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Learn mouth to mouth
It's like kissing a stranger.
St John Ambulance (02 9212 1088)
Find out where your lunch has come from
The
average orange flown in from the US travels 15,000 km to be part of
your lunch. And, according to the experts, that orange creates five
times its own weight in greenhouse gases getting here, particularly if
it farts (like most people do on planes).
Bag up
Every
Aussie uses an average 300 plastic bags a year and a plastic bag takes
500 years to decay as landfill. Use recyclables for shopping.
Ecosafe Bags (1300 853 435)
Walk the dog
Take a friend's dog for a walk while they're at work.
Walkies (02 9662 0706)
Stand by
Switch off your video and CD player. Being on ‘Standby' uses almost as much electricity as playing a DVD or CD, y'know.
Pick up
Pick up the litter in your neighbourhood
Clean Up Australia (02 9552 6177)
People who carrot too much
Grow your own vegies!
Your back garden.
Spark imagination
Read a story to a kid.
MS Readathon (1300 677 323)
Big issue?
Buy the Big Issue. Give ‘em a fiver for it.
The Big Issue (02 9319 6300)
Hello handsome
Pay someone a compliment. Try it now!
Give ‘em a grin
Smile at a stranger on the street.
Grab a granny's groceries
Help an old duck carry their shopping.
Make it public
Take public transport. A bus carries the same number of people as 50 cars. You'll save on petrol too!
Transport Infoline (131 500)
The shirt off your back
Let your old pants out to play and donate them. The Smiths will even pick them up.
The Smith Family (1800 001 822)
Tree's company
Plant one. We're losing 2000 trees a minute. Each tree provides oxygen for two people for the rest of their lives.
Landcare (02 9412 1040)
Switch off
Turn off appliances at the main.
Living Sustainably
Green clean
Bathe with one you love
savewater!
Mob a job
Learn about your local tribe
Documenting Democracy
Mellow yellow
Don't flush. If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down.
Get off the lounge
Eat at the table with your family.
Press re-call
Recycle
your mobile phone (we buy over 4 million every year and there are an
estimated 10 million unused mobiles lying around at home).
Mobile Muster (02 8920 3555)
Fixer upper!
Mend something rather than replace it.
Thy will be done
Make a will.
Law Society of NSW
Nannas need love too
Befriend the elderly.
Community (1300 653 227)
Get a giggle on
Laugh. It tones your stomach and lowers your blood pressure.
Laughter Strategies (02 9665 2432)
Liver little
Register
as an organ donor. Australia's organ donor rate is the second lowest in
the developed world. Of the 2000 on transplant lists at any time, 15%
die waiting.
Lifegift (02 9229 4461)
Spare change?
Give change to charity
Unicef
Get down with the kids!
Volunteer at the ‘Youth off the Streets' Family Drug and Alcohol Support Night, in Dunlea as part of Drug Action Week 2008.
Youth off the Streets Thu 26 (02 9721 5750)
Cashback!
Any donation over $2 to an ATO-approved charity gets you a refund of
33c-45c per dollar depending on how much you earn. Don't forget: Keep
your receipts!
Australian Tax Office
Can it!
Cancer fundraiser ‘Canned Laughter' plays host to
Wil Anderson, Rove McManus and the Umbilical Brothers raising funds for
Teen Cancer charity Canteen.
Canned Laughter Hordern Pavilion, Fri July 4 (132 849)
Get someone snug as a bug?
Donate your unwanted blankets and doonas this winter (please wash them first) or donate non-perishable food items.
St Vinnies blanket drive
You nose it!
Put on your best red threads for SidsKids Red Nose Day. Collect a gold coin and donate it!
Red Nose Day Fri 27th (1300 308 307)
Grub giveaway
Give half your lunch to a homeless person.
Mind the dog!
Collect your neighbour's mail while they're on holiday.
Be polite
Say please. Say thankyou. Smile.
June Dalley Watkins (The Etiquette Department 02 9267 3255)
Better read than dead
Read a book.
Angus & Robertson (1300 426 657)
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Make some cents
Collect all your five cent coins and pop
them into every charity tin you spot. Five cents per person, per week
makes $52 million per year
Cookie up a storm
Bake something for the office.
Taste
Take the stairs
Walk more. Nineteen per cent of men and 22 per cent of women in Australia are obese.
Finished with that?
Recycle your computer.
EWaste ( 1800 392 783)
Milk and two?
Make a coffee for someone much busier than you.
Gourmet Coffee Institute (02 9938 1233)
Riches to rags
Recycle your clothes
Our Community
Don't run
Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth.
Sydney Water (13 20 93)
Use a biro from start to finish
A plastic pen in landfill will still be there in 50,000 years.
Blossom creations
Show empathy
One in five Australians will experience depression in their lifetimes.
Beyond Blue (1300 224 636)
Read it, pass it on
Recycle your books.
BookCrossing
Bussed a move
Get off one stop early and walk home.
Recycle waste paper
421,000 tonnes of paper were consumed in Australia in 2004-2005.
Quit work early
Leave work early at least once a week. Australians average 1,870 hours per year. Stand. Pack up. Walk out. Go home. Relax.
You inspire me
Write to someone who inspired you
Australia Post (13 13 18)
Call your kettle back
Don't overfill your kettle
savewater!
Shop local
Our Community (02 9320 6800)
Car pool
Nearly everyone who drives to work or study does not have a passenger.
Car Pool Australia
Give up the love
Hug someone!
Free Hugs Campaign
Raise your glasses
Recycle your specs
JULeye
That's good coffee
Drink FairTrade coffee
FairTrade coffee
Calculate your carbon footprint
We all leave a mess behind. Clean yours up.
Carbon Neutral (1300 851 211)
Take breaks
Stress is infectious. Get some blue sky time. Take a stroll.
Here's my number
Give your phone number to five people in your street.
Neighbourhood watch
Speak rather than email
Go on, try it right now.
Don't eat lunch at your desk
Far better to feed and photosynthesise outside. The crumbs can be used by animals too.
Both sides now
Use both sides of the paper
Recycling Near You
Share your platelets
Give blood.
Australian Red Cross Blood Service (131 495)
Lose the plastic cup
Use your hands. Aussie Styrofoam cups would circle the earth at least five times.
Shake it!
With Treasurer Wayne Swan to raise funds for children with learning difficulties at the Winter Jazz Evening
Learning Links Club Marconi in Bossley Park. Sat 28th. $160 per ticket ($110 cost, $50 donation. (02 9534 1710)
Hush for Homelessness
Aims
to raise funds for Mission Australia by encouraging Aussies to be
silent for an hour or more (forever if you're Rove) to aid the 100,000
homeless.
Mission Australia (02 9219 2000)
Give a hounddog a home!
Why
not give a mutt, mongrel or maligned pooch a home and buy a friend for
life! No room? Donate blankets, bowls or shredded paper instead.
RSPCA, 201 Rookwood Rd Yagoona 2199 (02 9770 7555)
Wayside!
Wayside invites anyone needing brekky to come down between 9-11am. Homeless, or just down on luck, no questions asked.
Wayside 29 Hugh St, Potts Point 2011. (02 9358 6577)
Shine a light
Fit an energy life-saving lightbulb
todae (1300 138 483)
Burn the darts
Nine million butts are thrown away in NSW alone. Quit littering. Then quit smoking.
Quitline (131 848)
Victa trumper
Mow your street's nature strip.
Volunteering Australia
Practise mobile manners
Keep it quiet. Keep it short. There are 20 million novelty ringtones out there.
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