There are many small changes you can make in your daily life to help the environment.

• Using a reusable water bottle

• Driving less; walking, biking, or carpooling whenever possible

• Flying less

• Eating a plant-based diet

• Recycling everything that you can and cutting down on your plastic consumption wherever you can (or encouraging the purchaser in your household to do so!)

• Composting your scrap food and paper

• Wash your clothes in cold water, and hang them out to dry rather than using the dryer.

• Encourage your parents to get a free home energy audit with Mass Save. You save money and consume less energy

• Eating less meat (1 lb of meat = 18 x emissions of 1 lb of pasta!)

• Turning down your thermostat at night to 55 or lower

• Plugging electronics into power strips that can easily be switched on and off

• Replacing incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs with LED ones

• Installing a NEST thermostat that reduces heating/cooling while you are out