Recycle Plastic Bottles - The best solution is to stop using plastic bottles altogether and use eco-friendly bottles, such as a stainless steel bottle. The leading beverage of choice today is water, which is great because it is the healthiest choice. Because most people take water with them, there may not be a recycling receptacle nearby. Therefore, the plastic bottles are often left on the car floor and not in the recycle bin.

Turn Off Your Computer Screen - When leaving your computer for a period of 10 minutes or more (lunch break, phone call, meeting, etc) make sure you turn off your screen manually, and don't just have your control panel set to turn off the display or sleep. Leaving your screen on 24 hours a day can cost hundreds of dollars per year, and such displays dump approximately 1,000+ pounds of CO2 in the air, per CPU. It would take more than 300 trees to offset just one CPU. Even better - turn off your entire system when it is not in use.

Go Take A Hike - Literally! Take a jog around the block instead of using a treadmill or exercise bike. These machines take electricity to use. Going to the gym is great and has social benefits too. However, go less. Think of the car you use to get there and the amount of electricity the machines use. Meet your neighbors and maybe form a neighborhood walking group.

Go To Your Local Farmers Market - Just about every city has a farmers market near them. The food and produce in your grocery store has likely traveled for hundreds, if not thousands, of miles before it reaches the shelf. Farmers' markets are local growers, many of them certified organic, and the food just tastes better fresh. Farmers' markets are fun, social and great for the entire family.

Bring Your Own Bag - Plastic bags are all around us. Typically, a plastic bag is used for less than 10-20 minutes, yet takes thousands of years to break down into toxins. Meanwhile, such bags create litter, so much that we now have a 'plastic island' twice the size of Texas (no joke!) floating in the Pacific Ocean between San Fransisco and Hawaii. Therefore, although sometimes hard to remember, we need to bring our own bags when shopping.