In Your Yard
- Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment.
- Use an electric lawn-mower instead of a gas-powered one, or better yet one that neither uses electricity or gasoline.
- Leave grass clippings on the yard-they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.
- Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down, retain moisture and prevent erosion.
- Use only the required amount of fertilizer.
- Minimize pesticide use.
- Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.
- Water grass early in the morning.
- Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations and others that are seldom used.
- Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).
- Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away. Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be taken to a yard-debris recycler.
[source: (SEQL) Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life - seql.org/100ways.cfm ]
