Climate Action Month

You don’t have to volunteer to get involved in Climate Action Month (although it certainly helps!). Here’s a list of easy ways to save money and time while protecting and benefiting the environment. Use these resources as inspiration to make a small change or two in your daily routine.

Unplug your chargers before you leave the house, and cut back up to 75% of your electricity use.

Buy rechargeable batteries for your remote controls and clocks. Recharge. Reuse. It’s brilliant.

Switch 1 bulb to CFL. If you can’t find one in the store, buy online for just a couple bucks.

Check out LocalHarvest.org to find the farmers’ markets in your neighborhood.

Learn how to make an awesome brownbag lunch, and enjoy a self-satisfaction sandwich with a doing-your-part juice box. Delicious!

Use your sleeve. Stick to a 1-napkin limit. Seriously, unless you’re eating baby back ribs, you’ll find one napkin is usually plenty.

Wake your Walla Walla wino. A lot of delicious and well-respected wines are made right here in Washington. Try a local red tonight and go green (hopefully not literally).

Start an herb garden in your backyard or on your windowsill. It’s easy to grow your own basil, oregano, thyme, even tomatoes, for delicious homemade pasta sauce.

Drink tap water instead of bottled. Get a filter. It’s like having a clear mountain stream in your kitchen.

Lower your thermostat by 1 degree. You won’t notice, and you could save 1,000 lbs of CO₂ every year.

Save your shirt. Turn that old, favorite t-shirt into a reusable bag in just a couple minutes. Coolest bag ever.

Unsubscribe from some of the junk mail that clutters your real mailbox.

Collect rainwater – Seattle’s most plentiful natural resource (as if you couldn’t have guessed) – for stuff like watering your houseplants and mopping your floors. Learn how to get started.

Give a ride or get a ride to work or hit up the public transportation system for the day.

Stop by a thrift store in your neighborhood today and browse for a minute. You might be amazed by the treasures you find.