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Be the Eyes for Research
Projects
Computer
technology hasn’t quite reached the level of the
human brain and eye yet. The following projects all
require the use of a human eye to spot or detect
something that today’s computer software are not
capable of achieving. |
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Herberia@Home
 Help
document and make public the information from thousands of
herbarium sheets from university and museum collections. Among
many potential uses, data from the project could help with
climate-change research, conservation, taxonomy and studies of
biodiversity.
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Time Taken:
Under
20 minutes. Herbidacious! |
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Impact:
May help climate change research and biodiversity studies |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone! |
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Donate Excess Food, Plants and
Seeds
The
following websites are dedicated to initiatives that
help you dispose of and dispense your excess food,
plant and seeds to people or worthy organizations
that could potentially put them to good use. |
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FoodShare
 The
goal of FoodShare is to offer excess perishable or
non-perishable food items that might otherwise go to waste.
Items include excess seeds, plants, fruit before it rots on the
tree, excess veggies from the garden, canned goods from their
hurricane survival stock, and so on.
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Time Taken:
Under
30 minutes |
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Impact:
Prevents excess food from going to waste. |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Pyjama Rating:
No PJ zone, just day clothes |
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Similar sites:
3 more to explore!
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Eat Differently!
Just by
looking differently at the way you eat food could
cut down on the energy or packaging used in the food
consumption process. The following websites provides
information on how this can be achieved. |
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The PB&J Campaign
 Each
time you have a PB&J (Peanut Butter & Jelly) you shrink your
carbon footprint, you reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water
pollution. Any plant-based meal you eat instead of something
based on meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products can have a big
impact.
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Time Taken:
A
couple of minutes to make. A couple of minutes to eat. Easy
life! |
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Impact:
A
healthier planet, one meal at a time |
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Cost:
Ingredients of PB&J |
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Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs |
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1 more to explore!
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Ethical Lending
The
following investment initiatives allow you to loan
your money to ethical and environmental causes.
There is an extremely small possibility that you
will not get your money back, but at the risk of
being repetitive it is extremely small. You can
choose to claim interest on your money or not. |
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Ecology Building
Society
 Ready
to put your money where your mouth is. Place your savings with
the Ecology Building Society that fund mortgages that lead to a
more sustainable future. Interest rates aren't as high as
elsewhere, but there again you're saving the planet, not making
money.
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Time Taken:
Under
30 minutes to fill out the application form. |
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Impact:
Contributes to building a sustainable society |
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Cost:
Nothing, in fact you make money on it! |
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Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs |
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Similar sites:
3 more to explore!
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Make Re-Usable Bags
This is
partly a home based and a ‘get out in the street’
volunteering opportunity. Basically you make bags
from throw away fabric materials and give them away
for free in an attempt to curtail the use of plastic
bags. |
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morsbag.com
 Do
something positive to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags
being used. Get together with people in your local community and
make reusable cloth bags (from old duvet covers, curtains from
charity shops etc) and hand them out to the unsuspecting public
for free.
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Time Taken:
Up to 30
minutes to become a right old bag! |
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Impact:
Each
bag has the potential to eliminate 100's of plastic bags over
its' lifetime. |
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Cost:
Potentially nothing as you're reusing old material |
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Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and/or PJs |
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Awaiting more sites! |
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Stop Junk Mail and Faxes –
Save Paper
Junk mail
and junk faxes are the scourge of society. It wastes
so much paper, but you can do your bit by stopping
it from reaching your house. The following websites
either provide a web form or information to stop
junk in its tracks. |
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Mailing
Preference Service
 Unwanted,
unread Direct Mail has no place in anyone's home. And if you're
not interested in receiving it, the Mailing Preference Service
will update its' records for Direct Mail companies to see and
adjust their lists as you request. Company also allows junk
faxes to be stopped as well.
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Time Taken:
A
couple of minutes to fill a form in! |
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Impact:
Prevents wastage of printed material and ink |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone! |
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Similar sites:
7 more to explore!
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Submit a 'Green' Idea
The
following websites allow you to submit an idea that
potentially may benefit the environment. Other
people may see the worth in your idea and act upon
it. So submit away, however trivial it might seem to
you, it might just be the inspiration other people
are looking for! |
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Global Ideas Bank
 Got
a 'green' idea that you think might change the world or improve
upon an existing one. If you have, submit it to Global Ideas
Bank for others to comment on and possibly be spurred into
putting your idea into reality.
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Time Taken:
From a
flash of inspiration to
a few
minutes to document it down! |
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Impact:
Potential to change the world or to make it rich! Change the
world is better!! |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs |
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Similar sites:
3 more to explore!
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