Starter Level Actions
One-time actions you can do every day
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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
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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. |
 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
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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. |
 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
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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
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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
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CBF Student Blog Be inspired by classmates from across the watershed who took action for the Bay. Posts range from 2014 to 2015. |
