Make a Difference
The challenge of protecting our earth seems a heavy lift but if every individual, every family made every day changes, what a difference we could make.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Curbside Recycling
Rumpke Recycling – https://www.rumpke.com/for-your-home/recycling/acceptable-items
Republic Services – https://www.republicservices.com/residents/recycling
Drop-off Recycling
Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub – https://www.cincinnatirecyclingandreusehub.org/
City of Cincinnati – https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/recycling/rumpke-drop-off-sites/
Turn your home Green
Increase the energy efficiency of your home and business.
Install water-saving toilets and low-flow faucets
Purchase Fair-trade coffee www.equalexchange.coop and www.justcwoffee.coop.
Use the Guide to Green Shopping
Run dishwashers and laundry loads when they are full and take shorter showers
Eat a meatless meal once a week
Create an environmentally friendly outdoor space
Plant a carbon-capture tree (like a white oak or dogwood)
Add native plants which survive best in local soil and which best support local wildlife
Create a pollinator garden
Reduce chemicals in your lawn and landscaping
Water in the evening to avoid rapid evaporation or replace part of the lawn with native plants
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.” Genesis 2:15