Here are simple and easy tips to help you go green, protect the earth, save money and make every day Earth Day. You can make a difference! Source: Earth Day Network

1. Join Earth Day Network’s campaign to Protect Our Species
2. Join Earth Day Network’s campaign to End Plastic Pollution
3. Reduce your carbon footprint and take our Carbon Footprint Quiz
4. Plant a tree or donate a tree through our Canopy Project
5. Join a local park, river or beach clean-up
6. Use environmentally-friendly, non-toxic cleaning products
7. Replace inefficient incandescent light bulbs with efficient CFLs or LEDs. Reduce your carbon footprint by 450 pounds a year
8. Carpool, ride your bike, use public transportation or drive an electric or hybrid car. Reduce your carbon footprint by one pound for every mile you do not drive
9. Keep your tires properly inflated and get better gas mileage. Reduce your carbon footprint 20 pounds for each gallon of gas saved
10. Change your car’s air filter regularly
11. Teleconference instead of traveling. If you fly five times per year, those trips are likely to account for 75% of your personal carbon footprint
12. Stop using disposable plastics, especially single-use plastics like bottles, bags, and straws
13. Recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Reduce your garbage by 10% and your carbon footprint by 1,200 pounds a year
14. Donate your old clothes and home goods instead of throwing them out. When you need something, consider buying used items
15. Use cloth towels instead of paper ones
16. Change your paper bills to online billing. You’ll be saving trees and the fuel it takes to deliver your bills by truck
17. Read documents online instead of printing them
18. When you need to use paper, make sure it’s 100% post-consumer recycled paper
19. Set your office printer to print two-sided
20. Collect used printer, fax, and copier cartridges to recycle
21. Convince your school district or office building to choose reusable utensils, trays, and dishes in the cafeteria
22. Use reusable bottles for water, and reusable mugs for coffee
23. Bring reusable bags when you shop
24. Pack your lunch in a reusable bag
25. Organize to have healthy, locally-sourced food served at in your school district
26. Buy local food to reduce the distance from farm to fork. Buy straight from the farm, frequent your local farmers’ market, or join a local food co-op
27. Buy organic food to keep your body and the environment free of toxic pesticides. Support farmers and companies who use organic ingredients
28. Grow your own organic garden, or join a farm-share group
29. Reduce your meat consumption to curb carbon emissions from the livestock industry
30. Compost kitchen scraps for use in your garden — turning waste into fertilizer
31. Take a shorter shower and use a water-saving shower head
32. Fix leaky faucets and shower-heads
33. Run your dishwasher only when it’s full to save water and energy
34. Conserve water outdoors by only watering your lawn in the early morning or late at night. Use drought-resistant plants in dry areas
35. Wash your clothes only when necessary, use cold water and line dry
36. Form a “green team” at your office to find cost-effective ways to conserve resources and promote sustainability
37. Volunteer for a local environmental group and/or make a donation
38. Pull out invasive plants in your yard or garden and replace them with native ones
39. Turn off and unplug electronics you’re not using. This includes turning off your computer at night
40. Turn off lights when you leave a room
41. Install solar panels on your roof
42. Take the stairs instead of the elevator to save energy (and get exercise!)
43. Move your heater thermostat down two degrees in winter and up two degrees in the summer to reduce your carbon footprint by 2,000 pounds
44. Lower the temperature on your water heater
45. Contact your utility company and find out about renewable energy options
46. Use energy-efficient appliances and electronics