Food and Health

Buy Sustainable Coffee

Jonathon D. Colman
"Life is too precious to drink unsustainable coffee." 

Getting Around

Run a Car on Vegetable Oil

Gabe Cahalan
"It feels good to pick up my carryout and fuel at the same place." 

Eat More Vegetables 

Margaret Southern
"Which would you rather do: Give up your car or give up eating meat?" 

Don't Litter — And Pick Litter Up

Haley A. Wilhite
"My personal mission has been to clean-up litter wherever I
can." 

Care for Every Body

Victoria Everman
"Only put on your skin ingredients that you'd be able to eat as well."

101 Uses for a Bike Trailer

Allison Aldous
"We were determined to figure out how to continue commuting by bike."

Eat Seafood Like a Caveman 

Nina Hadley
"There aren't enough native shellfish doing the important things they're great at."

Don't Hike with Pests

Barry Rice
"Your boots can unwittingly transport invasive plants and disease organisms."

Ask Where Your Food Comes From

Caitlyn Toropova
"There's almost always an alternative food that is more sustainable, local or organic."

Traveling Light

Sanjayan
"Take energy-efficient compact light bulbs on trips and give them out."

Home

Go Paperless

Paxton Ramsdell
"Switching to paperless bills is one of the easiest ways to green your lifestyle." 

Office

Carry Non-Plastic Reusable Water Bottles

Margaret Fields
"Nothing on Earth breaks down traditional plastic." 

Using Used

Hank Green
"It's a brave new economy, and it's 100-percent resource-free."

Leave Your Computer On

Dave Connell
"Computer geeks can now contribute to climate change solutions."

Buy FSC: It's Good Wood

Jack Hurd
"Few of us know the origin of the forest products we purchase."

Take the Stairs

Renée Mullen
"Any energy saved is good for the environment."

Green Your Household Products

Stephanie Wear
"The best part is: It's pretty easy to do."

No More Meeting Travel

Christian Renaud
"Substitute electronically mediated meetings for face-to-face ones."

Yard and Garden

Raise Your Own Chickens

Sus Danner
"In most suburbs and even some cities, it's easy to raise chickens." 

Compost. Yes, Compost.

Patrick Doran
"This great little science project never fails to amaze me."

Diversify Your Yard

Laura Marx
"Think of species diversity as a way to hedge your ecological bets." 

Bee Wild

Jonathan Hoekstra
"Honey bee colonies continue to die out — so give a home to a wild orchard mason bee."

Garden With Native Plants

Charlotte Reemts
"Using plants adapted to your climate means less watering, pesticides and fertilizers." 

Get Reel with Your Mower

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg
"I didn't realize just how significant the difference was."