Welcome to our Tips for Saving the Earth page. • We put the tips into five different categories: Air, Water, Land, Home and Wildlife. Feel free to use these tips to help you make your pledge. Or, if you have your own idea, please share it with us and the rest of the Earth Saver's Club for Kids.
Remember: Some tips may be unique to a culture or a geography, send us your ideas for tips that make sense for your family, friends, community and country! We will organize tips by geography too!
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Don't waste food, transporting food from the field to the processing plant to the grocery store to your house takes a lot of energy and creates a lot of carbon emissions.
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kholland,
United States
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Ask your parents to turn off the car while waiting in line to pick you up,10% of all gas is wasted idling, after only 10 seconds you use less gas turning the ignition off.
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kholland,
United States
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Eat locally grown food.
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pholland,
United States
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Don't burn trash.
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pholland,
United States
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Try to drive less to save gas and reduce pollution.
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pholland,
United States
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Ride your bike to school, sports or work (for your mom and dad).
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pholland,
United States
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Use an electric car
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dholland,
United States
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Walk to school.
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dholland,
United States
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if it's not raining, air-dry all of your clothes. That will save lots of energy that you are not using in the dryer
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Rhianna Bostian,
United States
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Help your parents buy things made out of recycled material by teaching them to read labels.
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kholland,
United States
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Help your parents stop junk mail by writing a letter (see template in the projects section)
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kholland,
United States
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Help remind your parents to bring cloth bags to the market.
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kholland,
United States
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Change an incandescent light bulbs to a CFLs (Compact florescent light bulb) or LEDs.
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kholland,
United States
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Instead of birthday gifts ask your friends to donate to a non-profit organization that is helping to save the earth. (Check out ESC4K EarthLinks for some organizations where friends and family can donate.)
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kholland,
United States
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Plug your electronics into an energy saving power strip that automatically shuts off electronics.
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kholland,
United States
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Don't waste food, it takes a lot of energy to make food.
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pholland,
United States
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Turn off the light when you leave the room.
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dholland,
United States
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Watch less TV and use the computer less often.
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dholland,
United States
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Pick up your trash, better yet pick up any trash you see.
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kholland,
United States
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Don't cut down trees.
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pholland,
United States
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Don't make forest fires.
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pholland,
United States
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Turn off the TV and computer overnight.
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dholland,
United States
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Pick up your trash, better yet pick up any trash you see.
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dholland,
United States
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Plant a tree, preferably a tree native to your environment.
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dholland,
United States
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do laundry only once a week. The loads will be full and that will save TONS of water.
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Rhianna Bostian,
United States
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If your clothes or pajamas are not dirty then put them on a hook and wear them again so that you do not wash clean clothes.
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kholland,
United States
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When you run the shower to heat the water catch the water in a bucket and use it to water plants.
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kholland,
United States
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Don't drink bottled water unless you have to!
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pholland,
United States
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Don't spill oil, paint or cleaning supplies down the drain.
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pholland,
United States
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Don't leave the water running while brushing your teeth.
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pholland,
United States
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Give your mom and dad a low flow shower head for their birthday.
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dholland,
United States
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Don't throw trash in the ocean.
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dholland,
United States
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Take shorter showers.
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dholland,
United States
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Water at night.
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violet,
United States
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Write a letter to your government representative about saving an endangered species or another environmental topic you care about.
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kholland,
United States
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Hold on to your balloons. Balloons often end up in the ocean and get swallowed by marine animals that cannot digest them. Please pop your balloons when you are finished and throw them in the trash.
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dholland,
United States
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Cut up plastic holders (six-pack rings, plastic tops to baby wipes, etc.) so wildlife can't get trapped in them.
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dholland,
United States
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Don't capture bugs, lizards, worms, or insects or they will die. Please catch and release them.
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dholland,
United States
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When you are hiking remember The Hiker's Creed: take only photographs, leave only footprints.
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pholland,
United States
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Don't feed wildlife they need to learn to feed themselves.
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pholland,
United States
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Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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pholland,
United States
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Put bells on your cat's collar to let birds know that a cat is near.
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rivercoyote,
United States
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Make sure to clean up all your trash when picnicking or camping. Animals can get hurt exploring plastic wrappers.
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terriG,
United States
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Don't touch nests or bird eggs or bother the birds while birds are nesting
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violet,
United States
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