Just Below the Surface- What You Can Do

Transportation

- Bike and walk more frequently.
- Combine errands, use public transportation and carpooling.
- Vacation closer to home.
- Contact your elected representatives and advocate for alternative transportation.

Food 

- Choose organic, local and seasonal.
- Eat low on the food chain.
- Grow some of your own food.
- Eat sustainable seafood (www.MontereyBayAquarium.org).
- Contact your elected representatives and advocate for sustainable food systems.

Plastics

- Drink tap water instead of using disposable plastic water bottles.
- Use reusable bags for shopping.
- Buy less overall.

At home

- Hang out clothes on the line when weather permits or use a drying rack indoors.
- Select your electric company’s renewable energy option.
- Conserve! Learn about more ways to save energy in your home at www.energytrust.org.
- Contact your elected representatives and advocate for clean, renewable energy.

In your community

- Participate in local beach or river clean-up or restoration projects.
- Write a letter to the editor of your local paper about a sustainability issue in your community.
- Spread the word on sustainability by organizing an NWEI discussion course.
- Organize Transition Town Initiatives in your town to prepare for the challenges of peak oil and climate change.
- Share your efforts with friends on your Facebook page or Twitter.