Inspiring Eco
Messages
Earth Day Festival
2009 - Participation in PDEQ Booth Activities
We have some awesome and inspiring messages Tucsonans of all ages shared with us during Tucson's community Earth Day celebration. PDEQ staffed an information and activity booth at the Earth Day Festival on April 4, 2009 at Reid Park. We created two fun activities in which attendees could participate. For one activity, we encouraged participants to make an eco sentence from many words provided on magnets (upcycled from reused magnet sheets). For our second activity, we asked participants to share their favorite eco tip. They wrote their tip on a sticky note and posted it on a board.
We captured 66 sentences and poems that adults and children made from the magnet words, and 134 eco tips. Many of the tips were basically the same, so several were weeded out. Below is a listing of these impressive messages.
| Make an Eco Sentence From These Magnet Words |
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dance for the power / rustle our grass / unite energy of love / with morning sounds howl / for all a green dream
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make bicycle happy sounds
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we will clean the planet
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beautiful colors save our garden
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all happy to see stars
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save energy
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a green solar family love to dream of better world
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will you protect wild animals species for us
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we need clean habitat
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plant beautiful good trees
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keep off save the planet
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reduce pollution walk bicycle
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evening carpool /
breathe stars /
walk a song
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alternative power compost
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I love to see cool you
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reduce water electricity power use
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save our (rain) forest
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all of us carpool to protect the environment
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I reduce reuse recycle to save our environment
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make a change for the environment plant tree flower grass
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clean bus solar better air
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protect world forest animals for better air
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rustle animals for cool breeze pollution
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I use solar power not electricity
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their are solar energy nights
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I love plant
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I clean the world
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air is good global power
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science rocks
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I need a green garden
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I love water
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I love our planet
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wild colors /
morning sounds /
sunrise dance
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breathe clean air use the bus
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save will water bus /
CFL happy lights
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recycle be proud
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I recycle
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use solar power for electricity
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the morning sun for green planet
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I love all my family
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I love my world
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rustle my wild beast
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we are the difference
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family make a beautiful happy planet
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we thank our trees for global energy
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save our air
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I will reduce waste of my world to better environment
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everyone celebrate earth day
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turn off lights save the planet
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breathe tree
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use less energy
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keep our environment happy
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use breeze energy power
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use sun power
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sing alternative difference /
change sounds /
breathe scent /
happy actions /
sunrise song
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I will save energy for the love of my world
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I use our environment to conserve power
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use the bus to save environment
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save our planet
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| Share Your Favorite Eco Tips |
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Plant more trees.
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Ride a bike.
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Save 2 liters and make Easter baskets for children.
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Give items to others using Freecycle.org.
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Used manure to fertilize plants in garden. Garden to feed animals.
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Restoring water.
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You can recycle cat litter. Simply reuse by washing with bleach and drying in the sun.
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Eat more veggies and less meat.
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Bicycle down your blood pressure.
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Recycle brown paper.
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Shut off water while brushing teeth.
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Clean the earth.
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Pick up trash for the world.
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We walk.
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Walk to school.
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Don't step on bugs.
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Walk or carpool.
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Ride the bus.
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Don't turn on your lights.
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Unplug appliances.
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Take shorter showers.
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Use both sides of a paper! Save trees!
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Recycle everything possible.
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Compost.
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Turn off lights when not in room.
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Used coffee and tea grounds to fertilize flowers.
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Save water. Turn off dripping faucets.
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Carpool.
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Recycle or save plants or plant new trees.
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Make cotton bags for grocery.
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Use cleaned tap water instead of bottled water.
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Plant trees and vegetables and flowers.
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Ride Sun Tran every day.
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I recycle and use a used box for a recycle box.
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Walk or bike to work and use bike trails.
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Save water, energy, and always recycle.
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Water plants with bath tub water. Plant more trees.
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Water your garden with gray water.
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Love the earth. Love yourself. Take care of the earth just as yourself.
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Plant green.
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Cuida la casa o Dios nos dio para vivir en ella no para destruirla. (Care for your house which God gave us to live in, don't destroy it.)
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Run from school to my house.
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Drive less is more better. Ø
Pick up garbage if you see any.
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Recycle newspaper, plastic, glass, metal, also cardboard.
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Recycle and keep trash where it belongs.
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Walk to work.
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We recycle all items to be recycled. We also compost plants and food peels.
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Ride a scooter to school.
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Stop killing animals and plants.
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I always recycle at school.
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Green energy.
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Capture water during monsoon season for later use on plants.
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Don't waste, replace.
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Make art out of recycling.
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Earth rocks. Go green.
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Eat less. Recycle more.
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Reuse produce bags!
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Use the sun to dry your clothes - a clothesline.
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Change to eco-friendly light bulbs.
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We can walk or ride the bikes to school or work.
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Recycle, keep the earth clean and ride bikes or walk instead of drive.
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Offset water in water closet.
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Try to get my boss to have 10-hr/4 day work week.
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Don't litter. It destroys the earth. Recycle so recyclables don't go to waste.
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Reuse plastic bags.
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Eat food from local farms! (There are lots!)
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Pick up trash for the world, and keep the world clean.
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Xeriscape - yes. Grass - no.
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Wear recyclable and vegan clothing!
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Ride your bike. Don't drive the car to the corner store.
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Beat peak!!! Save water.
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Read it first, before you print it.
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Recycle things. Reduce pollution.
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Compost.
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Know where the money goes.
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Smile while you garden.
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Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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Bathe with a friend to save H2O.
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Use recycle bags for kitchen and bathroom garbage.
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Rinse out soap, shampoo, other containers, use that last drop. Use lots less hand soap.
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Walk, walk, walk to library, store, etc.
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Reuse cloth bags for grocery shopping and lunch bags.
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Grow your own garden.
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Replace incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs.
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Use cloth napkins. |
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Pima County Department of
Environmental Quality
Clean Air Program
Funded by a grant from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
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