Going Green!

I think I have got the green bug! It started with the new National Geographic magazine "Green Guide". Then, I found this website that I love: http://eartheasy.com/live_menu.htm.
Check out some of these facts:

• Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 forty foot Douglas Fir trees.
• Paper takes up as much as 50% of all landfill space.
• Up to 90% of recycled glass can be reused to make new glass items, such as bottles and jars.
• Every glass bottle recycled saves enough energy for a 100 watt light bulb to be lit for 4 hours.
• Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire commercial airline fleet every six months.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run your TV for 3 hours.
• Thirty-six recycled bottles can make one square yard of carpet.
• 130 billion beverage containers are sent to US landfills each year.
• Recycling a 1-gallon plastic milk jug will save enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for 11 hours.

SO, I am starting small but have hopes of getting better and better at this! Nic and I set up some recycling boxes (I read that it's cheaper and better for the environment to use boxes instead of recycle bins). Secondly, we are planting our first garden!! Nic has been working on the planter boxes and we hope to get everything planted by this weekend. It is such a neat feeling to be doing something good for the environment and yourself! Do you have other GREEN tips? Please post your comments!