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Roger J. Wendell
Defending 3.8 Billion Years of Organic Evolution^SM

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Easy

1. Use a washable coffee mug
2. Use a cloth bag for all shopping trips
3. Write and print on used paper
4. Replace incadescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent
5. Ride the bus or carpool to work at least once per week
6. Shop at a used clothing store
7. Turn the thermostat on your water heater down to 120°
8. Buy toilet paper that's manufactured from recycled paper
9. Don't accept a straw with your drink at a restaurant
10. Bring your own silverware and cloth napkin to a restaurant
11. At home, replace paper napkins with cloth napkins
12. Stop using outdoor electric "Bug Zappers"
13. Don't buy a bigger home
14. Don't buy a second home
15. Don't buy a bigger car
16. Don't buy a second car

1. Purchase food that is locally grown and/or organic
2. Decrease your time in the shower by 25%
3. Air dry laundry at least one third of the year
4. Buy grains, pastas, spices, oils and shampoo in bulk
5. Purchase writing/printing paper that's manufactured from recycled materials
6. For gift-giving consider homemade items (use recyled wrapping paper), coupons for personal services, or tickets to events
7. Turn your thermostat to 68° or below when in the house and 55° or below when away from home or asleep
8. Install and use ceiling fans (they can make a room feel up to 9° cooler)
9. Ask your utility company for an energy audit
10. Eat at least two meatless dinners each week
11. Start a compost pile for your yard debris and food scraps
12. Reduce watering your lawn

1. Walk, bike, carpool or ride the bus to work and school
2. Sell your car(s)
3. Remove your driveway and plant a garden in its place
4. Declare your yard a chemical-free zone
5. Forgo pet ownership
6. Shift to a vegetarian diet
7. Eliminate disposable products from your home
8. Hand wash clothing, when possible, rather than dry clean
9. Replace part of your lawn with a garden, native plants, or xeriscape
10. Move to a smaller home or rent out extra living space
11. Write letter to companies letting them know why you do not purchase their excessively packaged products
12. Commit to having no more than two children or even no children at all
13. Regularly volunteer time/resources to protect the Earth

Links:

1. Appropriate Technology
2. Appropriate Technology Resources (Lists and Links)
3. Backwoods Solar Electric Systems
4. Backyard Wildlife
5. CCAT Campus center for Appropriate Technology (Humboldt State)
6. Culture Change
7. Cycling
8. Deep Ecology Living as if Nature Mattered
9. DCAT Development center for Appropriate Technology
10. Earth Day
11. Earth Friendly things and ideas!
12. Extinciton
13. Fuel Economy
14. Home Power Magazine (I've subscribed for a few years and love it!)
15. I4AT Institue for Appropriate technology (Global Village)
16. Jade Mountain (I've been through their Boulder store a few dozen times!)
17. LiFE Award
18. NCAT National center for Appropriate Technology
19. Recycling
20. SunLight Energy Systems
21. Sustainability by Dr. Albert Bartlett
22. Sustainability
23. Transportation
24. Voluntary Simplicity
25. Walking Softly in the backcountry
26. Xeriscape your yard

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