Just like turning off the lights when you go on vacation makes sense, don’t forget to use vacation settings or turn off the water heater if you go away.

A five minute shower uses about a third of the water of a bath, saving up to 400 liters per week, cutting one minute off your shower time can save 31,500 liters of water per month.

Cut down on waste and save resources by choosing recycled and alternative fiber paper for your gift wrapping needs.  Instead of buying any old wrapping paper, pick up some made from recycled paper or alternative, tree-free fibers like hemp.  Or, get a little crafty and re-purpose what your have.

Share appliances with your neighbors. How often do you really use that steam carpet cleaner, shop vac, leaf or snow blower, circular saw or sewing machine? Chances are, many of your household appliances lie dormant until that time once or twice a year you pull them out for some special project. [...]

Go local. Consider a wedding location near where the majority of your guests are from. This will save on gas and jet fuel as your guests have less distance to travel. If a local venue isn’t possible, consider reducing the impact on the environment by offsetting the [...]

Shop for the greenest vehicle: GreenerCars.org releases a list of the greenest cars each year. The Mitsubishi i and the Nissan Leaf took the top spots for 2012 EV models. There are even more models on the horizon at the Plug In America webite. 

Switch to the cloud. Encourage your workplace to consider storing digital assets offsite in a shared data center (otherwise known as the “cloud”). Most large data centers are more efficient than storage available on-site. Many data centers have sophisticated cooling technology, are better able to match server capacity with demand and [...]