10 Ways You Can Help the Environment (by earth day editor a listamainia from amazon.com)

1. Change a light: Replace an incandescent bulb with a compact fluorescent. Annual carbon dioxide reduction: about 150 pounds.

2. Drive less: If at all possible, walk, bike, carpool, or take mass transit. Carbon dioxide reduction: one pound per mile you don't drive.

3. Recycle more: Before you trash packaging, check to see if it's recyclable in your municipality. Annual carbon dioxide reduction: 2,400 pounds in the average household that recycles half its trash.

4. Check your tires: Keeping tires properly inflated can improve gas milage by more than 3%. Carbon dioxide reduction: 20 pounds for every gallon of gasoline you save.

5. Use less hot water: install a low-flow showerhead. Annual carbon dioxide reduction: 350 pounds in the average home.

6. Change to rechargeables: Keep toxins out of landfills by using rechargeable batteries in all your portable electronics.

7. Adjust your thermostat: Move your thermostat down just two degrees in the winter and up just two degrees in the summer. Annual carbon dioxide reduction: 2,000 pounds in a typical home.

8. Plant a tree: A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

9. Turn off electronic devices: You can switch off a room's worth of appliances at once with a power strip (or a nifty "Squid.") Even when equipment such as your stereo is off, display clocks and status lights continue to use energy.

10. Invest in strong, reusable totes: Made from polyethylene, plastic shopping bags are not biodegradable and are making their way into our oceans and waterways.