Awareness
1. Track your water footprint
2. Organize a water awareness day in your school / club / company / association / family / church
3. Read books on water and sanitation
4. Watch videos on water and sanitation
5. Schedule a group presentation with your network
6. Find out more about water and sanitation issues: come to "Coffee at CAWST"
7. Tell others about water and sanitation issues in the world and what they can do to help
8. Take courses relating to water and sanitation
9. Learn more on water and sanitation
10. Learn about your local watershed
11. Find out what is already happening in your community on water and sanitation
12. Follow the progress of CAWST clients on their water and sanitation projects/programs
13. Watch CAWST's movies / Youtube videos
14. Create posters on water and sanitation for your home or community
15. Create teams in your school/organization and promote water and sanitation programs
16. Learn where your sewage goes
17. Support conservation programs
18. Create your own water and sanitation organization
19. Base a project off of a water and sanitation issue
20. Request brochures and more information from organizations
Give (Money or Time)
21. Donate to water and sanitation related projects and programs
22. Volunteer with CAWST (if there are no fitting positions with CAWST check other water related organizations)
23. Visit charity village for volunteer and non-volunteer work opportunities with water related organizations
24. Download the event kits available on our Help Us Make waves website to get ideas
25. Organize an automatic monthly or annual donation
26. Raise funds for water and/or sanitation projects/programs
27. Set up your own water project in a developing country
28. Start your own water and sanitation organization
29. Donate on behalf of a friend or relative for a special occasion
30. Use your skills/talents to help out a water and sanitation organization or project
Water Conservation
31. Reduce the amount of baths you take or stop all together
32. Take shorter showers
33. Close the tap when you brush your teeth
34. Use a faucet aerator on your taps
35. Check for toilet/shower/tap leaks
36. Check outside your home for leaks in hoses and other common places
37. Reduce the watering of your lawn
38. Don't water your lawn
39. Use water efficient methods to wash your car
40. Start rainwater harvesting (for your garden / home / school / company ....)
41. Install a low-flow flush toilet in your house / school / company / church / club ...
42. Install a low-flow shower head in your house / school / company / church / club ...
43. Reuse Grey water
44. Use a front loading washing machine
45. Run the clothes washer on the shortest cycle
46. Use recycled water to treat your plants
47. Use the proper size pans for cooking to avoid using excess water
48. Choose one glass for drinking water each day or refill a water bottle
49. Do not use water to clean sidewalks, driveways or parking lots
50. When staying in a hotel or at home, consider reusing your towels
51. Avoid outside water toys that require a constant flow of water
52. Cover your pool and hot tub when not in use
53. Dispose of hazardous materials properly to avoid water contamination
54. Keep your grass longer to allow deeper roots and soil moisture
55. Have your water heater insulated
56. Use public transit
57. Wash only full loads of laundry and dishes
58. Boil only as much water as you will use when making tea
59. Use hand sanitizer instead of water to wash your hands
60. Fill a 20 or 32 ounce soda bottle with water, screw the cap on tight, and put it in your toilet tank- it will make the toilet use less water
61. Recycle plastic bottles- it takes 24 gallons of water to make 1 pound of plastic!
62. Recycle your newspapers- you save an estimated 3.5 gallons for every newspaper recycled!
63. Water your lawn and garden in the morning or evening when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation
64. Wash your fruits and vegetables in a pan of water instead of under a running tap
65. Do at least one thing a day to conserve water-the savings will be minimal at first but will have a big impact in the long run
66. If water is running off your lawn easily water in shorter periods to ensure absorption
Act Green and Hygienically
67. Stop buying bottled water: drink from the tap!
68. Wash your hands
69. Put your garbage in the garbage!
70. Recycle
71. Participate in river clean ups
72. Don't have a lawn!
73. Travel the world (with your bike!) to witness and act on water and sanitation issues
74. Eliminate pesticide and herbicide use
75. Use biodegradable cleaning products
76. Pick up after your pets to avoid pollution of local waterways
77. Use phosphate-free laundry soap
78. Reduce the amount of lawn in your yard by planting native plants and shrubs
79. Replace plastic bags with reusable ones
80. Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily- dispose of tissues and other waste in the trash
81. Don't use running water to thaw food- put it in the fridge for it to thaw safely
82. To save water consider brushing your face and teeth while in the shower
83. Go on environmentally friendly fieldtrips to conservation organizations or places nearby the school
84. Wash your car on your lawn
Ripple Effect
85. Become a CAWST member
86. Send water facts to your network (using social media such as twitter, facebook...)
87. Research and understand the water, sanitation , international development sector better (look at job and volunteer postings to understand better the skills necessary to work in this sector)
88. Start a blog on water and sanitation issues
89. Inspire others: Share what you have done so far relating to water and sanitation
90. Contact your MLA / MP to question them on water and sanitation issues
91. Visit Results Canada on how to connect with your MP
92. Share your suggestions / Opinions pertaining to water and sanitation
93. Become a doctor / engineer /teacher to affect the water and sanitation issues
94. Challenge your friends and neighbours on who can save the most water
95. Write an article on water and sanitation for your local community newsletter
96. Take part in drawing/poetry contests and focus on water and sanitation issues
97. Create a video and get other's perspectives on water and sanitation globally
98. Complain to merchants about excess packaging, use of plastics ect.
99. Tease or persuade your family, friends and neighbours for not recycling
100. Start a recycling program
101. Pass this list on to family, friends and relatives...
