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Climate Quick Tips: Tips For Collision-Injured Birds If a bird hits your window, gently place it inside an unwaxed paper bag or cardboard box firmly secured, recommends FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program). Ensure the bird remains upright, place it in a quiet location away from people/pets, and contact a nearby wildlife rehabilitation center for further instructions. Report bird collisions to the Global Building Collision Mapper, a citizen science database. FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program offers information on how to keep birds safe from window collisions.
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Climate Quick Tips: Tips For Collision-Injured Birds

Climate Quick Tip: Keep Sylvester Indoors To Protect Tweety Bird? Cats kill an estimated 2.4 billion birds annually. If you’re interested in feeding birds from your backyard, or installing a birdbath for them, keep cats indoors so that they don’t spoil the fun for you or for the birds. Keep your cats indoors to protect birds.
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Climate Quick Tip: Keep Sylvester Indoors To Protect Tweety Bird?

Find local recycling centers that will accept carpet scraps by searching Carpet America Recovery Effort’s partner locator for locations in the United States or 1-800-Got-Junk for carpet recyclers in Canada and Australia. After tearing out your old carpet, search local recycling centers that will accept carpet scraps Carpet America Recovery Effort’s partner locator for locations in the United States or 1-800-Got-Junk for carpet recyclers in Canada and Australia.
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Climate Quick Tip: Vinegar for the (Cleaning) Win For an all-natural, all-purpose cleaner, mix 1/2 cup of vinegar with 4 cups of warm water — and use this mixture to clean everything from your windows to kitchen appliances. For disinfectant purposes, use a 1:1 ratio. Works on cutting boards, door handles, and more.
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Climate Quick Tip: Vinegar for the (Cleaning) Win

Climate Quick Tip: Don’t Sweat It! Add Vinegar Vinegar is excellent at neutralizing odors. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle to help remove stubborn odors from clothes. Easy on your machine, easy on your wallet. (Don’t use every time, however, as vinegar can break down elasticity in athletic wear.) Dear Dot has loads more laundry tips.
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Climate Quick Tips: Don’t Sweat It! Add Vinegar

Fight for Your Whites! To brighten white clothing and remove yellowing, add 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle along with your favorite eco-friendly detergent (not too much!). Vinegar helps to remove soap residue and keeps whites bright. Dear Dot has more whitening tips.
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Climate Quick Tips: Whiten Your Load!

Climate Quick Tip: Soften Clothes … Naturally Add 1/2 to 1 cup of white vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser or during the rinse cycle instead of commercial fabric softeners. Vinegar helps soften clothes without harsh chemicals, and is easier on your washing machine. (And we promise, your clothes won’t smell like vinegar.) Dear Dot has more rules for the (laundry) load.
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Climate Quick Tip: Soften Clothes … Naturally

Climate Quick Tip: Anti-Ant? Send Them Packing with a DIY Spray Mix up your own non-toxic ant spray by mixing equal amounts of vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Spritz your vinegar solution wherever ants tend to gather in your home. Dear Dot has more ant-deterrent suggestions.
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Climate Quick Tip: Anti-Ant? Send Them Packing with a DIY Spray

Climate Quick Tip: Pros of Public Transit Take a load off and let someone else drive! Taking the bus, train, or streetcar saves roughly 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline in the United States each year. Recent spikes in the number of electric-based forms of public transit allows you to sit back and enjoy the fuel-free ride. Learn how public transportation reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate Quick Tip: Pros of Public Transit

Climate Quick Tip: Don’t just Recycle … Precycle Make your purchases (or walk away) based in part on a precycling checklist. Find out whether the item is easily recyclable or consider how it's packaged. Can the item be easily (and usefully) repurposed? Let’s vote with our wallets for less waste. Earth911 offers up some precycling questions to consider.
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Climate Quick Tip: Don’t just Recycle … Precycle

Climate Quick Tip: Finding Support for Climate Anxiety: Feelings of rage, horror, frustration, and fear are perfectly natural responses to our climate crisis. But it’s important to address those feelings, and to also experience joy and pleasure. A key way to maintain your mental health is to seek out community. Check out these organizations: Climate Cafés Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Awakening Climate Psychiatry Alliance Work That Reconnects Network Climate Critical Earth (focusing largely on support for BIPOC) Good Grief Network. Cultivating support is crucial. Try Climate Cafés, the Climate Psychology Alliance, Climate Awakening, Climate Psychiatry Alliance, the Work That Reconnects Network, Climate Critical Earth (focusing largely on support for BIPOC), and the Good Grief Network, which operates something like a 12-step group.
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Climate Quick Tip: Finding Support for Climate Anxiety

Climate Quick Tip: Environmental Embroidery: Mend and upcycle clothes with small holes using a visible mending technique. Embroider over or around the tears by stitching creative designs like a flower or using beads to mend or accentuate the holes. Don’t let your clothes contribute to textile waste. Instead, use visible mending to stitch and embroider simple designs using colorful string or beads to cover or accentuate the flaws.
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Climate Quick Tip: Environmental Embroidery

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