What ways are there for people in a local area to save the enviorment?

Question

What I mean is, picking up rubbish or not using plasitc bags - reuse them etc. I dont mean to picky but I have a test in english on "wrting to inform" and I need all the information i can get! I'd like a list for me to consider about writing. winner will be chosen once ive dont my test and ill pick which one helped me the most :)

Answer 1

As you said picking up rubbish , but I think it goes down to the people shouldnt throw rubbish on the floor, walk maybe rather than drive

Answer 2

It depends on the place.

In communities in wealthy countries, people can try recycling and reusing, switching to fossil-fuel alternatives ( this is especially important for reduing carnon dioxide emmisions) and conserving energy and water.

Environmentally friendly actions in communities not only benefit local areas but also eventually benefit the country and globe as a whole.

In poorer countries it becomes a little more complicated. What they need are options that cheap and environmentally friendly at the same time. As an example, there has been some success in encouraging poor rural villages, in countries such as china and India and on the African continent, to use bio-gas. They can construct bio-gas digesters fairly cheaply and the gas derived from animal waste is used to power household needs (cooking, heating etc).

Answer 3

Loads of things:

Pick up litter
Put up nest boxes for birds and insects
Leave sections of each garden wild
Join Freecycle
Reduce, reuse and recycle everything possible
Have a bring and swap sale where people can bring things they no longer want and swap them for others. What's left can go to a charity shop.
Start a local action group to do conservation work, take recycling from Old folks to the recycling centre if its not picked up.
Attempt carbon neutral living so if people go on hols using a plane then plants a tree each time.
Get the local council involved and get each household composting kitchen and garden waste.
Buy a small log maker and make old newspapers in to logs for the winter. Use them yourself or give them to old folks or those who need them.
Getn involved with your local school in recycling and environmental awareness.
Start walking buses for the local school instead of driving the kids to school.
Buying fairtrade food, clothing and other goods.
Buying organic and local produce where possible to reduce food miles.

There's more but that's it for now off the top of my head.

Answer 4

Picket at polluting factories. Millions of tons of crap DAILY into the atmosphere is nothing to sneeze at. Pun intended.

We are screwing ourselves over for a buck.
Shooting ourselves in the herd.
Stepping on our own ducks.
Cutting off our nose to spite our finch.
Kicking ourselves in the aardvark.

We're ruining it for everybody and everything, and people who can't accept it are three fries short of a Happy Meal.
Have a nice day.

Answer 5

you can recycle:glass, newspapers, hard plastic, tin cans, aluminum cans--most cities have a program for that, but if yours does not you can sell them to independent businesses that buy scrap, re-use items like glass jars, plastic bags, etc., don't buy Styrofoam cups, plant native plants in the garden, don't use excessive pesticides or herbicides, conserve water by combining loads of laundry, don't throw away biodegradable items like carrot tops and potato skins--use them for compost, don't use fertilizer, conserve electricity--don't crank the AC, leave lights or fans on etc.,

Answer 6

Buying fair trade and organic local products. Turning off all electronics (the stanby mode consume energy), cycling instead of using car...

Answer 7

they could join freecycle a site dedicated to keeping rubbish out of landfill its a worldwide project and if you google freecycle im sure you will find some info
hope this helps

Answer 8

I heard the enviorment is doomed - being replaced by the environment apparently