~Of course, recycle everything you can! (Ex: cans, bottles, plastics, paper, ect.)
~Buy energy saving light bulbs
~Buy things like clothes, paper, ect that are made from recycled materials
~Use reusable batteries or recycle dead batteries properly
~Use reusable shopping bags
~If you have plastic shopping bags, use them instead of just tossing them. They can be used to pick up dog poo, line small trash cans, ect.
~Try not to use paper napkins or paper towel as much as possible. Instead use cloth napkins that can be washed.
~Try to use fewer paper plates and more washable ones.
~Take shorter showers
~Turn off lights whenever possible
~Try to buy more organic foods and local foods (for example, at a farmer’s market)
~Use regular silverware, not plastic
~Use eco friendly products in replace of regular dish washing liquids, house cleaners, ect. (Greenworks)
~Use cold water to wash clothes (Tide Cold water works great)
~On a nice day, turn off the air/heat and open some windows. You save of the cost, get a nice fresh breeze, and help the environment.
~Plant trees around your house to shade and save on using more air conditioning
~Buy one stainless steel, reusable, water bottle instead of using regular plastic ones and then getting rid of them. This one you can clean and use over and over again!
~Change the setting on your sprinklers to use less water
~Buy eco friendly fertilizers (I think they have them at Home Depot)
~If painting, they have eco friendly paint at Home Depot
~Buy or lease a hybrid if possible
~Walk or ride a bike wherever possible
~Carpool if possible

These are just a few ideas I can think of, but you can also go to for some more tips. Good luck

liberals think they have the answer to everything.
like DDT. 350 million to 500 million people a year in Asia, Africa and South America die from malaria. More than 80 percent are in rural Africa. Just so you libs could save some birds. thats absolutely disgusting.

and your stupid lightbulbs have mercury in them. So when you throw them away it poisons animals at the dump.

just stay out of it! you make evrything worse.

global warming isn’t real!!!!
Here are some facts:
1) If you took every car off every road in the US the temperature would change less than a TENTH OF A DEGREE!

2) People cause 3.5% of temperature change with .4% coming from cars.

3) The polar bear population has gone from 5000 to 25000 in 10 years and for some reason, they are still being put on the threatened list! they can swim!

4) 5 billion dollars a year is wated by the US government to research “climate change”

5) no one has proved why the hole in the ozone layer appeared, so the theory that the extreme cold caused it is just as credible as the theory thet cfcs or whatever caused it.

6) Al Gore shows his audience a slide of CO2 concentrations, and a slide of historical temperatures. But for very good reason he does not combine them in one overlaid slide: Historically, atmospheric CO2, as often as not, increases after warming. This is typical in the campaign of claiming “consensus” to avoid debate (consensus about what being left unspoken or distorted).

7) American grocery stores are starting to introduce food rationing. Wal Mart is restricting the amount of rice customers can buy. In Mexico and Yemen, in Egypt and Indonesia, the poor are taking to the streets to protest massive rise in food prices as well as shortages. A short distance from our shores, the troubled nation of Haiti is in crisis again; Haitians, dependent on U.S. grain imports, have seen those dry up and have been reduced to eating cakes of dirt.
one tank of ethanol wastes enough food to feed a starving person for a year!! one tank!

9) ehtnaol produces more CO2 than regular gas

10) the models the ipcc uses are fake. even when fed random “red noise” they still made hocky stick curved graphs!!!

less than 20 years ago they were freaking out about the next ice age!!!!

what more wil it take to convince you? why believe what politicians and liberal “scientists” say when you can just look at the science and prove it wrong!?

and just because I am a republican and dont believe in global warming does not mean i am pro litter/ pollution. it means i am pro common sense!

global warming is a MYTH! It has been repeated soooo many times without many true conservatives stopping it, it has been accepted as fact.

i am not sure how wooden floors in nursery is more green….you get wood from trees….cutting down trees to make floors does not exactly make good sense - what about using recycled material?

all the other things are good - also use cloth wipes instead of the disposables

if you can breastfeed - i was not able to because of medication

i use glass bottles to store my babys water in - and in 5 mos i have only broken 1 and that was because i had my diaper bag upside down

use recycled paper products and cloth napkins instead of paper towels -

line dry diapers, sheets, towels instead of using dryer, use dryer balls rather than fabric softener sheets

grow your own garden

stroll your baby to the store for shopping (less gas AND you do not buy unnecessary items as space is limited) if it is hot where you live (florida is HOT) get some very wide and strong velcro and little camping fan that is battery operated and attach to your stroller so your baby will not get over heated (not very long walks to store and try to go early morning or late evening) you will become adept at packing stuff under stroller stashing diaper bag and wearing backpack for storage as well - use a poncho for you if you get caught in the rain, and they make rain covers for most strollers if not, toys r us, has some generic ones that fit most strollers.

if you can and it would be worth it, you can find a double stroller or sit and stand stroller on craigslist walking is doable for you - with gas prices, we walk a lot more + it helps me save money as individual stores (big lots, dollar tree, cvs are VERY CLOSE to my home - and that keeps me out of Walmart (who i boycott anyway) but it keeps me away from Kmart as well, which is good on the budget.

grill out more with natural wood - my husband has a lawn service so this is a bonus for us - use cast iron though - not stainless or copper can we say SOOT STAINS/marks

if you are not vegan get a chest freezer and buy your meat (beef, pork) from a local farmer or rancher (we are lucky there as well, my dad is a farmer only 2 hours from where we live) not so ‘green’ but good on the budget - learn how to ‘can’ vegetables and fruits - you can also freeze them as well

i can not justify $7 for dish soap though and the much higher prices in my area for the ‘organic’ soaps and such - but as much as possible i use ‘green’ cleansers and household items as cleansers as well - vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, etc, natural pesticides - borax, vinegar, etc

for me, one way i recycle and save money is to go to thrift stores - i am recycling products instead of going out and buying new ones (some things have to be new, but you would be surprised what you can find, i actually found my favorite diaper covers from a thrift store)

wooden toys, regular household items as toys - pots/pans/spoons drums?? as few plastic toys as possible - cloth dolls, etc

as a new mom you will not have time to sew - but later on it is a possibility

right now the only ideas i can think of - but you get the idea