A Milwaukee-centric list. Enjoy!
- Hug a tree. Of course. (Here’s how they do it in Lapland).
- Take a hike – Milwaukee County has some hidden gems.
- Take a hike with a sign and friends and chanting – 4/22, Milwaukee Earth Day March!
- Take a hike with signs and bikes and kids – 4/23, Tosa Kids Earth Day Parade!
- Take Action with Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
- Clean up a river 4/23 with Milwaukee Riverkeeper. (I’ll be at Hart Park).
- Eat out vegan. There are so many choices!
- Recycle some electronics 4/23.
- Mend those pants.
- Make some laundry soap.
- Plant something.
- Help other people plant something.
- Get free stuff to save energy and water.
- Try riding the bus.
- Get a bike or fix one at a local bike shop or DreamBikes.
- Check out electric cars on MIT’s cool carboncounter.com.
- Find and slay the vampire (appliances). The Wauwatosa Library has a Kill-a-Watt meter at the adult reference desk.
- Schedule a home energy audit.
- Start an EcoChallenge.
- Sign up for clean electricity with We Energies or Arcadia.
- Put your reusable bags where you’ll actually remember them when you’re at the store.
- Breath the air, drink some water, look up at the sky, and say a little thank-you for this great Earth we’ve got.
Thank you, Mike, for a great list. I’m hoping to make it through the whole list before the end of the month.
We’re on vacation in Florida. I promise to do all of #22.
This is a great list!
If we all do a little, which turns out to be more than planned once we get the ‘momentum’, it’ll end up being a LOT! Thank you Mike, great ideas 🙂
Mike what a wonderful list, thanks so much for putting it together, and including the parade, it is full of hope!