The document provides 10 steps for becoming more environmentally friendly, such as reducing waste by reusing and recycling, using energy efficient light bulbs and appliances, planting trees, eating organic and locally grown foods, choosing green cleaning products, renovating homes with sustainable materials, using alternative transportation when possible, and picking up litter. It encourages developing a green mindset and evaluating one's habits to create a personalized green plan for helping to protect the environment. References and websites are also included for additional green living resources and information.

1.  WHY GREEN?
 Your Green Mindset
 Green Evaluation
 Green Plan
 10 Steps to help you START on your greener
path.

2. We say we love flowers
Yet we pluck them.
We say we love trees
Yet we cut them down.
And people still wonder why
Some are still afraid
When told they are loved.
-Unknown

3. WHY???????
When you defile the pleasant streams
And the wild bird's abiding place,
You massacre a million dreams
And cast your spittle in God's face.
~John Drinkwater

8. 1. REDUCE, REUSE, Recycle
• Use LESS Water, Paper, Plastic, Energy
• Donate Used Clothing
• Donate Used Shoes and Sneakers
• Donate Used Furniture
• Recycle, Recycle, Recycle
-Chemicals
-Electronics
• “Upcycle”

9.  Green cleaning products are becoming
easier to find and are more affordable than
ever.
-Green Depot
-Green Works
-Green Direct Sales Companies
 Natural Cleaning Methods
-Lemon
-Vinegar
-Newspaper

10. 3. Lights!!
"...And God said, "Let there be light," and there was
light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated
the light from the darkness..."
God created light, NATURAL LIGHT. We all love light.
However, most of our love affair is with unnatural light.
But just as God separated the light from darkness,
sometimes we should do the same thing. We need to
separate ourselves from unnatural lighting. What am I
referring to? Conservation. Energy.
•Turn the lights off
•Use energy efficient (CFL) bulbs save energy.
Save energy = save money. Save Energy =
help the planet. It's just that simple.

12. 4. Buy Green, Shop Green
•Purchase products made from recycled
content.
•Support businesses that sell locally
grown produce.
•Buy “Made In The USA” products.

13. 5. When Doggie Do, Pick Up His
Poo
Dog waste can leech into storm water drains from
water runoff.
"Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt and
other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system
or directly into a lake, stream, river, wetland or
coastal water. Anything that enters a storm sewer
system is discharged untreated into the water bodies
we use for swimming, fishing and providing drinking
water..."

17. 6. Green The Scene
• Add plants to your home or office
• Plant Trees

18. 7. DO NOT LITTER!!! Pick up
litter when possible.
• In most municipalities, littering is against
the law.
• Teach your children not to litter under any
circumstances.
• Littering adds to stormwater runnoff
pollutants.
• Example: UnLitter Us
• Start a Clean and Green Team

19. Red Goes Green

20. 8. Eat Green
• Dine Green
• Plant a vegetable garden in your back yard
• Eat organic
• Drink coffee from socially responsible suppliers
• Eat less meat (ex. Meatless Mondays)

21. 9. Build, Renovate Green
• “Greenovate”: Renovate and remodel with a green
touch.
Tips:
-Replace windows with energy efficient windows
-Choose a sustainable design professional
-Use a tankless water heater
-Use low flow faucets or toilets
-Low or no VOC Paints
-Use FSC Certified wood products
-Reuse doors, windows, kitchen cabinets
-Reuse studs and joists
-Choose green building products
-Donate old building materials

24. 10. Going, Going, GREEN
• Green Transport
• Don’t idle your car. It is against the law in some
areas.
• Take mass transit
• Walk
• Organize a carpool group
• Specify parking for carpoolers

26. Everyone has their own PATH to
Green….

28.  www.epa.gov
 http://www.meatlessmonday.com/
 www.energystar.org
 www.uagreenie.blogspot.com
 www.greenietips.blogspot.com
 www.urbanaestheticsllc.com
 http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility
 http://www.dinegreen.com/
 http://urbanaillinois.us/residents/storm-water-2
 http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/community/rgg/index.jsp