A Greener 2007

My eco-resolutions for the new year are to join a CSA (which will hopefully encourage me to cook at home a little more often), take back a bit of my time, and take some steps to get rid of junk mail. Some other ideas for planet-friendly pledges:

• Pick one food item that you buy regularly and switch to organic. (For more food-related resolutions, check out Mr. Green's list of "10 Ways to Eat Well.")
• Bike, walk, take transit, or carpool to work one day a week
• Dump one toxic cleaning product and switch to a healthier or homemade one
• Read more books and watch more good movies
• Figure out how to recycle something you once would have junked
• Switch to recycled paper products
• Stop prerinsing your dishes and clean out the lint filter on your dryer before every load
• Make an effort to buy locally made and fair trade products
• Go camping at least once
• Swap, freecycle, or donate any unwanted holiday gifts--and anything else that’s cluttering up your house

Making an environmental resolution for 2007? Let us know about it. And happy new year!