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| But do so in a reusable mug. Styrofoam cups can stay in landfills for 500 years. |
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| But turn off the faucet. It may sound soothing, but an open faucet lets about five gallons of water flow every two minutes. |
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| Bring a carpool buddy and save money and time. Feeling social? Take public transportation. If not, telecommute. |
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| Take yourself off junk-mail lists. Incredibly, 100 million trees are ground up each year to produce junk mail. |
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| Invest in a socially responsible mutual fund, or in a company that's kind to the environment. |
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| Volunteer for a local chapter of an environmental group. It's fun, and you'll find power in numbers. |
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| Take your own bag. This is a biggie. If every American refused to use plastic bags, we'd save 12,000,000 barrels of oil each year. |
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| Then toss the scraps in a compost bin. If your city doesn't take away compost, start a compost pile. Your plants will love you for it. |
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| Buy a few degrees on your AC's thermostat, and make parties more fun. |
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| If every household replaced an incandescent bulb with a fluorescent, it would be like eliminating the pollution from a million cars. |
