Write a 300-word essay about what you or your family have done to improve the environment.

What do I do for energy conservation and environmental protection? The earth is a beautiful planet and the mother on which we live. Nowadays, the air on the earth is getting worse and worse. Saving the earth is equivalent to saving yourself. I have done the following energy-saving and environmentally friendly methods, and everyone should learn from them: =1. Turn off the faucet. When washing hands and applying soap, turn off the faucet. Don't leave the faucet running for long periods of time to wash dishes or clothes. When you see a leaking faucet, be sure to tighten it immediately. 2. Use one water for multiple purposes. Use secondary water as much as possible. For example, the water from the first pass of washing rice or washing vegetables can be used to water flowers; the water used after washing face and laundry can be left to wipe the floor, flush the toilet, etc. Shower more and bathe less. Not only does a shower use less water than a bath, it's also more hygienic. 3. Put a Coke bottle in the toilet water tank. If your flush toilet has a large capacity, you can put a large Coke bottle filled with water in the water tank. The capacity of a Coke bottle is 1.25 liters. Your small Small actions can save 1.25 liters of water each time. 4. Use less detergent. Most detergents are chemical products and will pollute water sources. If there is too much grease when washing tableware, you can pour out the remaining grease first, and then wash it with hot noodle soup or hot soapy water, so that too much grease will not be discharged into the waterway. Kitchen utensils with heavy oil stains can also be cleaned with soda and hot water. 5. Do not leave the TV in standby mode for a long time. Standby mode means that it is only turned off by remote control, but the power is not actually completely cut off. Each color TV consumes about 1.2 watts/hour in standby mode. 6. Use warm water to cook rice. Use warm water to cook rice, which can save 30% of electricity. The inner pot of the rice cooker and the electric hot plate should be cleaned in time to ensure that they are fully matched and there is no debris in between. Unplug the rice cooker immediately after use, which can save energy and extend its service life. 7. Strive to become a public transportation person or a bicycle person. Make more use of public transportation such as buses, subways, and trams, which can not only save gasoline, but also reduce air pollution caused by car exhaust emissions, and can also alleviate traffic congestion. People with private cars should try to use unleaded gasoline because lead can seriously damage people's health and intelligence. 8. Bring your own vegetable basket to buy groceries. Avoid receiving plastic shopping bags when shopping. Bring cloth bags or vegetable baskets when shopping. 9. Use less disposable tableware. When eating out, bring your own chopsticks and spoons. Use less fast food boxes, paper cups, paper plates, etc., and especially use chopsticks less often. Disposable chopsticks were invented by the Japanese. Japan's forest coverage rate is as high as 65, but their disposable chopsticks are all imported. my country's forest coverage rate is less than 14, but it is a big country exporting disposable chopsticks. 10. Set up three classified garbage baskets at home. Household garbage can usually be divided into: 1. Recyclables, including waste paper, waste plastics, waste glass, scrap metal, etc.; 2. Non-recyclables, including dust, vegetable leaves, melons, etc. Kitchen residues such as peels and cores; 3. Harmful substances, including batteries and fluorescent tubes. According to these three types, by setting up three garbage baskets at home, garbage can be sorted while generating garbage. Let everyone take active actions, starting from me, starting from bits and pieces, let us return the beauty to the earth and make the earth happy.