Green

So, along with my efforts to lose weight, I'm also working on going green. I've been pretty successful so far. It's great because not only am I helping save the planet, but I'm saving money at the same time.

Here's what I've done so far over the past several months:
-Lowered my thermostat several degrees (for winter) and I raise it in the summer. I simply bundle up in sweats in the winter and wear shorts and a tank top in the summer. Who needs to walk around in their undies in the winter??
-Installed a low-flow shower head, and an aerator on the sink in the bathroom.
-Take shorter showers.
-Always wash clothes in cold water and use a drying rack and hang clothes up to dry instead of using the dryer, whenever possible.
-Keep lights off, and installed compact fluorescent bulbs in the rooms we use the longest (kitchen and bathroom).
-Keep things unplugged so they don't waste electricity when we don't need them to.
-Got a filter for the kitchen sink so we can drink water from it instead of buying bottled water.
-Recycle! I recycle plastic bottles/milk jugs/plastic bags, and newspaper. I wish I could recycle more, but that's all our recycling center will take. I try to reuse everything else!
-Don't eat meat very often.
-Save mail envelopes and such to use for scrap paper.
-Print on recycled paper from office computers. I don't buy new computer paper.
-Purchased a Diva Cup.
-Signed up for paperless billing statements for all my credit cards and utility bills.
-Wash and reuse plastic baggies for my lunch at work.

Here's what I'd like to do soon:
-Become a vegetarian. I don't eat much meat as it is, usually just chicken. I just need to transition the rest of the way.
-Walk more, drive less. I'm moving in January and will be close enough to walk to work and ride the bus to classes. I can even walk to get groceries and such. I won't need to drive much at all!
-Stop receiving so much junk mail. It's so wasteful and annoying. I will be filling out some paperwork soon to stop a lot of it.
-Donate all my old clothes that I no longer wear to charity.