Spring 2007 Reflection                        
                      
50 Ways to Thrive and Survive in the Next Ten Years

––YES: a Journal of Positive Futures. Spring 2006. p 55.
www.yesmagazine.org

• Cook from scratch with friends or family every month
• Learn to play a musical instrument or sing
• Learn to dance
• Learn another language
• Take care of someone else’s kids at least once a month
• Make friends within walking distance
• Form a neighborhood association
• Invest in a wool sweater and turn the heat down
• Make more time with friends
• Create a relationship with someone in another country
• Start your own vegetable garden
• Replace your lawn with native plants
• Collect rain water
• Eat 10 percent within 10 miles
• Eat in season
• Use 25 percent less water in your home
• Create 25 percent less garbage
• Compost
• Give something away
• Turn off the TV and read a book
• Turn off the computer and go for a walk
• Work less and spend less
• Leave America - Come back
• Move into a smaller house
• Convert your car to electric
• Ride the bus
• Carpool
• Walk to work
• Ride a bicycle to the grocery store
• Build sidewalks
• Shop locally
• Write your own news
• Start a blog
• Get rid of stuff you don’t need through Craig’s List or  
   Freecycle
• Buy used
• Vote on paper
• Forgive
• Talk to your neighbors
• Talk to your enemies
• Fear not
• Buy only magazines printed on recycled paper
• Encourage schools to require community service
• Tutor/mentor a young one
• Don’t print that e-mail
• Make a friend who is two generations older or younger
• Turn off your cell phone and e-mail and talk to someone
   face-to-face
• Get involved in a local political campaign
• Explore the nearest wilderness area
• Repair something instead of throwing it away
• Create a park nearby