Invest in your values. There are now mutual funds that focus on gender diversity, global equality, and other social justice issues....

Try to repair or re-purpose broken household items and/or toys, rather than throwing them out.

Try to spend a week buying only from locally owned businesses. Every time you buy local, you tell the world your community is worth more...

Planning ahead? Consider a green burial. It is an environmentally sustainable practice where the body is returned to the earth in a...

Those big plastic jugs in the store are filled with watered down laundry detergent. Go online and order eco-friendly laundry strips in...

Don’t buy clothes unless you really need them, and consider buying used. The fashion industry uses an enormous amount of resources and...

Keep a tote bag with a couple of food containers in your car to take into restaurants for your leftovers. You may need to be discreet...

For kids’ art projects, take them outdoors and look for pebbles, twigs, leaves, seeds, feathers and other treasures. Then look around the...

Try to repair or re-purpose broken household items and/or toys, rather than throwing them out.

Save the water after soaking and/or cooking vegetables for your patio plants. Your plants will thank you for the nutritious drinks. You...

As much as possible, save holiday gift bags, wraps and ribbons to use again and perhaps again. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash

Use old maps, Sunday comics and fabric scraps and other things you have around the house for wrapping gifts.

Save energy by shopping online. One van delivering 50 packages is much more energy efficient that 50 people driving 50 cars to shop in...

If you’re purchasing gifts this season, try to select gifts made of natural materials. Avoid plastic items in plastic packaging,...

Make your own holiday gifts and put them in recycled containers. Homemade cookies or salsa or a small plant from your garden is likely to...

Use a wooden cutting board instead of plastic. Wooden boards are easier on knife blades and naturally resist bacteria, especially bamboo....

Keep potted plants in your home or apartment. Plants are nature’s air fresheners and mood lifters.

Hang on to your dry leaves. Leave them on the lawn or add them to your compost. They provide food and habitat for insects and nourishment...

Take a walk in a park and hug a big old tree, such as a cedar or oak. Think about how long it's lived there and all the things it's seen...

Sprinkle used coffee grounds around your plants as fertilizer. Coffee grounds contain nitrogen and other nutrients for healthy plant...