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Environment

Human impacts on the environment are widespread and detrimental, with people and animals dying every day from the effects of air and water pollution. The initiatives below all embrace this problem and are tackling it head on.

Crafty Blogger – Turning Garbage into Useful Stuff

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes per session blogging about turning garbage into useful everyday useable items
  • Impact:
    Prevents items from going to landfills
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama rating

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Environment, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Multiple 30 minute sessions, Popular Causes, Quickies!

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Land Care Niagara – Click for the Environment

  • Time taken:
    1 minute to click a button that helps the environment
  • Impact:
    Contributes towards providing employment for students and people with disabilities and help the environment
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Click To Donate, Computer & Internet, Country, Environment, Green, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute, United States

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Visit Woods – Woodland Reviewer

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to share information about a UK woodland you're familiar with
  • Impact:
    Potential to inspire others to visit woodland areas and experience nature
  • Cost:
    No costs if you're just submitting info online. Possible travelling costs if you're making a special journey to a woodland area
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom

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Care and Click – Reforesting with a Click

  • Time taken:
    1 minute to download a screen wallpaper to help reforestation efforts
  • Impact:
    Participate in international climate care and reforestation
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Click To Donate, Computer & Internet, Country, Environment, Europe, Germany, Green, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute

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Fix My Street – Reporting Community Problems

  • Time taken:
    A few minutes to report a problem about your local area in the UK
  • Impact:
    Helps local communities in the UK to be safer and cleaner
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Environment, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Campaign to Protect Rural England – Stop Road Building

  • Time taken:
    3 minutes to send a pre-written email to stop road building
  • Impact:
    Protection of the UK countryside
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Environment, Europe, Habitat Conservation, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 5 minutes, United Kingdom

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Shwop – Buy One, Give One Back!

  • Time taken:
    20 minutes to collect some clothes and recycle them
  • Impact:
    Avoids waste going to landfill. Raises money for Oxfam.
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Clothes & Shoes, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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Ethicle – Search To Plant Trees

  • Time taken:
    Less than 5 seconds to help plant a tree via a search engine
  • Impact:
    Planting trees to preserve our environment
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Computer & Internet, Environment, Green, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Search Engines with a Conscience, Under 1 minute

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Red JellyFish – Wildlife Conservation

  • Time taken:
    Less than a minute to click a link
  • Impact:
    Saves chimps and the rainforest
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Animal Welfare, By Category, By Time, Click To Donate For Free, Computer & Internet, Country, Do Good, Environment, Mexico, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute

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Climate Survey – Discovering Environmental Impact

  • Time taken:
    Upto 20 minutes to help researchers investigate our climate
  • Impact:
    Allows us to find out more about the environment
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Citizen Science Studies, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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A Click for the Forest

  • Time taken:
    Upto 10 seconds to mouse click 'A Click for the Forest' website button
  • Impact:
    Helps to protect old forests in Sweden
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Click To Donate, Computer & Internet, Environment, Green, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute

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The Conservation Foundation – Plotting UK Elm Trees

  • Time taken:
    Upto 15 minutes to add a UK Elm tree to an interactive map
  • Impact:
    Helps in the understanding of the elm's resistance to Dutch Elm Disease
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Collecting Tree Data, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Home & Garden, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

Find out more about   The Conservation Foundation – Plotting UK Elm Trees

Fruit City – Mapping Fruit Trees

  • Time taken:
    Upto 15 minutes to add info about a 'wild' fruit tree to a map
  • Impact:
    Adds to the knowledge of wild fruit, for others to benefit from
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

Find out more about   Fruit City – Mapping Fruit Trees

Urban Oasis – Mapping ‘Green’ Spaces

  • Time taken:
    Upto 10 minutes to share your knowledge about an urban oasis in the UK
  • Impact:
    Potential to promote 'greener' living and a more sustainable community
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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Chegg – Planting Trees By Recycling Books

  • Time taken:
    10 - 20 minutes to fill in a form to initiate the process of selling or renting out your educational books
  • Impact:
    Saves students money. Saves books from ending up in landfill sites. Saves the planet as free trees are planted
  • Cost:
    Postage costs to a U.S. based address
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Exchange or Donate Books, Green, North America, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Under 20 minutes, United States

Find out more about   Chegg – Planting Trees By Recycling Books