Starter Level Actions
One-time actions you can do every day
Save water. Turn off faucet while brushing teeth. Share your love for the Bay. Show a local stream to friends. Compost. Throw food scraps in the compost. Save paper. Print an assignment double-sided. |
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Keep streams clean. Pick up a piece of litter. Prevent toxic pollution. Dispose of a household chemicals properly. Save electricity. Turn off a light. Recycle. Throw a soda can in the recycle bin. |
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Get involved at school. Attend a green club meeting. Reduce emissions. Carpool one day. Reduce your resource footprint. Buy a used product. |
Intermediate Level Actions
Smaller projects that can be done with available resources and a friend
Video. Make a video about taking actions. See some videos. Action campaign. Pick a Starter Level action and lead a campaign at school, like "Save Water Week. Op-ed. Write an opinion piece about the Bay in your school paper or local Patch. |
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Photo by Collin Kroh |
Art project. Create an artistic message about Saving the Bay. Green clubs. Get some friends and start a group. Read a student's club advice. Blog. Create a blog to raise awareness about a Bay issue. |
Photo by Brantley Bissette |
Educational survey. Teach people about Bay problems via a survey. One student's example. Save Oyster Shell. Recycle leftover oyster shell with CBF. Learn how. |
Advanced Level Actions
Projects that involve planning, helpers, and materials
Rain barrel. See how to install your own. Storm drain stenciling. Paint messages to discourage littering. Instructions. Rain garden. See how to build one and stop runoff. |
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Stream cleanup. Use our guide to organize a cleanup. Oyster gardening. Raise oysters with CBF in Maryland or Virginia. Read one student's experience. Environmental Fair. Hold a Bay festival at school. |
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Photo by Alyssa Morris |
Tree planting. Plant trees as streamside buffers. Fix bare spots. Bare patch of lawn? See how to reseed it. |
Awesome Student Projects
An Action Project: improves the health of the Bay in a concrete, physical way (tree plantings, oyster gardening, etc.) AND/OR it shows others how to take action and urgest them to do so (videos, events, social media campaigns, etc.)
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Other Awesome Resources
Chesapeake Bay Foundation More Things You Can Do At Home, In Your Yard, Buy Fresh Buy Local. |
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Alliance for the Bay |
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Chesapeake Bay Program |
Past Contests and Campaigns
Action Campaign: #MyBayBlueprint Students made their own personal blueprint plans of actions to Save the Bay, then tagged photos when doing an action to earn recognition. |
Past Media Opportunities
CBF Student Blog Be inspired by classmates from across the watershed who took action for the Bay. Posts range from 2014 to 2015. |