4. Be creative with your ability to reuse because why?

Personalizes, reuses & reduces demand for manufactured goods

7. Buy organic foods whenever possible because why?

Healthier mainly because of the lack of pesticides used

5. Use both sides of a piece of paper or reuse blank sides because why?

Save the lives of trees, reusing doubles the life of paper

9. Reduce the amount of trash that you produce, use hand towels instead of paper towels why?

Reduce the amount of land fills & less in processing cost

3. Reuse and redistribute clothing, hand me downs help the Earth by...

Reducing a need for manufacturing, reuse & recycle trifecta!

6. Start a compost bucket for your garden, save the following for the best results...

Potato and banana peals, egg shells and table scraps.

13. Replace all your light bulb with fluorescent or low wattage bulbs because...

The old bulbs are outdated & take more than double the power

11. Ride your bike especially if you can get groups or your whole family to ride with you, why?

Peddle power over fossil fuel greatly reduces greenhouse gas

8. Plant a vegetable garden because why?

Locally grown fruits & veggies are the healthiest & cheapest

1. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, we all know why, but why not?

These food wrappers can't biodegrade themselves

14. Turn off your computer at night in order to...

Save power, save money & reduce carbon footprint

2. Recycle your electronics, e-waste and batteries. All are true except which?

Keeps them off the black market

12. Keep your fridge full because why?

It takes less power to run a full fridge

10. Take the stairs instead of using the elevator because...

Stairs cost the environment nothing, and pretty healthy too

15. Switch off the light whenever your not in the room & you'll do all but which one?

You'll save more power for when you need it later

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Happy Earth Day! 21 Ways To Save the Earth

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4. Be creative with your ability to reuse because why?
You pay for the stuff, so use it and use it again
Starbucks (or others) may pay you
Someday that stuff will be valuable
Personalizes, reuses & reduces demand for manufactured goods
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17. Reduce the amount of beef you eat. It costs how much water to produce one pound of beef?
331 Gallons
661 Gallons
221 Gallons
441 Gallons
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7. Buy organic foods whenever possible because why?
You'll be supporting local animals, who now run the farm
Healthier mainly because of the lack of pesticides used
Brighter and shinier makes them seem more delicious
Healthier and genetically altered to have more vitamins
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18. Only do medium and large loads of laundry, doing so will save how much per month?
500 Gallons
300 Gallons
400 Gallons
600 Gallons
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5. Use both sides of a piece of paper or reuse blank sides because why?
Makes the paper companies furious
Trees, don't make paper, people make paper
It's how Picasso got his start
Save the lives of trees, reusing doubles the life of paper
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16. Go vegetarian & if you do, the benefit is that 1 pound of potatoes, tomatos & lettice costs
Less than 45 Gallons per year
Less than 15 Gallons per year
Less than 30 Gallons per year
Less than 60 Gallons per year
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9. Reduce the amount of trash that you produce, use hand towels instead of paper towels why?
Waste removal is hard and expensive
Trash is smelly
Reduce the amount of land fills & less in processing cost
We don't have any room for the trash anymore
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3. Reuse and redistribute clothing, hand me downs help the Earth by...
Textiles do not create a carbon footfrint
Sometimes you find money in pockets of people's old clothes
Vintage clothes really hold their value
Reducing a need for manufacturing, reuse & recycle trifecta!
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19. Take shorter showers and skip baths to save how much water in a month?
500 per gallons
1,000 Gallons
750 Gallons
1,250 Gallons
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6. Start a compost bucket for your garden, save the following for the best results...
Crusts of bread
Potato and banana peals, egg shells and table scraps.
Spoiled food you discover in the fridge
Old donuts (more than a day old)
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21. Turn off the water when you brush your teeth If you do, you'll save how much in a month?
300 Gallons per month
100 Gallons per month
200 Gallons per month
50 Gallons per month
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13. Replace all your light bulb with fluorescent or low wattage bulbs because...
You can see ultra violet and infra red
Bugs aren't attracted to it
You can see farther
The old bulbs are outdated & take more than double the power
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11. Ride your bike especially if you can get groups or your whole family to ride with you, why?
Riding bikes make the car manufacturers lower car prices
Bikes are healthier, less roadkill
Peddle power over fossil fuel greatly reduces greenhouse gas
Best way to keep track of preschoolers
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8. Plant a vegetable garden because why?
Grocery stores are ripping us off
Locally grown fruits & veggies are the healthiest & cheapest
Foreign grown fruits & veggies are the healthiest & cheapest
Someday we'll all be vegetarians
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1. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, we all know why, but why not?
Helps reduce the amount of trash in the environment
Helps the local economy & there's money in it!
Helps planet by avoiding the need to use untouched resources
These food wrappers can't biodegrade themselves
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14. Turn off your computer at night in order to...
Avoid spyware
Avoid viruses
Save power, save money & reduce carbon footprint
Save the computer for wearing out too quickly
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2. Recycle your electronics, e-waste and batteries. All are true except which?
Recycling, parts are valuable and needed
Keeps them off the black market
Youll be reusing & possibly reducing demand & need for stuff
Avoid contaminating the environment with hazards chemicals
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12. Keep your fridge full because why?
Fridge, hungry
You don't have to go shopping all the time
It takes less power to run a full fridge
It take more power to run a full fridge
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20. Reducing outdoor water usage can save up to how much per year?
7,000 Gallons
5,000 Gallons
9,000 Gallons
8,000 Gallons
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10. Take the stairs instead of using the elevator because...
Elevators are dangerous during earthquakes
Elevators can't be trusted
Stairs lift your spirits when your blue
Stairs cost the environment nothing, and pretty healthy too
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15. Switch off the light whenever your not in the room & you'll do all but which one?
Help your local power grid to run more efficiently
Reduce your carbon foot print on the planet
You'll save money on your families power bill
You'll save more power for when you need it later

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