Your Planet Needs You: 20 Things You Can Do

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In Colorado Springs, CO I have a good friend who forwarded me an email about the Springs Sustainability Snapshot Contest, which is brought to us by the Colorado Springs Office of Innovation and Sustainability. Does your city have an office of Innovation and Sustainability?
If you live in Colorado Springs, you’re gonna want to know about this. If you live somewhere else, you’re going to want to contact your city officials and have them run a similar contest. There’s financial prizes! Plus some great tips I’m going to share with you right now; you can enter the contest if your’re from Colorado Springs, CO.

Here’s the list of ‘things you can do’ developed by our marvelous Colorado Springs Office of Innovation and Sustainability!

20 Things You Can Do

Make a pledge for Earth Month and upload a pic of yourself with your pledge.

Shop with a reusable bag.

Ride a bus/bike/walk/carpool/otherwise reduce fuel consumption.

Attend an Earth Month event (PikesPeakEarthDay.org calendar).

Pick up litter in a park (Extra points for dog poo).

Use a reusable bottle.

Rescue a recyclable out of the trash.

Enjoy locally-sourced food or beverage.

Take a photo with an energy-saving LED streetlight.

Great Gardening-Start window garden or seedlings or work in a local garden.

Kill a phantom electrical load.

Creative reuse for a non-recyclable.

Use a Greener Corners bin

Volunteer in the community.

Take a photo with a LEED-rated facility.

Take a photo of any renewable energh.

Shop/donate at a second-hand retail(Goodwill/ARC/Re-Store/etc.) or check out a book from the “green books” list at the library.

Check tire pressure/purchase sustainable seafood/change a light bulb/replace a cleaning product with a GREEN cleaning product.

Water reduction: change a shower head, use a shower timer, or check your toilet for leaks.

Sustainovation Challenge: what did we forget?

If you click on the image at the top, it will take you to the Colorado Springs Office of Innovation and Sustainability where you can find ‘details’ for the contest.

Happy Sustainability Trails!

 

 

 

 

About Gailstrail

Our intent on separating ourselves from nature has limited our vocabulary. Our lack of understanding of nature and our place within makes us deaf to the heartbeat of our world. The history of our ' self-based society explained by a YouTube video 'The Happiness Machine'; studies the influence Fraud and his Nephew Edward Bernays had in shaping our ' self-based society...which still prevails! In contrast, and left out of much of our history, ancient sages felt knowing thyself so important they chiseled 'Know Thyself' in stone over the mythical god Apollo's tomb. They believed: “Self-knowledge is all-encompassing. What is learned on one scale of experience can be applied to all scales? It is the highest form of knowledge, surpassing all other knowledge. Self-knowledge is also timeless, which means that what is gained in one era, benefits all subsequent generations.” Knowing oneself has intricate beginnings. Time-consuming beginnings. Beginnings are a part of every living being; soil, water, air, and all we see. The connections are innate. Undeniable. Going beyond the name of a thing is the language of science. It is a language humans must learn to speak. Life in all forms is precious and necessary. We sustain each other in ways we do not fully understand. Humans are more than a workforce. We, each of us, are the stewards of our world and must educate ourselves accordingly. Education reform must be a priority. The mandatory curriculum must reflect stewardship of our communities, cities, states, countries, and the planet; at all levels in our educational institutions, never-ending and free. Appropriate time should be allowed for such intricate education. It must not be hurried. Making the language of science a mandatory part of our un-civilization will unlock the mystery which lies within each of us. Learning the language of science will answer that question that is always gnawing in our being, alluding to us and seems unanswerable. When we learn the language of science, we learn who we and the life around us are, how we connect, and our purpose. The world does not stand still. Neither must we. Change happens no matter what we do or do not do. We, humans, are fortunate. We have the ability and brilliance to direct some of these changes. What we do and do not do matters enormously! Manifesting Generator

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