We Are What We Do – Do Something !

We Are What We Do is a movement. It has inspired people to use their everyday actions to change the world. Whoever they are. And wherever they are. And that includes me & you.It has created 100 simple, everyday actions that can improve our environment, our health, and our communities and make our planet and the people on it much happier. It was started by putting these actions into a book but it rather burst its bindings. Today it has gained momentum, gathered community and become a global movement with two books and over 500,000 registered actions.

 

Here’s the list of simple, everyday actions you can do to help change the world (and have fun while you’re doing it). It could be doing something for the community like shopping locally, something for the environment like avoiding plastic bags, or something for you, like learning to paint, sing or speak Spanish …

1. Decline plastic bags wherever possible.
2. Fit at least one energy-saving light bulb
3. Smile and smile back
4. Plant a tree
5. If it says 30mph, do 30mph
6. Get fitter, feel better
7. Recycle your mobile phone
8. Register online as an organ donor
9. Try watching less TV
10. Learn one good joke
11. Turn off unnecessary lights
12. Have more meals together
13. Use a mug not a plastic cup
14. Pay more when you buy at charity shops
15. Recycle your computer
16. Turn off the tap whilst you brushing your teeth
17. Recycle your books
18. Write to someone who inspired you
19. Let at least one car in on every journey
20. Shop locally
21. Hug someone
22. Grow something with a child
23. Give your phone number to 5 people in your street
24. Buy a copy of this book for a friend
25. Learn more, do more
26. Find out where your lunch has come from
27. Calculate your carbon footprint
28. Use a biro from start to finish
29. Enjoy a Fairtrade brew
30. Praise people
31. Speak rather than email
32. Practise good manners
33. Pass this book around
34. Share your lunch with someone
35. Shut down your computer properly
36. Practise mobile manners
37. Leave work on time at least once a week
38. Be nice to temps
39. Show empathy
40. Give up some spare time
41. Challenge your business about its ‘lights on at night’ policy
42. Learn to save a life
43. Support small businesses
44. Play bullshit bingo
45. Ring the IT help desk just to see how they are
46. Take the stairs
47. Don’t judge someone by the job they do
48. Earn fewer air miles
49. Say thanks
50. Know how you fit into the bigger picture
51. Find out where your lunch has come from
52. Recycle waste paper
53. Calculate your carbon footprint
54. Don’t be an ideas killer
55. Use a biro from start to finish
56. Start a car pool
57. Enjoy a Fairtrade brew
58. Pull the plug on mobile phone chargers
59. Praise people
60. Remember people’s names
61. Speak rather than email
62. Make a radio request for the person opposite you
63. Practise good manners
64. Recycle your printer cartridges
65. Pass this book around
66. Take breaks
67. Share your lunch with someone
68. Try a job swap
69. Shut down your computer properly
70. Give as you go
71. Practise mobile manners
72. Lose the plastic cup
73. Leave work on time at least once a week
74. Turn away from your screen and… blink
75. Be nice to temps
76. Use one of these email signatures
77. Show empathy
78. Photocopy on both sides
79. Give up some spare time
80. Choose your friends wisely
81. Challenge your business about its ‘lights on at night’ policy
82. ‘Aspire not to have more, but to be more.’
83. Learn to save a life
84. Smile when you answer the phone
85. Support small businesses
86. Avoid waste
87. Play bullshit bingo
88. Get off one stop early
89. Ring the IT help desk just to see how they are
90. Send this to your boss
91. Take the stairs
92. Bring your kids into work for the day
93. Don’t judge someone by the job they do
94. Make a coffee for someone busier than you
95. Earn fewer air miles
96. Blow the whistle on workplace bullies
97. Say thanks
98. Spread the word
99. Know how you fit into the bigger picture
100. Fail