January- Recycle everything you can and buy recycled products
February- Use re-usable shopping bags. Eliminate plastic bag use when shopping
May- try organic lawn care to reduce and eliminate toxic pesticide/herbicide use
June- July- Leave a small section of your yard un-mowed to allow a few native wildflowers grow there- Plant milkweed for the Monarch Butterflies
August- only use cloth napkins and reusable cups, plates and silverware instead of disposable for your picnics and backyard get-togethers
September- Plant a shrub that produces food for wildlife
October- shop at local farmers markets and practice Eating in season foods\
November- pick up litter – don’t just walk by the can on the ground. Animals get trapped in litter
December- use a reusable bottle instead of buying bottled water
Leave No Trace Principles In addition you might mention to your audience the Leave No Trace (LNT) references with the understanding that they help us preserve cultural artifacts by leaving them undisturbed, help wildlife by leaving them in their habitat for example leaving bird nests alone, and not littering by packing all your trash out. LNT as presented here is not intended to keep kids from playing in the woods, building stick houses and using natural items like leaves and twigs in playful creative on site or craft related activities. These on-site play arrangements can be left in nature and will naturally return to the environment with no harm. Nature Play is a basic part of Leaving No Child Inside. Nature Play does make an impact on the land. If a especially sensitive habitat is being or potentially being impacted, explaining to the children why it is sensitive and asking them to help protect it by modifying where they are playing in nature is appropriate. Work with the children to identify where they can play. Don’t use LNT to eliminate play in natural places. If no one plays in the woods, in several generations no one will protect the woods and it will be lost to development.