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  1. Leave the car at home.  Instead, take a walk or ride a bike to work, the store or across town.  You’ll save on gas and reduce your circumference; and besides, biking is so European.  Also, use public transportation.  Don’t be afraid to join the rest of your community on the bus or train.  Being a gas guzzling loner is so overrated.
  2. Re-use or repurpose.  Put down the paper towels and use a cloth dishrag or re-usable cleaning wipe, (ie Eco-cloth). Stop throwing away money on single-use stuff.
  3. Turn off the TV and do something constructive.  You’ll save on electricity and you may actually accomplish something.
  4. Try air drying those clothes on a clothes line instead of in that energy-gulping electric dryer.  Save your threads, the planet and money.
  5. Get off the beef and dairy products for at least a few days a week.  Cattle, and the cattle industry, are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.  Eating fresh fruits and veggies instead of that t-bone will also help you live a little longer, so you can spend the money you save.