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What You Can Do In Your Yard

At-Home Composting

Pollinator Gardens

https://beelab.umn.edu/help-bees/actions-help-bees/plant-bee-flowers/pollinator-garden

Electric and Manual Yard Tools

Fallen Leaves? Leave some on the lawn

What to Plant? Seek out native species

Rethink Lawns

Keep Our Drinking Water Safe: Say NO to pesticides and chemical fertilizers - chemicals seep through the ground and can contaminate wells, poisoning drinnking water. If you must use chemicals for, do so with precision and caution.

Lawn Mower Setup

In Your Home

Install Heat Pumps for Heating & Cooling

Get an Energy Audit, and upgrade as needed

Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, whatever you can

Detoxify - your home, your medicine cabinet and your cleaning solutions. Try using vinegar and baking soda https://returntonow.net/2018/06/20/baking-soda-and-vinegar/

  On the Road

Switch to Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 

Limit individual car use by planning out errands to conserve time and energy

Use public transporation and  car pool whenever possible

Maintain your vehicle to optimize energy usage

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