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This patch and all program supplies are available from our partner site MakingFriends®.com.
Suggested Prerequisite
Completing the Pollution Prevention Patch Program® is a suggested prerequisite for earning your Clean Earth Advocate Patch. Your volunteer experience will help provide you with the knowledge needed to advocate for a cleaner earth. You can also opt to complete the Pollution Prevention requirements during the time you earn this advocate patch.
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Requirement 1: Research It!
Things to find out:
- What about all that junk mail? Helpful Link: Junk Mail and the Environment
- What is Illegal dumping? Helpful Link: Littering vs. Dumping
- How do you report illegal dumping? Helpful Link: How do I report illegal dumping in my community?
- What is a Superfund Site? Helpful Link: Find information about Superfund sites
- How do you dispose of old paint? Store and Dispose of Paint Properly
- What is a Brownfield? Helpful Link: Overview of EPA’s Brownfields Program
- Find out if there are any Brownsfields in your area. Have any been cleaned up? Helpful Link: Brownsfields Near You
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Requirement 2: Do It!
Choose a clean earth issue to advocate for. Some ideas:
- Use social media to educate your neighbors about putting an end to their junk mail. Helpful Link: How to stop junk mail
- Get a local business to Adopt-a-Highway
- Get your community involved in advocating for a Brownfield clean up. Helpful Link: Land and Clean Up
Who do you want to reach? Some ideas:
- Your Family
- Neighbors
- Politicians — Helpful link: How to Contact Your Elected Officials
- Classmates
- Your Fellow Worshipers
- Other Groups or Organizations
How will you reach them? Helpful link: How to Advocate for Your Cause
Some Ideas:
- Talk to them. Consider wearing a button as a conversation starter.
- Hand out flyers. Consider setting up a booth to collect donations if allowed.
- Hang tags on doors and mail boxes.
- Make posters.
- Reach out with social media such as Facebook.
- Send a press release to your local newspaper or school newspaper. Helpful link: How to write a press release.
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Requirement 3: Review It!
Always remember to thank those who helped with your advocacy program.
Ways to say Thank You:
- Personally thank individuals and businesses who helped. A hand written letter is always nice. Helpful Link: How to write a thank you letter.
- Thank the community as a whole with posters.
- Create a follow up press release and include the names of individuals and businesses who participated.
- Thank the community as a whole on social media.
- Give certificates of appreciation.
Discuss Your Advocacy Project
- Do you think your advocacy project helped make the earth a cleaner planet?
- Will you continue?
- What else can you do to promote a cleaner earth?
Congratulations! You have earned the Clean Earth Advocate Patch. It can be purchased at our partner site MakingFriends®.com.
You can become an Environment Welfare Advocate by earning all 5 environment advocate level patches.
Does this Patch Program® you any ideas for becoming a Clean Earth Delegate?
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