- growing my own vegetables in a small organic garden plot
- replacing any light bulbs that burn out with compact fluorescent lightbulbs
- recycle - paper, plastic, newspapers, glass, aluminum, metals
- pick my own fruit at local orchards and hydroponic vegetable stands instead of buying food that has traveled across the country in a gas-guzzling tractor trailer
- recycle paper at work
- print double sided reports at work
- read documents on the computer rather than print them out
- use refillable water bottles
- bring my own lunch in a reusable paper bag
- B.Y.O.M - use a mug at work rather than throw-away cups
- use phosphate free soap for washing the dishes and phosphate/petroleum free soap for laundry
- use rechargeable batteries
- run the dishwasher only when it is 100% full
- turn off the computer monitor if I have to leave it on for other reasons
- use unbleached flour and coffee filters
- wash my clothes in cold/luke-warm water
- compost kitchen and yard waste - this is naturally converted into an organic fertilizer for the garden!
- buy food in bulk and repackage in reusable containers
- buy recycled clothing (aka. fun thrift store finds)
- keep my car tuned up (sure, this inside isn't very clean but at least the emissions are cleaner!)
Sure, these may sound like small, often commen sense, things that wouldn't really help fix what's going on in the environment. And they won't. Not if there's not more people doing these things and many more.
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