1. Be informed: when making purchases, learn about the origin, method of fabrication and form of exploitation (sustainable or not) of the desired item.
2. Hunting and fishing enthusiasts: respect the quotas that allow for the sustainable exploitation of resources.
3. Check the list of best fish choices when shopping for groceries. Some organizations have produced lists indicating species of fish caught using sustainable fishing practices. A few examples: farmed tilapia, Alaska pollock, Pacific whiting and farmed rainbow trout.

< Excessive Trade

1. Encourage relatives and friends to recycle their old cell phones. This way, telephone companies can reuse coltan, a mineral ore used in the manufacture of cell phones that endangers the habitat of African gorillas in areas where it is mined. What’s more, poachers gain easier access to the forest thanks to the roads developed to transport the raw material.
   http://wwf.ca/about_us/business/marketing/bell_canada.cfm
   http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics
   http://www.yog2009.org/index.php?view=article&catid=46%3Agorillaspecies&id=62%3Aelgspeciesinfo&option=com_content&Itemid=70
   http://www.cellular-news.com/coltan/
2. Bush meat, no thanks. When travelling, learn about the meat you consume. Some restaurants serve this kind of meat, very often illegally.

< Wild Meat

1. Use your buying power. Ask questions, read labels and request documentation about how to make enlightened choices.
   http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/wildlifetrade/buyersbeware.html
2. Buy alternative souvenirs (WWF) such as woven items (baskets, hats, mats) produced locally, jewellery of glass, stone or coconut (instead of shell or coral), paintings and CDs by local artists or hand-crafted objects of wire and sheet metal.
3. Don’t judge. The culture and life conditions of inhabitants in the country visited are very different from ours. Therefore, it’s important not to judge; use the opportunity instead to learn about our cultural differences.

< Travel Souvenirs

1. It’s often preferable to buy clothes made from recycled synthetic fibers. These fibers are an interesting alternative to fur; however, some types of fibers – polyester, spandex and nylon, for example – are highly polluting. Textiles made from recycled fibers are a more eco-friendly alternative. Lyocell (Tencel), made from chemically-transformed wood pulp, is also a good choice.
2. Encourage people you know to donate their old furs to educational organizations (the Granby Zoo regularly receives these types of donations) or to designers who will give the furs a second life.

< Clothing and Trim

< Live Animals

1. Get involved in the environmental group in your school or neighbourhood.
2. Demonstrate good citizenship in nature parks. Use beaches reserved for swimming and avoid protected areas.
3. Eat vegetarian. Once a week, ask your parents to use a meat substitute (beans, tofu, eggs) in one of your favourite dishes. Cattle production uses a third of the planet’s farmland. A farmer must feed a cow 15 kg of grain and 30 kg of hay to produce a single kilogram of beef.

< Habitat Loss

1. Dry your clothes outdoors on a clothesline. One T-shirt can release 4 kg of CO₂ into the air during its lifetime, mainly because of washing and drying. Encourage your parents to wash clothes in cold water and dry them outdoors. Offer to help them.
2. Walk, cycle, or use public transportation when travelling less than a kilometre.
3. Avoid using the remote starter. A 2 to 3-minute warm-up is all an engine needs to run smoothly. If each Canadian driver reduced idling by 5 minutes a day, 1.6 million fewer tonnes of CO₂ emissions would be released each year.

< Climate Change

1. With your class, organize a clean-up of the park near your school.
2. Make a waste-free lunch: the use of reusable containers for food and beverages can reduce the quantity of waste in lunchboxes. Why not launch a waste-free lunch challenge to all students in your class or school?
3. Consume organic foods: the production of organic foods eliminates the use of pesticides, insecticides, growth hormones and antibiotics, which contaminate the environment for many years. The consumption of these foods protects wildlife and its habitats by helping to reduce the use of these highly toxic products. Every organic product must carry the seal of organic certification.

< Pollution

< Invasive Species

1. Learn about the various conflicts to acquire a better understanding of the issues.
2. Wear a white sweater for peace.

Write to your deputy minister about your concerns regarding the conflict. Ask him or her to take a stance to support the civilian population and protect the surrounding natural environment.

< Armed Conflicts