Replace your incandescent light bulbs with more efficient bulbs Ever burned yourself on a light bulb? Ever think about where that heat comes from? All that heat is energy that is used, but does not create light. There is waste in just that...

Consider digital versions of your magazine subscriptions The paperless world promised by computers sure does use a lot of paper. If your office is anything like mine, you have people printing emails - often many emails - and then just leaving the...

Write your representative(s) to encourage use of renewable energy! While a few lawmakers push for more oil drilling off America's protected coastlands, Congress is about to let tax credits for wind, solar and other alternative energies expire. It's a...

Re-use plastic bags; or, even better, use canvas bags! We've all heard how plastic bags are bad for the environment - they are ingested by wildlife (specifically sea-life), and animals get entangled in them and are unable to protect themselves or...

If any of you still have a land-line, like me, your choices may be limited for your local service (what's a land-line, daddy?). When I was growing up, our only local option was Sprint (I can hear the gasping and rending of clothing. We didn't like...