I want to be more ECO friendly, but every website is for people 5-9 or 18 and up and im right in the middle?

Question

so what should i do, i want to help but i don't know any organizations in my area, message me if you can help or just answer...

Answer 1

You don't have to join a Coalition For The Good Of Our Fair Earth Against The Ravages Of Modern Men and Blah Blah Blah to be more eco-friendly. Start small. Don't litter, and pick up a piece of trash everyday that's not yours. When you can drive, drive a hybrid car, and use recycled goods whenever possible. Hey, why not recycle everything you can while you're at it? Above all, do not become one of those crazy tree-hugging eco-freaks who preach incessantly about the damage we're doing to the world and whatever. Nobody likes those people (including their parents) and they damage the planet as much as the non-eco-freaks. Don't believe me? Think about the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF). They used to go around blowing up Hummers because (cue whiny voiceover) "They use too much gas and pollute too much"...Wow. You idiots fail to realize that your timed explosions just released more pollution into the air in five seconds than these trucks would have released in a year, all the while putting rescue and emergency workers' lives at risk. "Eco-friendly" and "green-planet" are such overused terms these days. If more people would simply be just a little more conscious of how what they do affects our world, eco-freaks wouldn't exist. So start small. Don't go crazy. And remember, only you can prevent forest fires.

Answer 2

First, start being eco-friendly -- no need for anyone's permission. Buy a composter for your yard and get your whole family to use it, get a space in your yard ready to plant veggies, find out where there are farmer's markets in your area that sell local produce and encourage your family to use such, find out what milk, bread and other essentials are made in your geographic area and buy those instead of products made more far away, use your own cloth bags when you go shopping, use mass transit or ride your bike or walk when you need to go somewhere, turn off lights in rooms when you leave, don't leave water running while you brush your teeth, and replace light bulbs in utility rooms and hallways with low-energy bulbs.

Encourage your friends and extended family to do the same.

Then blog about your eco-friendly experience on your MySpace, FaceBook or other online social networking site. Also, use these sites to link to organizations that encourage eco-friendly practices, like the Sierra Club and Greenpeace.

To find volunteering opportunities:

VolunteerMatch, http://www.volunteermatch.org

Idealist, http://www.idealist.org

Change.org, http://www.change.org

CraigsList, http://www.craigslist.com

Network for Good, http://www.networkforgood.org

http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/

ServeNet, http://servenet.org/

If you see an organization that you would like to help, but don't see a volunteering opportunity posted by that organization, it's okay to call them and say you would like to volunteer -- they may have opportunities they haven't posted. Also, many organizations are open to your own suggestions for volunteering activities.

Also, contact your local volunteer center; you can find this via the Points of Light Foundation web site,

http://www.pointsoflight.org/centers/

There's also this government sponsored site, http://volunteer.gov/gov/ which provides volunteer positions through USA federal land agencies like Fish & Wildlife, Forest Service, National Parks, etc.

Remember that finding a volunteering gig can be like finding a job: you may have to interview several times before you are chosen for an assignment.