Practice Sustainability

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Begin by expanding your understanding of the resources in our area and the methods to conserve them. For residents and adult groups, the RCRCD offers the Help Create a Sustainable Community project, which explains simple ways that we can all begin to live and build communities that conserve natural resources for future generations.

Image of Coulter’s Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri) occurs in the Temescal Valley and Santa Ana Mountains — Coulter’s matilija poppy (*Romneya coulteri*) occurs in the Temescal Valley and Santa Ana Mountains.

The project includes:

A companion booklet with information about creating more sustainable communities
A tour, of the LandUse Learning Center or Sycamore Creek Interpretive Center, with publications and plant lists that empower residents to conserve resources at home, at work and in the community.

Take action:

Through your vote, your purchasing power, and by the way you live.
Share your concerns with others.
Donate your time, money, and expertise.
Make lifestyle choices that reduce your personal "environmental impact", conserve resources, reduce waste, and stop pollution.
Become a responsible, conscious consumer of sustainable products.

Lifestyle Choices

The lifestyle choices we make impact the quality of our lives, of the environment, and of the world we create for future generations. We can make a difference by: making informed choices as consumers, preventing waste and pollution, and creating more sustainable yards, homes, and workplaces.

Conserve Energy

Private homes account for 20 % of energy consumption in the United States. To save energy follow these simple conservation methods:

Learn about the proper disposal of household chemicals.

Read labels on products to see if they are hazardous. Paints, cleaning solvents, oil, grease, gasoline, antifreeze, brake fluid, and pesticides should never be dumped on the ground or into a storm drain inlet. If spilled, wipe-up chemicals rather than hosing them into the street. Dispose of some household wastes at ABOP'S (Waste facilities that accept Antifreeze, Batteries, Oil, and water based…

Prevent water pollution by disposing of trash, waste, and debris properly, not in a gutter or storm drain.

Trash, a major pollutant in storm water runoff, degrades water quality and habitat.

Prevent Air Pollution

Smog is a general term that describes a variety of air pollutants. Vehicles and other internal combustion engines that burn fossil fuels cause about 70% of local air pollution. Motorists in the L.A. basin drive more than 318 million motor miles every day!

Help Create a Sustainable Future

Visit one of the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District’s (RCRCD) two free educational sites,

Use Your Purchasing Power

We need your help to shift away from a consumer culture, our culture's current emphasis on over-consumption, and to adopt a more conscious consumption. Before purchasing a product, ask yourself, "Do I…

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