Today is Earth Day

Each year on April 22, more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation.  Here are some specific things you can do:

• Look for ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle our natural resources in order to send less waste to landfills.
• Get involved in environmental work in your local community by cleaning up parks and other efforts to make communities greener.
• Plant trees.
• Buy reusable bags that you can use over and over.
• Conserve energy at home by turning off lights and electronics when they are not in use.
• Reduce paper waste by thinking twice before printing things, whether you're at home or at work.
• Walk, ride a bike, carpool, or take public transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (and get more exercise).
• Pick up litter.
• Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth or wash dishes.
• Buy local to reduce shipping distances for food.  (Doing that also supports local providers).