Green Day

Tomorrow students will celebrate Green Day at Islamabad School Of Excellence:::Green Day Ideas:Going Green:Everyday Environmentalist: Eco-Tips Being an environmentalist today calls for a whole new level of greener thinking. It's not so simple anymore. Being an environmentalist today calls for a whole new level of greener thinking—from what you choose at the grocery store to how you commute to work every day. 1.Use Reusable Coffee Mugs: "Bring your own reusable coffee mug every time you buy coffee by the cup." 2. Drink Local: "Smaller, local breweries offer a number of eco-advantages to the consumer." 3. Eat More Vegetables: "Which would you rather do: Give up your car or give up eating meat?" 4.Buy Sustainable Coffee: "Life is too precious to drink unsustainable coffee." 5. Care for Every Body: "Only put on your skin ingredients that you'd be able to eat as well." 6. Eat Seafood Like a Caveman : "There aren't enough native shellfish doing the important things they're great at." 7. Ask Where Your Food Comes From: "There's almost always an alternative food that is more sustainable, local or organic." 8. Car Shares: "A shared car can take approximately 17 personally owned vehicles off the road." 9. Run a Car on Vegetable Oil: "It feels good to pick up my carryout and fuel at the same place." 10. Don't Litter — And Pick Litter Up: "My personal mission has been to clean-up litter wherever I can." 11. Uses for a Bike Trailer: "We were determined to figure out how to continue commuting by bike." 12. Don't Hike with Pests: "Your boots can unwittingly transport invasive plants and disease organisms." 13. Traveling Light: "Take energy-efficient compact light bulbs on trips and give them out." 14. Paper or Plastic? Neither!: "If you don’t consume something in the first place, you reduce the impact in two places: production and disposal." 15. Repackage Your Packaging: "Before you toss out that box, jar, container or bag, think about how you can reuse it." 16.Swap, Don't Shop: "One person's closet is definitely another person's treasure." 17. Use Less: "In the interest of not spending my kid’s college fund on good-smelling beauty products, I became conscious of the quantity of products I use." 18. Go Paperless: "Switching to paperless bills is one of the easiest ways to green your lifestyle." 19. Using Used: "It's a brave new economy, and it's 100-percent resource-free." 20.It is good wood: "Few of us know the origin of the forest products we purchase." 21. Green Your Household Products: "The best part is: It's pretty easy to do." 22. Green Your Office: "Be as environmentally minded at work as you are at home." 23. Carry Non-Plastic Reusable Water Bottles: "Nothing on Earth breaks down traditional plastic." 24. Go Green On Campus: “Small steps can lead to large environmental benefits, and you’ll be able to go home and brag about how you’ve become so responsible.” 25. Take the Stairs: "Any energy saved is good for the environment." 26. No More Meeting Travel: "Substitute electronically mediated meetings for face-to-face ones." 27. Green Your Pets: "We’ve all heard about reducing our carbon footprint — but what about our pets’ pawprint?" 28. Raise Your Own Chickens: "In most suburbs and even some cities, it's easy to raise chickens." 29. Buy Where You'll Burn It: "The real cost of moving firewood is a lot higher than you might suspect." 30. Diversify Your Yard: "Think of species diversity as a way to hedge your ecological bets." 31. Garden With Native Plants: "Using plants adapted to your climate means less watering, pesticides and fertilizers." 32. Compost. Yes, Compost.: "This great little science project never fails to amaze me." 33. Bee Wild: "Honey bee colonies continue to die out — so give a home to a wild orchard mason bee." 34. Get Reel with Your Mower:: "I didn't realize just how significant the difference was."