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Take the Pledge!

I will...

• Recycle whatever I can through my municipality.
• Buy snacks and other foods in a degradable (paper) container whenever possible.
• Avoid buying/using clothing which requires dry cleaning.
• Not buy/use Styrofoam products.
• Choose food and other products in the most ecological packaging available (paper, cotton and glass  as opposed to plastic).
• Not buy/use aerosol cans.
• Start/expand my garden.
• Reduce/eliminate toxic pesticides in my lawn and garden.
• Join a gardening club.
• Set a radius (2 blocks/2 miles?) and make a commitment to walk everywhere I need to go within that radius.
• Choose one day each week to refrain from driving.
• Patronize my neighborhood merchants.
• Share magazine subscriptions with friends or a library.
• Reduce/eliminate toxic cleaning supplies and replace them with non-poisonous cleaning supplies at my home/work.
• Encourage retailers and manufacturers to reduce/simplify packaging material.
• Ask friends to consider natural products and materials when choosing gifts for me.
• Support businesses that promote an environmental awareness.
• Buy/request organic food at food stores and restaurants.
• Buy/use recycled paper whenever possible.
• Ask my grocer to carry local/organic produce.
• Ask my grocer to carry alternatives to Styrofoam products.
• Lobby my political representatives to make environment a priority issue.
• Petition my civic groups (school, business, congregations) to conserve, recycle and consume responsibly.
• Enjoy moments outside each day.