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EPA Urges Americans to Pick 5 Ways to Go Green

Author or Source:Cara SmusiakMonday, 08 March 2010
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Walking to work is just one of the things you can do to green your life. Photo: Let Ideas Compete via Flickr.com.Life's complicated, and it can be difficult to stick with all the things you plan to do to benefit the environment. But the EPA has a great new program to get Americans to commit and stick with it.

Pick 5 for the Environment
combines environmental action with social media in a three-step initiative.

Step 1: Choose at least five actions from a list of 10 possibilities:

  • Use less water
  • Commute without polluting
  • Save electricity
  • Reduce, reuse, recycle
  • Test your home for radon
  • Check your local air quality (and exercise outdoors when the air quality is at its best)
  • Use chemicals safely
  • eCycle (recycle electronics)
  • Enjoy the outdoors safely
  • Spread the word
Click here to read our full article on Planet Green.