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Recycle your old cellphone!
Here is a great article that lists ten ways to recycle your old cellphone:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-places-to-recycle-your-cell-phone/
Recycling at home!
Every place is different and every town has their own strategy for recycling collection so please check with your local municipality for more information. Here is a comprehensive explanation by the EPA about their national recycling strategy and a great overview of questions and answers from the EPA to help really dig in on what the US is doing to further the recycling efforts nationally.
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-11/final-national-recycling-strategy.pdf
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/frequent-questions-recycling
How to make your home more energy efficient!
Here’s an article that helps explain what energy conservation is, why we should strive to make our homes more energy efficient and how it saves you money! Super, easy-to-implement tips and tricks to implement at home so together we can all help reduce our own impact on climate change.
https://theecohub.com/how-to-conserve-energy-at-home/
Learn about rebate programs that incentivize homeowners to invest in energy efficiency upgrades!
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/lauren-urbanek/theres-no-better-time-consider-home-energy-upgrades
Learn more about renewable energy!
Learn about opportunities to reduce your carbon footprint and take advantage of the sun! Installing residential renewable energy systems, such as geothermal heat pumps and wind or solar energy systems, can save energy, lower utility bills, and earn homeowners money.
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/residential-renewable-energy
Hands-on ways to get involved!
From beach and river clean-ups, to trail maintenance, helping out on organic farms and more!
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/awesome-hands-on-ways-you-can-volunteer-to-help-the-environment/
https://www.americanrivers.org/make-an-impact/national-river-cleanup/
Interested in the history of the environmental justice movement in the U.S.?
Artwork: Environmental Justice. Ricardo Levins Morales, scratchboard, ink, and watercolor.
The Environmental Justice Movement emerged in the 1980s in reaction to discriminatory environmental practices including toxic dumping, municipal waste facility siting, and land use decisions which negatively affected communities of color.
-- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Environmental justice is an important part of the struggle to improve and maintain a clean and healthful environment, especially for those who have traditionally lived, worked and played closest to the sources of pollution. -- NRDC