, and it’s every as bit of good as the regular, and the jam is great too. As far as where I live being disabled is no fun especially when it’s hard to bend over, but I was able to number one grow my own veggies last year, and pull some weeds with my grabber. Also, when I walk the dog I use my walker (I can sit down on this one), so that’s why I’m able to walk her now so when she does do her business I bring bags with, and sit down on my chair and pick it up. It disgusts me when I see people just keep walking, and I know my bad, but I hope on their way back they forget and step in it… my bad! NOT!

I take shorter showers. Keep heat down. Flush less. Keep the tap off while brushing teeth until needed.

I am inspired to recycle, lower my hot water temperature and use my clothes dryer less.

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Educate on the dangers of GMO’s. I have contacted Smuckers in tje past about their peanut butter… it is not gmo free.

We recycle newspapers/ads/inserts and take that to the local recycle center once a week. We also have a separate garbage bin for bottles.

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I used recycled everythîng!

I am inspired to plant trees and buy organic from my farmer’s market end exercise, recycle bottles and cans!

We are very big on recycling, composting and renewable energy. We also try to carpool as much as possible, buy green products and repurposed products. I joke with my husband that if our carbon footprint shrinks any more, it will look like we didn’t existed. :)

I’m inspired to recycle, use electric and water smartly, and to plant more trees.

Plant for trees and clean local parks and streets and rivers.

We use reusable products and help to clean local parks.

i love to buy organic foods

recycling,seed saving,and deck gardening

reduce, reuse and recycle.

My three kiddos and I always make a point to leave the park/playground/hiking trail/etc. cleaner than we found it, by picking up trash.

I already recycle the plastic bags… but what I’m most inspired is turning them into home craft projects so that they may have a new purpose

When our city first implemented its recycling program, we handed out reusable shopping bags and flyers encouraging our condo complex tenants to recycle.

I think just keeping our community clean will help.

To start taking shorter showers!

recycle reuseable bags short showers combine laundry cfl’s and led lights

I’ve gotten serious about recycling all plastic, paper and canned products I use in my home. I also re-use plastic bags from the supermarket..I try to use products with less chemicals in it for use in my home.

I recycle everything possible. I try to purchase organic items from my local area.

I decided to change and use more green options because honestly..the worlds going to crap. no one gives a hoot and it’s so poluted it’s insane. in the town i used to live in, on ONE road, there is an estimated one person in every family on that road that has CANCER! i just had a kid i went to school with pass away from cancer who lived on that road

I use cloth diapers and wipes. I try to use as little paper towels as possible I want unpaper towles but can’t afford them. Also I have a diva cup and cloth pads.

I’m inspired to conserve water. To only run the dishwasher and washing machine when they’re full and to air dry whenever possible.

I am inspired to donate my 2 year old grandsons clothes and toys he out grows to help out those less fortunate in my community. Also I am going to volunteer at my local foodbank! Thank you :-)

I’m inspired to drive less thus reducing the amount of emissions going into the air.

recycling and pick up trash

Most of the time we take really short showers, only run the dishwasher and washing machine when they are full, our heat is set at 64°F (and in the summer, the AC is set at 77°).

We also use boxes or our own shopping bags at the store when we can.

I’m raising my kids to be environmentally aware!

I want my children to know the importance of living green. recycling, eating organic foods and helping to improve our community.

I would love to help clean up the park by carrying an extra bag when we walk the dogs. Great idea!

Keep the neighborhood parks and playgrounds clean and also donate to the park’s organization. I also assist with planting trees and flowers as well.

we are eating more natural foods and really trying to go green on cleaning supplies.

We try to recycle as much as we can!

buy and eat local.

Tell others about the benefits and usefulness of cloth diapers, cloth wipes, and cloth pads.

I am inspired to clean up the parks

Try and conserve energy and water

I recycle and take shorter showers. I’m inspired by the damage that we are doing to our environment.

We recycle and plant a vegetable garden.

i am constantly going through my (and encouraging family and friends) closets, drawers, pantry, basement, etc. i always donate items (if they are usable) to others because i know what it’s like to not have what i need.
with couponing and sales, i have now been able to afford my necessities and even a few luxuries. i feel fortunate and helping others always makes me feel full and grateful!

We don’t buy bottled water, we recycle..and I am always picking up trash on the side of the road

I’m planting lots of butterfly plants to feed and host them.

Recycle for sure :)

I recycle EVERTYHING and make my own mulch

I always pick up trash on my walks. It’s never ending.

I’d like to help plant community vegetable gardens.

work in the comunity garden started at our local homeless center.

I am an evid gardener and what I have on overflow I give to our local food bank. I also encourage other local growers to do the same.

We cloth diaper our kiddos and I love helping other moms in our community learn about cloth diapering as well.

We choose to recycle. We just moved so I am hoping to have a garden this year.

our kids do community service through their school

we use reusable items and our friends have picked up on that. we live in a small town where things like this aren’t really thought about, but it has been rubbing off on the people we know and they’re more conscious. we also buy from local shops and try to stay in the area as much as possible instead of driving to the bigger towns, like austin.

Conserve water and electric, recycle and use reusable products!

I volunteer at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Thanks for the contest.

I’ve been recycling since long before we had curbside pickup of recyclables. I want to encourage my neighbors who don’t recycle regularly to start recycling on a regular basis.

I am inspired to clean up, where we live there are really a lot of rude people that throw their trash everywhere and just don’t care. I hate seeing kids playing with trash all over the park and such.

we went solar, use cloth napkins, reccle, compost… a few things we do to make a difference

I will try to run clothes washer only when have a full load, and make sure to select the cycle size that matches size of the load.

I try to buy organic when possible and recycle.

We volunteer to pull out invasive species at our local park a few times a year. We also recycle which is easy since our city offers curbside recycling!

we love our community garden

I spread the word amongst families in the community about outdoor activities

I always look for local options when it comes to produce and meat. That way I’m helping business and the environment in my local community!

We have a local lake/ playground area that we help clean of litter a few times a year.

When I go for my daily walk around the neighborhood, I pick up trash and recycling that the wind has strewn across the sidewalk/road

IL am inspired to organized cleanup and trash recycling events.

I encourage others to reuse, recycle, repair, donate and find a new purpose instead of adding to our landfills.

I jsut want to eat FRESHER! Less processed foods.

We recycle newspaper, metal cans and plastic trash.

We recycle and for baths I take my son and daughter in the tub with me (they’re only 2 and 7 months). We save a lot of water that way.

I try to inspire with Creative Re-use

We recycle and take short showers.

We finally got recycle bins that get picked up with our weekly trash!!

Recycle. I have even gotten others to start recycling as well. :-)

All of the increased need in recent years. There is now someone on every corner with a sign and we never had that much need.

i do my best to teach my kids habits that are good for the earth, and to think about the consequences of their actions. we recycle, pick up trash, choose items that are recyclable when possible, etc.

Use dryer less and only run water as needed…..

By using glass water bottles and recycling glass, and composting is what I do to help.

I’m teaching my daughter to take care of her things and her environment; not littering and treating animals with kindness.

Here in Ca. we have a water shortage due to no rain this winter. I’m taking shorter showers, running my dishwasher once a wk since it’s just me. Thank you for the great giveaway :)

recycle and pick up the parks.

Conserve more water and recycle.

We purchase produce from our local farmers market and we support a paper drive to recycle!

We conserve water and energy in our home and buy our chicken in bulk from local organic ranches.

I always shop farmers markets and local produce stands

We recycle and reuse containers to reduce on waste.

We have a huge paper recycling project at work — every single piece of paper counts!

I’m inspired to wash clothes less often, I just bought more work clothes so that I don’t have to wash clothes as often. Thank you.

use less water, plant a garden… lots of things!

Being vegetarian

buying local produce :)

I try to encourage people to buy less processed food and more whole organic foods!

I love my victory garden. It’s shut down for now so I can dedicate that time to LO, but I can’t wait to get it going again.

Recycling more at work.

to recycle and shop at the farmers market

Planting fruit trees in community areas. I have been doing that for years and have many families working together.

We recycle whenever it’s possible. We also use our own bags to when we do our shopping instead of all of the plastic bags they give out.

We recycle alot. If I get plastic bags from grocery (because I forgot to bring in my own from car) I use them to line our trashcans in bedrooms and bathroom.

we do a garden every year and also share rabbit droppings as fertilizer for our garden and neighbors

Recycling is the biggest thing we do!

We give our recyclables to a local park that uses the revenue to keep the park a green space in the middle of the city.

Reuse things!

we compost, reuse, recycle and every weekend go for a walk where e gather up litter and take care of it

Thanks for getting me thinking! This Spring I would like to get the grandkids together and take them to the park in our city and pick up litter. It would be a great lesson for them and we would be able to spend the day together. At the end of the day I think all of us will feel like we made a positive contribution to our community.

We frequently offer seldom-used goods on our local freecycle board – unused computer mice, exercise equipment that we lacked the ambition to use, kitchen appliances that required too steep a learning curve, that sort of thing.

We use cloth diapers and we donate/giveaway/sell things that can be reused. We are working on becoming green.

Using cloth diapers, composting and recycling as much as possible.

Nightshade allergy awareness needs to happen. People don’t know what it is or how it may be affecting them, and how these foods are in EVERYTHING we eat, even “health foods”

We grow an organic garden and share our bounty with our friends and neighbors!

We are having a neighborhood clean up in April.

I had to because if you look around, you have to step up and do your part because we can’t expect someone else to do something we aren’t doing.

I’m going to start taking faster showers and having my family take faster showers also!

I am inspired to recycle and support my oldest daughter with her Key Club activities. She holds bake sales to raise money for local non-profits as well as organizes fundraising for larger non-profits. She also volunteers her time around the community and I try to help out when I am able.

RECYCLE,RECYCLE, RECYCLE I GO TO THE STORE ALMOST EVERYDAY ANYWAY ,SO I RECYCLE EVERYTHING PLASTIC,GLASS ,CARDBOARD ,NEWSPAPER,MAGS AND MORE! THEY HAVE ALL THE BINS BEHIND THE STORE. TY

I don’t litter and I pick up trash when I see it especially on the beach.

We make our own laundry detergent & other cleaners. We recycle, and we will be cloth diapering!

Teach people to urban homestead and raise their own food via our blog and local outreach.

WOW! That is great & there is so much we can do in our communities! Pick up trash is a great one and also trying to conserve energy is a big one in our house along with water and we try to recycle as much as we can!

Recycle, reuse things, and pick up trash , save mother nature.

Recycle and buy local.

My husband and I both care about the environment and we pick up litter on our local roads when we are out walking together each day, plus we do the usual things at home, such as recycling all that we can and being careful about utility use.

A college class I took, learned a lot about the environment & our impact on it

Start recycling bins.

cloth diapering!

I wouldn’t mind participating in a neighborhood cleanup – they usually have one to pick up the city in the spring after all the snow has melted away.

Well, we definitely recycle. We’ve been doing this for years now. It might not seem like a huge difference but we feel that it is. We also encourage others in our extended family to do the same.

I am recycling all of my kids clothes and we are sewing them into blankets for the animal shelter

i’m inspired to do more and do less — more recycling, more walking, and less driving, less water and power usage.

I am inspired to pick up trash on my daily walk

I recycle and help my friends recycle too.

I take my own cloth bags to the store anytime i go so as not to use plastic. If it is not recyclable we have a place where we burn anything burnable to keep the dump from being over run with garbage.

I use coffee grinds in the garden, recycle, and walk places when I can.

we help do litter pick up on our trails.

I care for a feral cat community in my area and I think this taking care of our natural environment. I also clean up our local stream several times a year.

We often walk around our neighborhood and while walking, if we see garbage on the streets, we pick it up and dispose of properly.

I recycle at my local center (it’s just a few blocks away from me!) , we use recyclable bags and, we shop at the farmer’s market.

i drive all m co workers crazy with recycling. i have always wanted to adopt a highway

We reuse, conserve water, and if a store is closer, we walk instead of using the car.

We spend a lot of time on creek cleanups!

We wash our car at a car wash that reuses water and we recycle.

I m inspired to do Recycle and use the reusable bags :)

I help plant our community garden

I’m inspired to turn a vacant lot into a community garden.

i’m inspired to buy organic food and to eat clean

pick up trash whenever we see it on the ground, eat organic, recycyle and reuse

We recycle everything we can. We plant a garden every year.

I try to recycle as much as I can and plant trees wherever I am offered to volunteer at!

In my hiking community, I strive and believe in no-trace. I always carry out my trash and have picked up others trash that was left on the trail.

I try to recycle.

To recycle and only run a full dishwasher

Recycling, reusing, buying local, and conserving all help!

Recycling makes a great deal of difference. Even one person can create a wave that inspires others.

Recycle. I have been teaching the benefits of recycling to my family, friends, coworkers, neighbors really anybody that will listen to me for a few minutes. When I talk about recycling we try to buy used for most but not all of our furniture and the same for clothes. Some things I believe should only have one owner but there are so many things in the world that can be reused and maybe not for it’s original purpose.

We choose to recycle to make a difference in our community.

i carpool with my mom to save gas and money

When we travel with our dogs, when it’s time for a rest stop, I pick up any aluminum cans that are thrown around, and take them home to recycle with our own cans.

We pick up trash while walking the dog.

Recycle..including newspaper wrappers and paper towel rolls.

I use the car less and walk more for close trips.

NYC just started collecting things to compost so I have been showing my girls how to do it.

I am inspired by repurposing and reusing my recyclable items. If I can re-use it, I won’t throw it away.

I recycle with friends.

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I do all I can, but my next thing is to use edible landscaping using permaculture techniques so that my lawn and yard is worth something more than just grass.

I am inspired to clean up my city and help the homeless with food..

we recycle and reuse

We do a lot of green things. Most recently, we helped clean up litter at a local school playground.

I am inspired to donate to my local animal shelter

I donate my time weekly in the local thrift shop who benefits all

I recycle everything possible and shop at local farmer’s markets in season.

We recycle and eat organic.

Share my views and get the word out

I garden vegetables and berries organically and occasionally plant trees which is good for everyone.

I recycle books to my local library.

I am going to try and support local vegetable growers and to recycle more.

we recycle, compost & join the keep the lake clean clean up each year

I recycle, compost, and support local farmers providing organic foods.

My family drinks a lot of bottled water, but we make sure we recycle the plastic bottles.

I am inspired to start taking shorter showers and to recycle MORE (I already do quite a bit, but there is much more I could do) :)

We recycle and try to use things that won’t make a huge imprint on the environment.

I’m inspired to turn off the water while brushing my teeth.

We recycle to make a difference in our community

I am inspired to plant trees as a lot of the trees where I am from have been chopped down.

We try to walk or bike ride whenever feasible. We also grow a small vegetable garden.

Help clean up the potomac river
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We have a compost, use cloth bags when shopping, eat organic and local, pick up trash and I am a vegan.

im inspired to take shorter showers

We have many bodies of water around here and many birds who frequent those bodies of water. I’d love to make sure they aren’t getting caught up in fishing line, soda rings or other unnatural nasties humans toss around.

We all make an effort to recycle in my household.

pick up trash were I can and reuse what I can and grow my own veggies:)

Our family chooses to recycle!

I’m inspired to recycle and ditch bottled water for my own filtered water

I am inspired to grow my own herbs & vegetables this season and share them with my neighbors, which is my immediate community.

I try to do my part by recycling and composting, both at home and in the office, by using and sharing canvas shopping bags, and joining a community garden with a group of friends each year.

grow my own vegetables

Buy local

Bike to work

to teach my son to recycle, reuse and to limit excess

Take part in the community garden

We plant trees.
We currently have 8 Oak trees in our front yard.
This summer we want to add several Birch trees.

starat using a refillable water bottle and quit using disposible ones!

I tried to use green items as much as possible and we recycle!

I try to recycle and volunteer when I can.

We support our local vendors and farmers.

We pick up litter in area parks and hiking trails.

Thanks for the giveaway…we volunteer to help maintain local hiking trails so that everyone in our community can enjoy using them.

I grow my own herbs! :)

recycle!

walk as much!

buy organic:)

I garden organically and recycle as much as I can. Thanks.

I want my own compost pile

We buy vegetables and fruits in bulk from local organic ranches.

I am inspired to buy more organic and natural foods from local grocers.