You can do your bit to towards making York sustainable:

• buy locally produced items to help support local jobs
• join your local neighbourhood watch scheme
• use the local milkman, they reuse bottles and are out and about early in the morning
• think before you get in the car. Can the journey be done by cycling or walking?
• reduce the amount you buy (particularly packaging)
• reuse and mend what you have
• recycle
• take care what goes down the drain - nothing other than water so no to paint, oil and other chemicals
• don't buy peat and peat based compost - better to make your own from kitchen scraps in a wormery or compost bin
• improve your health through a healthy diet. Doctors recommend eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day
• watch the television with your children, learning together is much more fun
• try growing your own fruit and vegetable - garlic and herbs can be grown in pots on windowsills, strawberries and potatoes can be grown in tubs, radishes, lettuces and runner beans are easy in a garden
• insulate your home to reduce energy bills, condensation and damp
• use your local leisure facility
• find out the names of your neighbours if you don't already know
• use your local shops
• find out more about York's history by joining a local history group

If you are a business, community group or voluntary organisation you can also do you bit for LA21.