Buy local produce. Consider how much energy it takes for produce from China or any other country to come here. If you have the option to buy local, do it.

Stinky shoes? Grab a couple of mismatched socks, put 1/4 to 1/2 cup of baking soda in each and shove into the shoes overnight.

If each U.S. household used a single roll of 100% recycled toilet paper instead of the typical 1,000-sheet roll made from virgin fibers, 373,000 trees and 155 million gallons of water would be saved.

Got stinky shoes? Grab a couple of mismatched socks, put 1/4 to 1/2 cup of baking soda in each and shove into the shoes overnight.

Recycling one ton of paper saves 20 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 60 pounds of air pollutants, and saves enough energy to power the average home for 6 months.

If everyone in the US washed their clothes exclusively with cold water (instead of hot), we would save $3 billion in energy costs annually and cut CO2 emissions by over a full percent!

Wash shower doors and tracks, ceramic tile, linoleum floors squeaky clean with a solution of 1 part white vinegar to 4 parts water.

Inflate your tires. If your tires are properly inflated your car will run more efficiently and use less gas.

Shorten your shower. Every minute you cut from your shower is roughly 5 gallons of water. The less time your shower takes, the lower your impact on the environment.

Boil the peel from 1 lemon in 4 cups of water, strain, cool. Spray houseplants as needed to repel insects.