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We have a few days to go until Earth Day on the 22nd of April.  So what will you do?

Also blogged at My Zero Waste:

I thought it might be fun for us to come up with a list of Earth Day celebrations that tick all the boxes for creating zero waste too. What do you think?

Here are five suggestions from me and I look forward to reading yours!

• Make a morsbag from some old bed linen or clothes

• Seed or plant swap with your neighbours

• Organise a clothes, toys or tools swap party

• Make a meal from leftovers

• Email your MP about whichever environmental issue you feel strongly about

I added a couple of small scale ideas in the comments there:

• Plant something special in your garden.
• Create a living garden if you don’t already have one.
• Help clean up a local green space, like a park.
• Swap a book with a friend – that way you both get something new to read. If it’s a favourite don’t forget to ask for it to be returned!
• Do some guerrilla gardening! Plant some wild flowers or herbs along the roadside or in a public place!

What else will you do?

• Turn your heating down or off.
• Make sure all your light bulbs are energy saving ones.
• Turn the lights off for a bit longer than normal.

More ideas welcome in the comments, and please do re-blog and link back here. Let’s see how far this can get around the internet!

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