Go green @ thirteen?

Question

Ok, I'm a teenager. How can I go green?

Answer 1

lmao body paint ok that guys funny

but now really.. you can do a billion of things. There are makeups you can buy that are organic and not teasted on animals. you can be vegitarien. man there are even organic clothes you can buy. If I where you I would go to a site called "storyofstuff.com" ... there is a video you should watch.. its no more than like 21 minutes. After seeing the video you can just search the website.. It will give you alot of information.

Good luck :DD.... and if you need help with anything just write to me and let me know.

Answer 2

I'm kinda having the same dilemma but here's what Ive done so far; I've been a vegetarian since I was 10, Ive started recycling practically everything that they allow, we have like 5 of those go green reusable shopping bags that we use anywhere we go, we just bought a car with better gas mileage which I know isn't amazing but its a start. The things I know I need to get better at is walking more places and reusing more stuff. If you get any great answers please let me know because I'm trying to be much better!!

Answer 3

Either you can save money and get a bike or you can walk it's your choice if you want to go green.When your hot open the window instead of using a fan or conditioning.Recycle.When you cut down branches of a tree you can plant the branch for fresher air.Unplug your computer/laptop when not in use.Use bounty tissues and reuse one everyday.That's all I can say.

Answer 4

strawberry picking. Or baby sitting.

Answer 5

For decades, environmentalism has been the Left's best excuse for increasing government control over our actions in ways both large and small. It's for Mother Earth! It's for the children! It's for the whales!

But until now, the doomsday-scenario environmental scares they've trumped up haven't been large enough to give the sinister prize they want most of all: total control of American politics, economic activity, and even individual behavior.

With global warming, however, greenhouse gasbags can argue that auto emissions in Ohio threaten people in Paris, and that only global government can tackle such problems.

National sovereignty? Democracy?

Forget it: global warming has now brought the Left closer to global government, statism, and the eradication of individual rights than it has ever been before.

Answer 6

Im a teen too:)

What I did to go green was starting my own club at school to save the environment. We did stuff like recycling and bake sales to raise money for an organization. But if you dont want to do any of that stuff, then try recycling paper, bottles, and cans. What you can also do is save electricity, like not leaving lights, and the tv on all the time. Lastly, encourage people, like friends, to do it with you. Doing activities like park or beach clean ups with your friends is fun. Even just planting a plant or tree is helpful for our environment and earth. I hope you found this helpful:)

Answer 7

I knew a girl who used natural sponges instead of tampons.  She just rinsed them and washed them in the dishwasher so that they could be reused.

Answer 8

Become a vegetarian. Or even a vegan.

Answer 9

when i decided i wanted to go green, i did a lot of things around the house. try to get your parents involved if you can. i took a large plastic bin and wrote "RECYCLE THAT JUNK MAIL" on it, and put it next to our trash can. Now whenever my parents go through their mail, they drop it in the bin instead of the trash, as well as putting other paper products in it, and every sunday when we go to church we dump it's contents in the paper gator in the church parking lot. also, i stopped asking my dad for rides to and from school in the morning. my school was out of the way of his route to work, and was using up gas. now instead i ride the bus, or sometimes, when it's nice out, i'll ride my bike. i also ride my bike to the library instead of having someone drive me there.

instead of getting a new purse/book bag, i used a Kusha hemp rice bag and sewed an old leather belt to it as a strap, and i've received many compliments on it. during the summer we barbeque a lot, and when we do my dad has a beer, well two really, one for the grill, and one for dinner. so lately i've been collecting all of his beer caps and i have started making them into jewelry. glass bottles that the bottle return won't except i recycle into things such as vases, glasses (by using a tile saw to cut off the top) and i sell hem at craft fairs. everyone loves them b/c they are cute and recycled. if you are in a sport that has after before/after school practice, set up a car pooling schedule when each day a different team member gives everyone a ride to/from practice.

also, there are such things as cloth menstrual pads, i know it sounds a little gross, but they're really cool. you buy (or make) one or two, wash them when they get dirty, and keep 'em for a lifetime, rather than sending hundreds of plastic ones to the land fill. a lot of ppl are selling cloth pads on etsy.com, which is where i got mine.

Answer 10

There are many things you can do. Don't underestimate your influence over your parents purchasing decisions.

Start with school supplies. Reuse your back pack for several years, collect all the supplies needed for school have them in a specific location, only buy what you need and look for recycled content. I've seen a large selection at Office Max, Walmart and Target. Pack a zero waste lunch, no plastic bags. If it is too far to walk to school and if you don't take the bus, carpool. If you are driven ask them to drop you off 10 minutes early and pick up 10 minutes later, this usually avoids the crowds and eliminates ideling.

At home unplug unused items, most appliances use what is called standby electricity. I use powerstrips with a switch and plug my tv, vcr, and game system into it and flip the switch when not in use. Unplug chargers when not in use, including laptops and toothbrushes. Shut off computers all the way before going to school or bed.

Encourage your parents to buy local and organic food. Detox your cleaning supplies and beauty products, look for more natural products.

My favorite book on the subject is the green book. You can check it out online at www.readthegreenbook.com

If you don't already recycle help your parents set up a system that works for your household and begin. www.earth911.org can help you locate a local recycle center.

Answer 11

Turn off the lights when you leave a room.

Use the lowest wattage you can in any room (I use only 40 watt bulbs and can see just fine and even read ... and I also use the new 'lower wattage' bulbs when possible, so sometimes the only 'light' I have at night is the new 10 watt bulbs.

Turn the water OFF when you are 'soaping' in the shower ... get in, get wet quickly, turn the water off to soap your whole body, turn it back on to rinse.  Do the same when you are washing your hair.  Take showers NO LONGER than 7 minutes (about 4 minutes with the water 'on') and you'll be saving TONS of electricity, which contribute to your 'carbon footprint.'

Don't ride in cars for 'errands' or to go someplace fun ... ride your bike, walk, or take the bus, even if the whole family is going or a group of kids is going.  You'll be healthier, and your carbon footprint will be reduced again.

Get the 'reuseable bags' and use them instead of getting a new bag from every store.  My husband and I use them and he just bought a special 'wine carrier' which we won't use to carry wine (I buy at most two bottles) but for packing 'quickie picnics' with a separate 'slot' for each thing we take ... we have a big picnic basket for 'day long' picnics, but this is for 'quickie picnics.'

Don't eat at ANY 'fast food place' that uses styrofoam or cardboard ... some places use PAPER to wrap their food, and that is FINE, but ONLY once a month, at most.  

Wear your clothes at least twice (NOT your underpants or socks, though) and longer if you can't 'smell' it and it has no 'stains.'  Wash only LARGE loads of laundry, and hang the clothes on a line to dry if possible (even a wooden 'air dryer rack' in the house can work for smaller loads).

LOOK at what you 'want' ... see how it's packaged ... and if possible, get it with THE LEAST PACKAGING (garbage) ... if you must get something that comes in a large box with lots of styrofoam, USE THE BOX to store things, to wrap other gifts, and use the styrofoam again ... you can give it to a teacher to use to make 'models of cities' in class, you can break it into small pieces to pack around something you are mailing for safety, etc.  When possible, by the new 'organic styrofoam substitute' that is made from CORN and PEANUTS and 'melts' to nothing when it's wet.  Both corn and peanuts are GOOD for the environment even when they are 'washed down the drain' in a home.  

Give speeches to others about 'going green' and when you've told them what YOU are doing, ask them for MORE SUGGESTIONS ... and keep PASSING ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE.  

I've been Green since BIRTH ... and I'm 57 years old.  My grandfather taught me all of the above, and I've ALWAYS been 'green' ... most people born weren't given the ADVANTANGES I had (my grandfather was at least 50 years 'in the future' on the 'going green for the environment' issues), but people ARE LEARNING and perhaps the BEST thing you can do is SPREAD THE WORD.  This earth will DIE if we don't start 'going green' to save it ... and then WHERE WILL WE LIVE?

Answer 12

Quick ways to green up: stop drinking from disposable plastic botles, use public transportation or the school bus instead of the family car, use a bike whenever you can, try to grow some of your own food (start with sprouts and work up) "Never" wash your jeans.

Answer 13

There are many things you can do to live green!

~Of course, recycle everything you can!

~Use reusable batteries or recycle dead batteries properly

~Use reusable shopping bags

~If you have plastic shopping bags, use them instead of just tossing them. They can be used to pick up dog poo, line small trash cans, ect.

~Try not to use paper napkins or paper towel as much as possible. Instead use cloth napkins that can be washed.

~Try to use fewer paper plates and more washable ones.

~Take shorter showers

~Turn off lights whenever possible

~Use regular silverware, not plastic

~On a nice day, turn off the air/heat and open some windows. You save of the cost, get a nice fresh breeze, and help the environment.

~Plant trees around your house to shade and save on using more air conditioning

~Buy one plastic, reusable, water bottle instead of using regular plastic ones and then getting rid of them. This one you can clean and use over and over again!

~Walk or ride your bike to school whenever possible

These are just a few ideas I can think of, but you can also go to www.gogreen.com for some more tips.  If you can't do some of this alone, try to convince your family or friends to join in on going green with you! Good luck :)

Answer 14

Body paint

Answer 15

There are many things that teens can do to go green. A great website, www.enviroteens.com lists alot of easy ways for teens to go green.

Answer 16

Buy paper and notebooks for school (it's that time of year again folks) that are made from recycled paper. Same with pencils. I never bring my lunch (can you even do that anymore?) but if you do, don't bring plastic bags. Use reusable plastic containers.

Answer 17

When you go back to school shopping, pick out clothes that are recycled, usually they have signs above that racks.

Walk to school.

Walk to your friends house.

The little things help.

Answer 18

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