Earth day was founded in the early 1970’s by Gaylord Nelson, a United States senator, and according to EARTHDAY.org it’s now celebrated in about 175 countries. There is a lot of focus on earth day this year as the green movement continues. eCampus.com is trying to do our part. We offer eTextbooks which, obviously, use no paper. No Paper, No dead trees. Along with these ideas I’d like to offer you a few more that we’ve come up with. Don’t fret, I know that the newest green technology can be very expensive, and I’m just as broke as you. Here are a few things you can do to help the earth, feel good about yourself, and not spend any money!
- Help out at your local park. Using findlocalparks.com you can find the locations of your local parks. Some have phone numbers, use that number, call and tell them you want to volunteer. A little yard work never hurt anyone, but it did help mother earth!!
- Don’t drive your car. Run, walk, jog, ride a bike, take a bus. Anything you can do to reduce your daily emissions. Earth week is only one week of a year, sacrifice, its for the earth…Really.
- Try and recycle “everything” you use on earth day. Now college students don’t get carried away. No reusing toilet-paper…Please
For more info on earth day and earth week check out this book Earth Day
SeanJohn
I’m reading Social Psychology
