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For crying out loud let's do something! If our "leaders" in politics and business are unable to react appropriately to the ongoing destruction, we need to, voluntarily for now. Look up deforestation, overfishing, soil degradation, "mountaintop removal", bycatch, ocean dead zones, desertification, the "sixth mass extinction", coral bleaching, loss of mangroves, shark finning, ocean garbage patches (aka "plastic soup"), wildlife trafficking, poaching, waste dumping, air pollution - you name it - we need to act and change.
Your share makes a difference!

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Keep your lawn cut a bit higher water drop dollar sign checkmark

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Boycott restaurants which crank up the AC to the max checkmark

Put an energy-saving bulb in your frontyard's lamp dollar sign checkmark

Remind your hotel to not change bed linens and towels water drop checkmark

Buy local wine and beer checkmark

Plan your refrigerator turnover dollar sign checkmark

Minimize water softener runs checkmark

Defrost frozen food in the fridge extreme checkmark

Buy products with less packaging checkmark

Print only what you really need printed, e.g. when printing e-mails checkmark

Avoid restaurants which serve food on disposable dishes checkmark

Choose products by ecological aspects, not only look and price checkmark

Set your printer's default settings dollar sign checkmark

Keep a stack of old paper as scratch paper dollar sign checkmark

Make your drapes save energy checkmark

Substitute some fossil fuel with warm clothes dollar sign checkmark

Lower the water heater's setting dollar sign checkmark

Use half of the washer detergents dollar sign checkmark

Don't let water pass unused water drop dollar sign checkmark

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Switch off the lights when you leave a room dollar sign checkmark

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Buy books used dollar sign checkmark

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Don't worry about clover on your lawn checkmark

Drink tea instead of coffee and beer instead of apple juice ;-) water drop checkmark

Pack in a box when you eat out for dinner checkmark

Don't leave your car idling dollar sign checkmark

Bundle up your water heater dollar sign checkmark

Library instead of bookstore dollar sign checkmark

Rethink packaging already packaged packages checkmark

Make Mondays meat-free (Paul McCartney campaign) checkmark

Share a meal checkmark dollar sign extreme

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Keep your tires properly inflated dollar sign checkmark

Choose draft beer over bottled beer (over cans) checkmark

Don't release helium balloons checkmark

Eat less shrimp checkmark

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Again, here the summarized reason(s) why we should care - from the "Convention on Biological Diversity":
"It is reckless if not downright dangerous to keep chipping away at our life support system. It is unethical to drive other forms of life to extinction, and thereby deprive present and future generations of options for their survival and development."



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