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Buy Local
According to LocalHarvest.org, most produce in the local food from the 2nd street market

US is picked 4 to 7 days before being placed on supermarket shelves, and is shipped for an average of 1500 miles before being sold. By buying produce locally, you can help preserve our environment and strengthen our community by investing your food dollar close to home. Local produce is available every week at the 2nd Street Market.

The Ohio State University Extension in Montgomery County is also working on a program to connect local growers with local buyers. Read more about the initiative on their website.

Make Your Own Rain Barrel
Making your own rain barrel is a fun and exciting way to conserve natural resources and help save theenvironment. A very popular program at Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark called "How to Make a Rain Barrel" took place in Spring 2009. Take advantage of the links below to download information and installations instructions from the program:

How To Make a Rain Barrel (PDF)
Rain Barrel Installation (PDF)

Stop Receiving Phone Books
YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is an organization working to educate consumers and phone books in a large pile

promote the green movement to eliminate the unsolicited delivery of Yellow and White Pages books. Over 500 million of these directories are printed every year. That is nearly two books for every person in the country! These directories produce a staggering amount of waste, not only in terms of misused natural resources but also in filling of valuable landfill space.

Make Your Own Compost Bin
Composting allows you to reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills, by finding an alternative use for the organic and vegetable waste from your kitchen. Making your own compost requires a little bit of effort. Although compost can be made by piling or heaping organic material, you'll get better and faster results if you use a compost bin. Check out these easy to follow instructions from the Environmental Defense Fund.

Visit the Montgomery County Solid Waste District’s Guide to Composting

Start Recycling
Recycling is easy - in fact, many of our communities in the Miami Valley have curbside pick up of recyclables. Do you know what you can recycle and what you can't? Use this guide from the Montgomery County Solid Waste District to find out how to start recycling, what can be picked up, and what days the items are picked up.

Help Fight Honeysuckle
Bush honeysuckle was first brought to the U.S. from Asia in the 1800’s as a form of erosion control. In the 100+ years since then, this plant has spread widely and is out-competing native plant species in our woods and forests. Shrubs and young trees are girdled by honeysuckle vines and dense honeysuckle growths on woodland floors block sunlight from native plants trying to grow there. Help us protect our woodlands by controlling the bush honeysuckle in Montgomery County.

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Become a Master Recycler, Learn to Live with Mother Earth, take in one of our Environmental Films, and more.


	Your Carbon Footprint A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere based on a person's lifestyle. Do you know what yours is? Read this informative article from the Dayton Daily News on what you can do to figure out what yours is, and how you can reduce it.

	Go Organic Going organic is not only good for your health, it is good for our environment. By using fewer chemicals in our growing methods, we sustain our soil, air and water for future generations. Visit the Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Association’s website for a consumer guide to organic and ecological farms and gardens in Montgomery County.

	Resources : - Everyday Environmentalist from the Nature Conservancy - Climate Change Calculator - Carbon Calculator - Think About Personal Pollution - Wind and Solar Training at bootsontheroof.com


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	City of Dayton’s Dept of Water
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	The Marianist Environmental Education Center (MEEC)


	Articles from Local Sources on Green Living 99 Things You Can Do To Save The Planet Tips For Saving Water In Your Home Going Green In The Kitchen Green Cleaning Buy Recycled at Home Buy Recycled at Work

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