• We buy organic, and preferably locally grown foods. (That last part is the key.)

  • We don’t eat meat, chicken and certain kinds of fish due to environmental effects the production of those items cause.
  • We buy things that come in recyclable packaging or no packaging at all.
  • We recycle everything we can. (See this site.)
  • We bring cloth bags to the grocery store for reuse (and we get 3 cents a bag back!)
  • We give away rather than throw away.
  • We ask for no bag when we don’t absolutely need one.
  • We reuse plastic bags (of which this country throws away 15 millions a day.)
  • We have plastic coffee and water cups…my wife insists on NO PLASTIC BOTTLES (of which this country throws away 2.5 million every hour.)
  • We buy bathroom tissue made from recyled products.
  • We buy biodegradable dish and clothes washing soap.
  • We buy used clothes for ourselves and our kids.
  • We turn our thermostat down to 60 at night.
  • We use flourscent light bulbs.
  • We replaced our gas heater with a wood pellet stove.
  • We replaced our old toilets with water saving ones, but
  • We still flush every other time (unless of course…)

  • We trap the cold water that starts every shower in containers for use elsewhere (plants, dishes, etc.)
  • We turn off every light when not in use.
  • We only buy stuff that we really NEED (82% of the time, at least.)
  • We compost kitchen scraps.
  • We reuse plastic utensils.
  • We reuse aluminum foil, and we try not to use plastic wrap.
  • We are involved in political campaigns.
  • We sign petitions.
  • We volunteer at soup kitchens and such, though not as much as we’d like to.
  • We’re saving to buy a Prius.
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