1. EAT CARROTS. Okay, carrots don't really help you to see in the dark, but if you make it a habit to use every light of day to light your world, you'll use less electricity and-- save the world.

2. ADOPT A NATIVE PLANT. All you need to do is protect a plant or tree native to your area, and you are in effect helping the entire ecosystem, every microbe, bird and piece of moss will thank you. What is a native plant you ask? It is a plant that has spent millions of years adapting to the place you live. It perfectly coexisits with everything that is natural, and can potentially imbalance everything when it disappears. Educate yourself, stop praising foxglove for its flowers, ivy for its vigor, and scotch broom for its yellowness-- these are examples of NON native pests.

3. GET RID OF YOUR CELL PHONE. Or at least don't upgrade. The ingedients that were mined to make your phone poisoned the wated in villages you've never heard of. Cell towers compete for space on mountain tops. Birds are starting to imitate cell phone rings.

DO THE WOOSH

1. DO THE WOOSH. To be less wasteful always woosh containers for the last bit of food before you clean them. Instead of letting spagetti sauce down the drain for example add a drop of H2O woosh it around, add it to your cookin' and then notice how sparkly your jar is.

2. TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHOES. How often are we suppose to get new shoes? Compared to other countries Americans are crazy with the shoes. Take care of the ones you have. Stop wearing disposable diapers on your feet, don't buy footwear that looks cool, but tortures you-- rather, invest in some leather shoes that you really like and develop a long term relationship with them. Grease and shine them. Rebuild them. Love them.

3. WORK OUT. Fat is a great alternative fuel to burn. Saves on heating bills, healthcare expenses, toxic emissions, etc...

1. HAVE A CONTAINER YOU BRING EVERYWHERE. If you travel by foot or by bike, take along a container in your backpack or panier everywhere you go. This will prepare you for leftovers at potlucks, dinners out, cookies your friends want to give you, and bulk food you want to purchase. If you drive, have containers in your car always.
Types of containers:
--Glass jars that you cleaned after consuming the contents (spagetti sauce, peanut butter, pickles...), I like glass because it doesn't leak like plastic, the disadvantage is that it can splinter and break.
--Tupperwear containers. These are often made of plastic, plastic is derived from oil, and can overtime leach into your food. To minimize plastice contamination do not heat your food in plastic, don't use harsh cleaners on your plastic. If you have a glass container with a plastic lid, take the lid off when you are heating your food.
--Use your pottery skills to make your own pot with lid. How cool is that? Connect yourself with your container by creating it. Creating useful things brings great joy to life.

2. BRING A MUG, CHOPSTICKS AND SPORK EVERYWHERE. A couple other items to pack in your bag or vehicle. This will prevent using paper and styropoison cups, the spork will be good for both soup and spagetti, reusing your own chopsticks will reduce deforestation-- and if the mug is too bulky, you can use your glass jar as both a mug and a leftover container--just don't get burned. Wear gloves or something.

3. COMMIT TO SAVING THE EARTH WITH A FRIEND. If you want to stay committed and motivated peer pressure is a great way to do so. Commit to doing good with a friend so that you will feel motivated to ride your bike instead of drive, reuse instead of dispose, feel like part of something instead of isolated.