Lifestyle Changes

There are lots of things you can do to change your lifestyle and reduce your impact on rivers.

We hope that RiverWatch changes your life!

• Take the "Personal Action Surveys" again after a week or month. Compare the post-trip results to your earlier score.
• Did your family change any of its habits to better care for rivers?
• Has anything changed at school?



• Listen to an expert.
  • Bring in a guest speaker.
  • Go and hear a speaker.
  
  
  
• Register to take a course.
  • Learn how to paddle.
  • Learn how to bird watch.
  
  
  
• Sign-up for a tour or trip.
  • Take a whitewater raft trip.
  • Visit a nature interpretive center.
  
  
  
• Become a member of an organization helping rivers.
  • Join a bird watching group, zoo or naturalist society.
  
  
  
• Spend more time outdoors. Use the river and river valley more often for
  • walking
  • cycling
  • blading
  • picnicking
  • boating
  • bird watching
  • horseback riding
  • camping
  • fishing
  
  
  
• Change the way your home is maintained.
  • Check for tap or toilet leaks around your home.
  • Change the showerheads and toilet tanks to become "low-flow".
  • Water the lawn less and more carefully.