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Environment
Here’s some stuff that’s worked in the past. You can make it happen again.
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Community Clean-up. Pick up litter and clean around neighbourhoods, schools, parks, museums, retirement homes, downtown, waterfront, and/or police stations.
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Earth Day Festival. Clean the community. Pick up garbage, twigs and branches. replenish mulch. Rake, sweep and organize.
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Eco Festival. An exhibition on greener living and promoting a cleaner environment.
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Community Garden. Start a vegetable garden to provide fresh produce to the school cafeteria.
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Tree Planting. Plant trees, flowers or shrubs to restore the environment, protect forest, and support biodiversity.
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Community Pond Restoration. Clean and pick-up garbage around the water.
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Rain Barrel Painting / Promotion. Paint and promote the use of rain barrels, water conservation and educate the public about the re-use of rain water at home.
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E-Waste Collection. Create an opportunity for the public to drop off theirs electronic waste (computers, phones, ink cartridges, etc.) for proper recycling.
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Used Eye Glasses Collection. Collect glasses to be sent around the world and donated to those in need.
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Solar Light Recycling. Solar lights are taken apart and shipped to Kenya to create homework lamps for kids.
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Clean Air is a Yard Away. Invite the public to trade in old gas lawnmowers in exchange for a gift card towards a lower emission lawnmower.
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Battery Recycling Depot. Collect batteries and create a mini-campaign around stats (i.e. how many received, how harmful they can be in landfills, etc.
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Electricity Consumption Awareness. Talking about how basic things at home require energy.
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Excess Packaging Awareness. How harmful plastics can be, or what packaging does to the environment.
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