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What is EcoWALK the talk about? |
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Will these steps really save the environment? |
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Who are Featured EcoWALKers? |
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What are the first few things I can do on the website? |
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How do I navigate the website? |
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How do I take a NEW step to save the planet? |
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How many NEW steps can I take? |
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Why count the steps if they are not all equal? |
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How can I help support EcoWALK the talk? |
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How do I read the free e-book online? |
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What is the difference between Eco WALK steps and Eco WALK points? |
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Who’s an EcoWALKer? |
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What is EcoWALK the talk about? |
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"Eco WALK the talk" is a Global Green Online Community with an Asian pulse, but really for everyone in the world to join in. It is a space for you to share your dreams for the planet, AND take real steps and actions to help save the environment, which you can register as an EcoWALK step. You can make a wish that will help you fulfil your aspirations for the world, share your green tips and ideas with others in your own EcoWALKer Journal, and place a free ad in the Green Product/Service Directory. Every step you take, however big or small, makes a difference and we make it count for the planet. |
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Eco WALK the talk’s mission is “Making your step count to save the planet”
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It encourages you to take NEW environmentally friendly steps,which over a period of time will by itself make a difference to reduce your ecological impact on the planet.
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You can see the results of collective action as your steps are counted with those of others and the number of steps recorded on the website are displayed in the header
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For every EcoWalk step that you register on this website, we want to make a real difference. We are looking for sponsors so that $1 may be donated to the Borneo Orangutan Society towards the Samboja Lestari Programme . This is a programme that regenerates rainforests in Indonesia, rehabilitates orangutans while supporting livelihoods for local communities. We are not affiliated to Borneo Orangutan Society in any way, but wish to contribute to a well established international programme.
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Will these steps really save the environment? Yes, our environmental impact is a reflection of millions and billions of small everyday decisions we make. We can create positive change by changing those decisions and taking action to help conserve our precious natural resources, and by creating a smaller footprint on our planet. It is important to create momentum and awareness, celebrate our actions, provide inspiration for others, so that collectively all our small and big steps lead to a better future for the planet. When faced with an environmental crisis of the kind we are facing today, we do everything we can, leave no stone unturned in our efforts to create a better world. |
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Who are Featured EcoWALKers? We interview people who are going that extra mile to create a positive environmental or societal impact in the world and invite them to join our community. They are environmentalists, activists, social and green entrepreneurs, scientists, bloggers, volunteers, academicians, and others from all walks of life. This website is a platform for them to share their activities and aspirations, as well as provide inspiration to others who want to make a difference to this world. |
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What are the first few things I can do on the website?
First, Sign up Free
Second, Take a NEW step to save the planet (What’s this?)
And then there are several great things you can do on this site
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Get green ideas from the free ebook “A Quicklist of 1001 ways to Save the Planet” (coming soo)
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Read Featured Ecowalkers interviews and be inspired by some of their actions and steps
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Make an EcoWALK wish
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Share your green tips and ideas in the EcoWALKer Journal space and Join the forum on Facebook
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Use Product Directory, a free Adspace for Social/Green Entrepreneurs
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How do I navigate the website? |
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For any specific action you want to take on the website, go to menu bar at the top of website and click on any of the options. Alternatively, you can scroll down to the bottom of the different boxes, where you have links related to that specific box.
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How do I take a NEW step to save the planet? Take any step in your home, office or community that you think will make a difference to the environment. For ideas, please look at the free online book, “A Quicklist of 1001 ways to Save the Planet” Click here |
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For example, if you decide to switch off the mains after you use an electrical equipment, record that as a step in Take a step now (Go to Main menu bar: EcoWALK steps: Take a step now)
It’s advised that you Search for the particular category, in this case ENERGY, if someone else has taken this step. If so, all you have to do is follow this step by clicking “Join this EcoWALK step” and this counts as you new step.
If someone hasn’t created this step, you can Create a New Step title, such as: Switch off mains after using electrical equipment.
And this counts as 1 step. Everyone’s steps are counted and shown on the header.
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We would encourage you to record a NEW step i.e. something that you've done say in the last one year, or something you intend to take in the next 30 days.
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The NEW step can be a single action step(e.g. writing a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper) or an ongoing step (e.g. reducing use of chemical cleaners at home)
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How many NEW steps can I take? |
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As many as you wish, the more the merrier for the planet! The important thing is integrity, that you do practise what you have outlined as a step.
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Why count the steps if they are not all equal? |
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We recognise that all steps are not equal on their impact on the planet. However, often enough, taking one step itself can be a huge effort for some. The important thing is that we get started, and build up momentum and keep at it. Small steps when collectively done can have a huge impact. Small steps can also snowball into the kind of gigantic steps needed to save the planet from environmental crisis. We can learn from bigger steps taken by some fellow EcoWALkers and Featured EcoWALKers and be inspired to follow their footsteps |
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How can I help support EcoWALK the talk? |
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Saving the environment that belongs to us is an important cause for all of us, and it is our urgent task to take immediate action so that we can leave a good legacy for future generations. Taking a NEW step is the best way to support EcoWALK’s mission of “Making your step count towards saving the planet” Other ways you can help
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Spread the word around to your family, friends, colleagues,and encourage them to take a NEW step to save the planet. Invite your friends to this website.
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Use this website as much as possible, because every action you take within the website means you are sharing your ideas in the EcoWALK Journal, Forum, Make an EcoWALK wish, Group, Calendar, Product Directory and building the green movement.
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Write to us about any person who has taken big steps towards spreading the green message, or a green or social entrepreneur who would like to be featured on this website as a Featured EcoWALKer and help us connect with them.
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As an individual, entrepreneur or corporate with a green heart, you can sponsor a step (minimum number of steps required), and the contribution goes towards an environmental cause. We like to call it an EcoWALKathon!.
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How do I read the free e-book online? Click here to read the free e-book called, “A Quicklist of 1001 ways to Save the Planet” (To be made available soon) |
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