1. Volunteer!
While this option seems like a given, a lot of people who want to contribute and donate their time don’t know where to find volunteer opportunities. There are a surplus of websites listing hundreds or thousands of events/organizations across the U.S., helping you reach the right opportunity for your Earth Day mission. Some examples are: ● VolunteerMatch, the “largest network in the nonprofit world”, excels at helping organizations recruit for their cause. ● AARP Volunteer Matching, a matching network from AARP, targeted to help older Americans and their families. AARP offers many volunteering opportunities for Earth Day. ● Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to sourcing volunteers and improving the spaces people call home. This can involve building/improving houses and sources of sustainability. Volunteering is good for the community - and good for the soul too (really, it is!). What better way to give back to the Earth than to give back to the people who give this planet life. 2. Conserve water and electricity. Admittedly, this is something we should do every day, but tend to forget about. Turning off lights when we’re not in the room, taking shorter showers, and charging devices during the day instead of overnight are some small changes that can be adopted on Earth Day and continued throughout the year. If you tend to a garden, there’s even more that can be done. Harvesting your rainwater from a roof or gutters with a rain barrel can help you reuse water. Avoid watering from overhead, as that can invite fungal disease. Instead, water plants at the soil level. Does my contribution really matter? Of course it does! Small and large alike, these changes help improve the planet we live on. Anyone can give back on Earth Day - we only get one Earth, better treat it right! Comments are closed.
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