Around your home...

• Use energy-saving appliances
• Use skylights or solar tubes if possible
• Use compact fluorescent  or LED lighting
• Compost - don't throw out all those scraps and save landfill space.
• Recycle and re-use
• Fill your dishwasher as full as possible
• Get a low-flush toilet
• Consider a tankless water heater
• Make sure you have good insulation
• Use a ceiling fan to circulate both heat and cool air
• Use weather stripping around windows
• Use organic cotton bedding
• Consider furniture and flooring made of recycled and renewable resources
• Use healthy paints
• Insulate your ceiling
• Unplug/shut-down appliances not in use
• Use efficient lawn irrigation
• Harvest rain to water plants or re-use water from your house in your yard
• Fight pests with non-toxic methods
• Compost your yard waste
• Switch to ultra-efficient Energy Star versions of washers and dryers
• Insulate your hot water heater and piping (or use a tankless water heater)
• Run laundry on warm/cold cycle instead of hot
• Purchase products in bulk to reduce packaging waste
• Buy local whenever possible to reduce transportation waste
• Reduce, recycle, re-use and compost to reduce your weekly trash contribution to one bag or less.
   

At work...

• Recycle paper, bottles and cans
• Use compact fluorescent or LED lights
• Turn off the lights when you leave - and use compact fluorescent bulbs.
• Turn off printers, faxes and computers
• Use laptop computers rather than desktops.  Energy Star models use up to 90% less energy.
• Have reusable ceramic plates and mugs in the break area or kitchen rather that paper products.
• Purchase recycled or recyclable office paper and office products.
• Reuse binders and folders
• Send email instead of mail