2.    Use 100% recycled toilet paper, tissues & paper towels.  Think about it!

3.    Ditch the water bottles, or at least ALWAYS recycle them!

4.    Turn off your lights when not needed & switch over to energy efficient ones.

5.    Lessen your water use...turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth.

6.    Buy only shade grown (no rainforests were felled to grow a coffee plantation), fair traded (workers are paid a fair wage to get you your coffee beans) or organic coffee (no pesticide use which runs off into waterways and affects wildlife)

7.    Use only FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified or sustainably harvested wood...if it’s “exotic”, you ought not be buying it. 

8.    Consider buying used items: clothes, furniture, cars.  The manufacturing of new items contributes to a lot of emissions.

9.    Cut down on your beef consumption

10.    Get involved!!  Write letters, boycott products that do not live up to expected environmental standards, join a local group that’s trying to make a difference!