Looking for eco actions to do on the weekend that won’t set you back a lot of money or hurt the environment? While there are numerous benefits to green living, some mistakenly think it requires more effort and costs more. Not so! Our eco friendly training classes offer fun ways to kick start living a sustainable lifestyle. The first step is creating eco awareness. Why not start this weekend? 50 fun and different eco activities to save some green:
1. Go for a hike in the woods
2. Share your photos online
3. Learn 50 new ways to use your iPod for more than music
4. Have a picnic
5. Take the kids to the park
6. Visit a museum -There are lots of free museums and many others take a donation
7. Work on an arts and craft projects
8. Go paperless for the entire day
9. Watch this video on recycling and see how these recycling tips make a big difference in saving our environment while creating green jobs in the process.
10. Turn your monitor off when you are away and shut down your computer and monitor when finished using it.
11. Check out fun Online Games That Challenge Your Eco-socio-political Skills
12. Look around your home and office and unplug seldom used appliances
13. Play board games
14. Play a pickup basketball or volleyball game in the park
15. Learn ways to recycle your junk
16. Visit the library. Take out books, movies, music or take advantage of some of their great programs
17. Take a free online class
18. Eat an organic meal or purchase some fruits and veggies from a local farmer's market and compost your vegetable scraps
19. Purchase green office supplies
20. Do some bird watching
21. Go for a bike ride
22. Water: get to know what is in your water and use it efficiently
23. Roller blade, Run, Ski, exercise outdoors
24. Visit the zoo
25. Go camping - enjoy the US National Parks system
26. Read. Better yet, read a green blog
27. Watch a play at a local theater
28. Check out the latest green gossip on celebrities at Ecocrazzi for inspiration
29. Plan an all green Valentine’s Day
30. Apply the 3 R’s to your closet: reduce by removing clothes you no longer wear, reuse and recycle by donating to a local clothing donation
31. Discover how Big Business is going green
32. Visit a street fair
33. Adopt a pet
34. Tour a fire house or police station
35. Bake organic goodies
36. Make a birdhouse
37. Stroll through a public garden
38. Work on your own garden
39. Visit the state or county fair.
40. Join a book club at the library
41. Browse the flea markets.
42. Take advantage of local cultural events
43. Visit a dairy farm.
44. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or another place that feeds meals to the homeless
45. Have a scavenger hunt
46. Teach yourself a new language using online tutorials and materials from the library.
47. Jigsaw puzzles!
48. Make a working volcano
49. Have a campfire in your backyard, roast marshmallow and tell ghost stories.
50. Clean out your house and have a garage sale
Have any fun eco tips to add to the list?
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