The size of each American’s carbon footprint varies tremendously, say between a millionaire and a monk. Perhaps you think you do what you can to minimize your impact. You may be surprised that an MIT study showed that even the low energy users in the U.S. on average produce全球平均水平的两倍carbon emissions.
也许对人们和行星的积极差异对你来说很重要。阅读10种方式，您可以回馈社区和地球。
1. Tree Planting
Trees in urban areas take out17 million tons of air pollutionevery year. This means that 670,000 cases of acute breathing problems are prevented. These and other environmental contributions made by urban trees is reason enough to plant trees but there’s more.
Trees reduce the need for air conditioning. This makes life more tolerable for people living without air conditioning. This is typically in areas of social and economic deprivation.
在城市地区种植树木将提升人们的生活，有助于减少社会不平等，帮助环境。种植。
2. Grow in the Community
In 2008 in a small post-industrial market town in northern England, two women met with a group of friends to share an idea called Incredible Edible. They wanted to plant vegetables and fruit in unloved corners, public spaces, and grass verges. They hoped that people would take what they needed and the project would connect people to each other too.
Get involved with a community garden or start your own project. Even better if yougarden organically. You may find that you grow more than plants.
The Incredible Edible project started in Todmorden, West Yorkshire but hasspread its branches internationallyto France, Japan, and New Zealand with 1000 groups globally.
3. Start-Up Business Mentor
Have you got business experience? Could you use this to help fledgeling enterprises in your community? Sometimes all budding entrepreneurs need is some encouragement and some basic advice.
A thriving community needs commercial activity. It provides goods and services in the community as well as income and jobs. Getting started is tough especially if you don’t have experience.
通过正式的商业指导计划为您提供服务，或在本地广告您的服务。你可能会给下一个杰夫贝斯或史蒂夫乔布斯在生活中开始。
4. Environmental Vacation
Do you need a holiday from your routine job and humdrum life? Take a vacation that will excite, renew, and invigorate you. Take a working vocation helping to improve the environment.
您可以标记海龟以帮助他们的保护。您可以在国家公园进行保护工作，并帮助防止森林砍伐。您可以帮助教育年轻人在夏令营中的环境。
5. Clean-Up a Shoreline
Our shorelines can be wonderful adventures in nature. Unfortunately, all too often, they can also show all the signs of environmental catastrophe. Pollution, plastic and other waste litter our shorelines and damages the fragile ecosystems in our oceans.
Asaltwater clean up crew可以在海岸线上工作，并通过TON去除单用塑料架袋，水瓶和塑料麻线。所有这些项目都有可能损害海洋无脊椎动物，鱼类，鸟类和哺乳动物。从海中删除它们，海岸线是艰苦的，但重要的工作。
6. Champion Volunteering
您可以通过志愿服务对您的社区提供巨大的贡献。如果您组织别人志愿者，您可以达到更大的差异。社区团体经常需要行政支持来充分利用志愿服务。
工作场所志愿服务很受欢迎，人们常常想要帮助，但他们不知道如何最好做。工作场所社区志愿者冠军可以帮助指导善意的有用方向。用你的热情来参与社区活动中的其他人并作为志愿者招募他们。
7. Litter Pick
Litter is the blight of many neighborhoods. When people dispose of their fast food packaging or other litter indiscriminately it is unsightly, un-hygienic and may be harmful to wildlife.
您可能已经评论说，有人应该做点什么。有人可以成为你。为您的邻居组织一个垃圾采摘队员。
A litter pick can be a community activity. Engage young people, families and older people to meet at a designated time and place. Ask for sponsorship from local business owners to pay for materials such as bags and personal protective clothing.
社区垃圾挑选可以开始鼓励人们关心他们的社区。它可以很有趣和充实的工作。
8. Pet Share
宠物可以非常有价值。一点比无条件的无条件的爱情更好，或者在你的腿上的垃圾猫的温暖。不是每个人都能够照顾宠物，但如果你有一个你可以与他人分享。
老人的医院和家园经常发现，可以获得友好宠物的访问可以治疗。众所周知，抚摸动物可以减少血压，压力和焦虑。为医院或护理家庭访问和分享爱提供您的宠物。
9. Coach a Sports Team
Sports are often a major force for good in people’s lives. They build confidence, promote teamwork, and help with physical and mental health. Without the service of volunteers, many sports opportunities for young people would not exist.
火车成为一名教练，你可以让年轻人参加改变生活的活动。看到一个年轻人实现的比他们预期的更多并培养他们的才华，这是令人满意的。
如果你喜欢体育作为一个年轻人,a sports coach can be a great way to re-live the competitive spirit you once had on the field of play. Get properly qualified and you’ll know that the help you are giving is based on sound principles. You’ll need to be able to look after the health, safety, and safeguarding of young people.
10.社区野餐
你住在一个人生活但从未与邻居联系过的邻居吗？有时候人们甚至可以孤独，因为与他们周围的人一起生活。
有可能由于现代生活的压力，人们在早上离开家园，在没有与社区中的其他人遇到其他人的情况下，去上班。在夜间，人们从他们的工作回来，进入他们的家，看看没有人。老年人有时不能留下他们的家园，看到别人的小人物。
组织一个社区野餐，邀请邻居的每个人参加。有一个小委员会来组织事物并鼓励每个人都帮忙。人们可以带上自己的食物或为社区盛宴做出贡献。
A few games for children can be fun. Some music will lighten the mood.
Give Back to the Community and the Planet
Take the initiative and you can make your community and the planet a better place to live. Get involved and support others who are doing something to give back to the community. You’ll find it rewarding too.
Read more about ways tosave the environment.
