Do you really need berries from Chile?

Don't collect stuff you will never use. If you trash those once-new goodies when you’re no longer interested in them, they will live in a landfill for years and years.

Cut the power to your electronics by plugging them in to a power strip and flipping the switch to off when you’re not watching or listening.

Public transportation use saves 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline each year, and can reduce household expenses by $6,200.

Plastic bags are made from petroleum and only about 1 percent of the estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion Annie Bell plastic bags consumed worldwide are recycled each year. Most end up in landfills (wherethey take perhaps 1000 years to decompose) or in the sea.

By purchasing recycled paper products you’re preventing trees from being chopped down, and paper waste from ending up in landfills. In addition, less energy and water is required to produce a recycled paper product.