happy earth day

(It's technically on the 22nd but it's already Wednesday on the east coast...so...)
Anyway.

I came across this list of 40 Tips to Go Green by Simple Mom. There's some easily incorporated ideas and some that make you go, "huh. that's a little too hardcore for me." LOL.

A number of the suggestions we've already tried to really implement, like switching to CFLs, reusable bottles, minimal lighting, minimal AC (although, summer sucks on 85 during the day and 82 at night. I'm trying to convince Nick to switch to 80-82 during the day) online bills, and stopping junk snail mail. But some we probably could do better on, like doing an energy audit, turning off the pc at night (i keep forgetting, but I try to set it for auto-hibernate when I can), line dry laundry (we do for big blankets, etc, but not all), cold water laundry (we do cold for all except whites - warm for that)...

Now for the iffy ones:
5 minute showers... Umm. I struggle with that. I do try to turn off the water when I'm shampooing, but yeah, need at least 12-15 :(.
Ditching paper towels. A little tough for me.
Diva cup for periods... Ummm...this might be one of those, "Don't knock it till you try it," but still a pretty intense change though :)

Check out the full list here.