Make sure to include the ocean in your Earth Day plans. Here are some easy ways you can incorporate marine conservation in your life for the month of April and all year long.

1. Sign Project AWARE’s shark petition. projectaware.org

2. While you’re on Project AWARE’s site, sign the Dive Against Debris petition.

3. Adopt a whale. savethewhales.org

4. Adopt a manatee. savethemanatee.org

5. Stop buying bottled water, and invest in reusable water bottles.

6. Start washing your clothes in cold water — they’ll get just as clean.

7. Check your tire pressure. If every American kept his or her tires properly inflated, we could save 2.8 billion gallons(10.6 billion liters) of gasoline a year — and help curb global-warming pollution.

8. Walk or ride a bike to work.

9. Become a shark counter with Shark Savers. sharksavers.org

10. Reduce, reuse, recycle; donate clothing, furniture and computers to charities; pack lunches in reusable containers; compost kitchen scraps.

Be creative!

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