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I'm helping to grow earthbongo because it's fun and energizing. I hope to improve my small corner of the universe by supporting people as they reach for their goals.

My current favorite quote is "Do what you can. Want what you have. Be who you are."- Forrest Church

earthbongo is helping me practice all three.

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For those who attend or who support those who attend SES!
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We want earthbongo to help us make positive change in our families and our communities. In orde...
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Here are some projects to get started with earthbongo.
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From time to time, I've found some pretty interesting articles about the environment that I thin...
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We believe in earthbongo's mission to help make a better world by inspiring your friends an...
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Rain falls from the sky, but rarely when your thirsty summer plants need it! Rather than rely on water from a faucet next summer, why not capture some free rain now? Put in rain barrels or crea...
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Attract a little wildlife to your back yard, offer a treat for birds, and see a bit of nature up close! Here’s a great project to do with your kids. PS What kinds of seed work best? Do th...
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Thanks to great ideas on earth911.org, we are posting a new project.  Mary Mazzoni writes: Most of us don’t think too much about using the dryer. It’s quick and easy, and depending on where ...
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Wearable fun -- on your wrists! Make a fashion statement and have some fun with recycled and cast-off material at the same time.  Dana came up with this kid-friendly idea to create bracelets...
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  Create fantastic necklaces out of recycled posters and magazines, comic book pages, old board game cards, and reclaimed paperclips! It's easier than you might think, and the results are fa...
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The devastation in Japan is heartbreaking.  Please join this project to make a small donation. Text 'REDCROSS' to 90999 to give $10 to the American Red Cross relief efforts. Text 'boxes'...
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Cut down on water and electricity use by wearing clothes twice, maybe more if it passes the smell test!  Eww!  There are of course  a few exceptions… underwear, sp...
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The vision of the City of Sammamish Earth Day event is to encourage good environmental stewardship in our backyards and community.  Earth Day Activities include: Kick off at 10:00 a...
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Everyone should have a Craft Centre. It is a place where you would put old things that you don't need like cans, containers, used tooth-brushes, toliet-paper roles, old sponges, old chopsticks. ...
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Please join, and let's get some composting info together - all the how-to's and how-not-to-do's.   What have you found to be easy or hard about composting? Do you do it? Why do you, or why d...
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Go outside with a rake and maybe a shovel and try to clear up all the clogged up storm drains. If you don't there might be big puddles in the streets and cars will go through them and splash ped...
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Come celebrate the completion of earthbongo's first ever beta test! Join earthbongo and Friends of Frink Park in planting native trees on Sunday, January 23rd from 10am-1pm. Too...
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keep reusable bags in your car and when you go grocery shopping use the reusable bags instead of asking for plastic bags.
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Go local for food, services, and work as much as possible. Buying working and hiring local saves fuel, water and cuts down on pollution, while boosting the local economy! Our country is about to...
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There are so many stray cats and dogs in this world, and people should help them. Donate to a cause that helps stray cats or dogs, or just adopt them. You will be doing them some good.  
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It's good to eat organic stuff because non organic farmers use pesticides which go into the ground which goes into streams and rivers. Eat a meal with all the things organic.
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A lot of electricity is wasted by cell phone chargers because people don't realize that the cables are still demanding energy even though cell phones aren't being charged. The task is very simpl...
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There are millions of unwanted of stray dogs and cats in the USA.They can reproduce quickly and then they could be abandoned. But, if you get your dog or cat spayed or neutered, it will help th...
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It is really simple.  Just turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth and washing your face.
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Dana sent this document to some of us earthbongo creators, and I wanted it to have a wider audience. This is an amazing, beautiful guide to greening your own environment and learning about Wanga...
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That wonderful stuff you add to your potting mix is actually a thousand years old sphagnum moss.  They are digging up irreplaceable peat bogs for your gardening pleasure.  Better choices are coc...
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Check it out! This hot new parody video must be onto something Plastic State of Mind  http://bit.ly/plasticstateofmind , because Los Angeles County just passed the strongest plastic bag ba...
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If you are planning to donate to a charity or non-profit this hoilday season, take some time to research what's out there. As a family, really think about where and how you want to help this yea...
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What's a loop scoop? From the Story of Stuff's Annie Leonard and PBS, they are "short, funny videos to get kids thinking about the stuff in their lives and what this stuff can do to the environm...
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If and when you drive, do so with more efficiency. Reduce your highway speed to 55 MPG (hard, I know), pump up your tires, etc...there are many different way to acheive this. Check out the link ...
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Get involved with a local park work party, or plant a tree in your yard
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Growing up is never easy, and the news right now is full of some sad stories about young people ending their lives because they couldn't cope with how they were treated by their peers. If you se...
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It's that time of year again....shops are chocka-full of would be christmas presents.  And, who doesn't like presents?  But really, do we need to keep cluttering our homes each year with things ...
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Stephanie started a great project about reducing food waste. For me, the biggest impediment to using all my food is the fact that I need to clean the fridge more frequently so I can find what ne...
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Our country throws away millions of tons of food waste every year.  We try to use up leftovers when we can and take home doggie bags from restaurants, but how about upping the ante by getting se...
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Inspired by the no more plastic & paper project, I was reminded of my friend Stephanie in Chicago who started bringing her own container to the restaurant rather than taking home styrofoam o...
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I thought this was a pretty good article from the LA Times. It's from someone writing a column under the heading "Realist Idealist" and has their experiences as to what worked for them, and what...
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When you'er adding to your garden consider using natvie plants.  the local species will ususally require less care and less water than some exotic.
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In addition to eating locally, I think it's just as important to eat seasonally.  The earth knows what you need throughout the year, which is why we eat different foods in different seasons.  Fi...
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Bring your own bags to the store when you go shopping.  Simple.  The key is to remember to have them handy.  I keep mine in the car at all times. 
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AIrplane travel is extremely wasteful! I want to investigate the effectiveness of video conferencing solutions like Cisco's WebEx and try it out instead of flying to the other side of the countr...
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Eating less meat has been a vague goal of mine for some time now. I don't want to become a vegetarian, because, well, I like meat! Maybe I'd be healthier by being a vegetarian. But I'm just not ...
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Most of us spend a big amount of money heating water. According to the US Department of Energy, a whopping 12% of our electric bill is for this item alone.  When you wash in hot water, 90...
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This project is about celebrating & sharing the bounty of your yard. Gather some crops. Maybe you grew them, maybe you pick them at a farm.  Make some food & take a picture. Eat and ...
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From the website: "Walk + Bike to School Day is an international event held on the first Wednesday of October each year. In 2008 over 2,800 events were held in the US and 168 schools in Oregon p...
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I recently counted the number of trashcans in our eight room house.  I realized that all of the waste not in the dining/living/kitchen areas is put, understandingly, into the bin closest to wher...
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I'm old enough to remember the first (enormous) microwave I had ever seen, at my pal's house down the block - and to remember my mother warning me not to stand in front of it! We've come a long ...
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I use my computer all the time, so it's on a lot. When I took a break, or stopped for the evening, I used to just walk away from it, thinking that the screen saver would just kick in and who...
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My friend had a great idea - she donated the equivalent of her grocery expenses to the Oregon Food Bank.  I'm taking up the challenge and passing it on: track your food expenses for the wee...
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The world is a big place and there's lots of stuff that needs doing.  Find a group that needs a helping hand and join their work for the day. Tell us who you helped and why.  Put it in...
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Can we list the beta activities for a week on a project like this? Then people can join and reply and talk about what they learned. Feedback can be on the timesheets too, if we want.
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The world is a big place and there's lots of stuff that needs doing. Find a group that needs a helping hand and join their work for the day. Tell us who you helped and why. Put it in gear and ...
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My friend had a great idea - she donated the equivalent of her grocery expenses to the Oregon Food Bank. I'm taking up the challenge and passing it on: track your food expenses for the week and ...
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There's so many reasons to do this. It's not just about saving resources - it's also about the joy of sleeping in instead of lugging hoses around at 6am. It's about taking a vacation during a hot ...
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I had no idea that my stereo was still using power even though I'm not using it. I read that a playstation 3 takes 5x the power than a mid-size fridge - when it's "OFF"! No way. The solution is to...
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I'd like to clean up the area around me. I am going to pick up the part of the Burke Gilman that is in front of my studio. If we all took on the grounds around our home or office, we could make a ...
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