Over the last few months my Husband and I have been throwing ourselves rather wholeheartedly into our environmental interests. We both have always felt that we could do more and now we are. Admittedly, I wind up being the catalyst for most of the changes. Which include:

1. Kicking off our recycling plan

2. Using mainly cotton dishtowels rather than paper towels.

3. Changing our food habits to eating more fresh food and reducing the foods that we eat that have unknown or overly chemical ingredients. 

4. Reusing many of the glass and plastic containers that come into the house as food packaging.

5. Changing all of our light bulbs to CFL fluorescents.

6. Turning off lights. 

7. Cleaning with natural ingredients such as baking soda and vinegar to reduce man made poisons in our home.

8. Growing plants to naturally filter the air.

9. Using dryer balls rather than sheets.

10. Switching to low chemical, powder dishwasher soap

11. Nixing all disposable plates and glasses.

12. Using cloth rather than paper napkins.

13. Reducing our water usage by taking shorter showers and flushing pee only after the third or fourth time.

14. Buying cereal and dried fruits and nuts in bulk or with less packaging.

15. Trying to make round trips while out and saving up errands to run several on a single day. 

16. Buying a Low Emissions Vehicle.

Most of these processes have netted us lowered household costs and are generally easier to make than you would think. Some of them require a nominal up front cost to save money over the long run. I encourage as many people who can to try at least some of the ideas above.

There is always room for improvement though and I do need to get better about certain things but I'm not really an activist so I don't know where to go from here. I am posting this so that anyone can see this in the hopes that it will generate ideas for my friends to save money and help the environment.