1. Paying attention to how you use water. Little things can make some big difference. Every time you turn off the water while you are brushing your teeth, you are doing something good. When your toilet is leaky, you might be wasting 200 gallons of water per day. Drink tap water instead of drinking bottled water, so you are not wasting all that packaging as well. Wash your clothes in cold water if you can.
2. Leave your car at home. If you can stay in your house two days a week, you will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by average of 1,590 pounds per year. Combine your errands -- hit the post office, grocery store and shoe repair place in one trip. It can save you gas and time.
3. Walk or use your bike to work, school and anywhere you want to go. You can reduce greenhouse gases and bur some calories and improving your health at the same time. If you can't walk or bike, use mass transit or carpool. Every car not on the road makes a difference.
4. By recycling, you can help reduce pollution by putting that soda can in a different bin. If you're trying to choose between two products, pick one with the least packaging. If an office building of 7,000 workers recycled all of its office paper waste for a year, it would be the equivalent of taking almost 400 cars off the road.
5. Compost. Can you think how much trash you make every year? Reducing the amount of solid waste that you produce in a year means taking up less space in landfills, so your tax dollars can work somewhere else. Plus, compost makes a great natural fertilizer. Composting is easier than you think.
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