I can I help clean up around my neighbor hood?

Question

I need to thing of 40 ways how I can help my neighbor hood! DON'T SAY RECYCLEING OR PICKING UP TRSH I ALREADT GOT THAT!

Answer 1

1. Have a garage sale
2. Plant trees
3. Re-use plastic
4. Re-use brown paper bags to line your trash can instead of plastic bags. Re-use bread bags and the bags you bring your produce home in.
5. Store food in re-usable containers, instead of plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
6. Save wire coat hangers and return them to the dry cleaners.
7. Take unwanted, re-usable items to a charitable organization or thrift shop.
8. Don't leave water running needlessly.
9. Turn your heat down, and wear a sweater.
10. Turn off the lights, TV, or other electrical appliances when you are out of a room.
11. Flush the toilet less often. (If you cut flushing in half, you'll save up to 16.5 gallons a day.)
12. Turn down the heat and turn off the water heater before you leave for vacation.
13. Solar energy is an expensive but excellent way to help the environment
14. Start a compost pile.
15. Put up birdfeeders, birdhouses, and birdbaths.
16. Pull weeds instead of using herbicides.
17. Use only organic fertilizers. (They are still the best.)
18. Compost your leaves and yard debris, or take them to a yard debris recycler. (Burning them creates air pollution, and putting them out with the trash wastes landfill space.)
19. Take extra plastic and rubber pots back to the nursery.
20. Plant short, dense shrubs close to your home's foundation to help insulate your home against cold.
21. Use mulch to conserve water in your garden.
22. Ask questions. Don't buy products, such as styrofoam, that are hazardous to the environment or manufactured at the expense of important habitats such as rain forests.
23. Buy locally grown food and locally made products when possible.
24. Don't buy products made from endangered animals.
25. On weekends, ride your bike or walk instead.
26. Buy a more fuel-efficient model (such as a hybrid or electric) when you're ready for a new car.
27. Recycle your engine oil.
28. Keep your tires properly inflated to save gas.
29. Keep your wheels properly aligned to save your tires. (It's safer too.)
30. Don't litter our roads and highways. Save trash and dispose of it at a rest stop.
31. Check the energy rating of major appliances you purchase. Buy only the most-energy-efficient models.
32. Re-use manila envelopes and file folders.
33. Hide the throw-away cups, and train people to use their washable coffee mugs.
34. Buy paper products instead of plastic if you must buy "disposables." They break down better in the environment and don't deplete the ozone layer as much.
35. Volunteer your time to conservation projects.
36. Give money to conservation projects.
37. Switch to a vegetarian diet. (Raising animals for food consumes vast quantities of natural resources, including water, land, and oil; destroys habitats; and generates a tremendous amount of water and air pollution.)
38. Convert by example. Encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to save resources too.
39. Learn about conservation issues in your community or state. Write your legislators and let them know where you stand on the issues.
40. Teach children to respect nature and the environment. Take them on hikes or camping. Help them plant a tree or build a birdhouse. Teach them by example.

Answer 2

One of the best ways is to "lead by example", let others see you picking up and they (should) be encouraged to do the same.

Give smaller kids a trash bag and let them make a game of it

Depending on what the problem is, you can trim bushes, help the elderly mow their grass, ask neighbors if you can assist them either for free or for a small fee. Many times people get discouraged and don't want to do anything because no one else is. Other times people are just to tired, too old, and some don't even think there is a problem because it has been that way for so long.. Tell people your desires, "to clean up the neighborhood" and that you are willing to do the work if they can't, ask for their help and/or their permission. Once it becomes a community effort, then more people take pride in the area.

Answer 3

1. Find out of there is anyone in your neighborhood who is alone and has no family or friends to check on them - especially the elderly. Then see if they would appreciate having someone call them at a certain time every other day or so just to make sure they are okay.

2. Make a list of things to ask your neighbors, then go door-to-door with a couple of your friends who want to help and find out who has what and who is willing to offer what they have when one of their neighbors needs help. Some examples are:

a. who has jumper cables and would be willing to help jump-start a neighbor's car
b. who has an extension ladder they would be willing to lend to someone who needs it to, say, repair a roof
c. which homes have people who would be willing to be designated as a safe place for children to run to if they are being threatened by someone; the police have special decals that people can put in their windows where they are easily seen by a frightened child

3. Are house and/or apartment numbers faded? Ask your fire department what you can do to make the numbers brighter so that emergency services can easily locate a particular dwelling. They may even have kits to help you do this.

I know a lot of these suggestions don't really fall into the category of "clean up," but anything you do to help your community certainly makes everyone feel brighter and smile more, and that makes things look a lot cleaner.

Answer 4

You might ask the neighborhood fire department or police department if it would be ok for you to plant flowers in the local park. If you have a central town park area that would be best as so many people can enjoy the beauty then.

Help neighbors that are unable to do want is needed.

Hold a neighborhood garage sale to dispose of unwanted items. Be sure to advertise it outside of your communtiy as well as in.
Some people may be willing to donate the proceeds just to get rid of the unwanted stuff. Donations could then go to the community for whatever is needed.

I know you already said you have picking up litter, but it is an important part of keeping the community clean. Especially along the road sides. My children would walk up and down our roads to pick up and bag litter. They would centralize the local for the entire amount and have the trash collector pick it up. What a difference it made!!

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

WOW!!! You got some great ideas! A couple more that may or may not have been mentioned. We had a community drive where we painted anything that was in the ground on our streets, so..Fire Hydrants, the bottom of telephone poles, cable boxes, Phone boxes (you know those green boxes that are like 3 feet tall a rectangular?) bottom of street lights..We did this in one of the poorest sections of downtown, and we got local artists involved in helping with the concept and got corporations to help with donations of people time! For once, we weren't asking for money we just went around and asked if we could have X amount of people for this much time and everyone said yes. the supplies were donated by art stores and we'd put a little heart on the corner in their name. It turned out beautifully and now the people have pride of ownership on the streets we did and it shows, their houses are prettier because they're known as the area where the pretty stuff is. AND they were able to sell the homes and move up and now the neighborhood is full of younger families with kids, and the pricing for these homes has gone through the roof! Just one idea, not nearly as good as all of amazing'as

Answer 6

Depending on what the problem is, you can trim bushes, help the elderly mow their grass, ask neighbors if you can assist them either for free or for a small fee. Many times people get discouraged and don't want to do anything because no one else is. Other times people are just to tired, too old, and some don't even think there is a problem because it has been that way for so long.. Tell people your desires, "to clean up the neighborhood" and that you are willing to do the work if they can't, ask for their help and/or their permission. Once it becomes a community effort, then more people take pride in the area.

Answer 7

The other answerers hit on alot of things so I'll try to be different

Start a clothes closet for underprivelidged families this will help them when looking for jobs and everyday life
Start a used book lending library - some people can't borrow from the regular library because they are homeless and don't have proof of an address
Start a daily companions project to visit elderly neighbors daily maybe do grocery shopping for them or other necessary errands that are too difficult
See the site below for a guide on how to start community programs.

Answer 8

The local newspaper loves human-interest stories, and businesses like to be recognized for their goodwill donations. So here is the plan.
Go with an adult to a store that sells televisions (for example), and tell them of a neighborhood contest that will be covered by the newspaper, television, and/or radio (whomever you can get to participate).
Then call the newspaper and tell them the plan and that there is a prize for the most improved yard in the participating neighborhood.
If they agree to cover the story, ask them to take before and after pictures. After the before pictures have been taken, send flyers to the neighbors and tell them the plan, how the contest is being covered by the media and that a prize is offered for the most improved residence.

Get as many entities involved as you like that want to get publicity. For example: you will need judges for the contest. Ask the mayor, or the stores donating prizes, or the newspaper or television station to furnish judges, or accept judges from them all (a panel of judges). The boy scouts, habitat for humanity, or other group may want to help the neighbors with their projects.

There may be plenty of details to work out. Get your church or school teachers, relatives and friends input for ideas or solutions to problems you may run into. Keep in mind that when it is all over, you may be interviewed by the media about the big project that you have undertaken. The more you delegate to others the less stress you will have on yourself, but do not drop the ball. If you start it, you have to finish it.

People love to help, so ask for help when you need it.

Answer 9

Have a Neighborhood Clean-up Party!!! Enlist all the little kiddies and their parents. Give it a catchy name, send flyers around and let the folks know you want to clean up the 'hood. You can have a nice little afternoon party when it's over or something so that the folks can get to know each other. We did that in my neighborhood. It started out as a "Block Party Yard Sale and Cleanup". Everybody got involved,. It was so much fun. All the men pulled out their grills and we had hot dogs and hamburgers. The kids got sprayed with water and some people allowed them in the pools (plenty of adults to watch). There was all kinds of music and dancing, lots of fun! We had bags and bags of junk and furniture and people were buying stuff left and right. We piled up our cars and took stuff to the Salvation Army and Goodwill. People felt so good. We also took food and drinks to the homeless. From that day forward - we were all good friends. Now we do it every year.

Answer 10

!! Enlist all the little kiddies and their parents. Give it a catchy name, send flyers around and let the folks know you want to clean up the 'hood. You can have a nice little afternoon party when it's over or something so that the folks can get to know each other. We did that in my neighborhood. It started out as a "Block Party Yard Sale and Cleanup". Everybody got involved,. It was so much fun. All the men pulled out their grills and we had hot dogs and hamburgers. The kids got sprayed with water and some people allowed them in the pools (plenty of adults to watch). There was all kinds of music and dancing, lots of fun! We had bags and bags of junk and furniture and people were buying stuff left and right. We piled up our cars and took stuff to the Salvation Army and Goodwill. People felt so good. We also took food and drinks to the homeless. From that day forward - we were all good friends. Now we do it every year.

Answer 11

Make it a party. Say designate a day for community clean up and
have a community cookout afterwards. This will also promote friendly feeling among the neighbors. Ask every one to bring a covered dish and see if the local grocer will donate hotdogs or burger. Make sure to set an example by recycling everything. Thank everyone for the help in cleaning up. If you acknowledge people for their efforts you will get more people to participate.