I will buy binoculars for my children so that they can watch nature (mine is too big for them)

In my case, the best way to garden herbs is to grow them in pots on the windowsill. And that's what I do. I always have fresh herbs :)

You can help with taking dogs for a walk.
Donate household items: old towels, blankets or sheets.
Donate pet foods.

We should avoid using styrofoam and plastic at all in daily activities. It is really not so hard to replace with other material like glass. for example to carry lunch we can use glass instead of palastic container. Just think and try to change small thing.

Even without changing water situation, we all should make an audit, kind of exam in our home to see how we use water, if we use water unnecessary, if we can save water in some of the activities. This is important to know before we will have water crisis