Get Involved at the National Aviary

1. Choose a fuel-efficient vehicle:

Fuel-efficient vehicles will help your wallet at the gas pump and decrease the output of greenhouse gasses that are contributing to global warming.

2. Take care of your car:

Change your oil regularly and recycle your engine oil.

Keep your tires properly inflated.

Keep your wheels properly aligned.

3. Support car-free alternatives and use them:

More alternatives to the car mean less pollution, gridlock and urban sprawl. Try car pooling, walking, biking or taking mass transit.

4. Be a responsible citizen when traveling:

Don’t litter. Save trash and dispose of it at a rest stop. Throwing cigarette butts out of a window is littering.

5. Be a responsible consumer when shopping:

Buy only seafood certified as sustainably harvested.

Use a sustainable seafood guide to help choose fish that are not being over-fished.

Think twice about buying “disposable” products. (They end up in landfills.)

Buy paper products instead of plastic.

Avoid buying items with excess packaging (individually wrapped cheese slices, apples on a paper tray wrapped with cellophane, etc.).

Check the energy rating on major appliances you buy.

	The National Aviary is supported in part through membership, donations, and funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Allegheny Regional Asset District. © 2009 National Aviary in Pittsburgh