From conservation.org.

Easy, but effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint:

• Consume less. Use things until they wear out, buy second-hand, repurpose old things into something new.
• Choose products – printer paper, canvas totes for groceries, bank checks, or clothes – that are made of recycled material or can be reused or recycled. You can also find usual items made out of unusual reused and recycled materials. Nau is a CI partner with this kind of business model.
• Support companies that think about the environment like you do. CI has partnered with a number of eco-conscious companies such as Office Depot, Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, and Starbucks.
• Even your shampoo and conditioner can be green. Aveda, a CI partner, is committed to producing all-natural personal care products. The company can trace its ingredients from the communities they grow in to the bottles they are sold in.
• Having a party? Go ahead – use real plates, glasses, and cutlery. Your guests will feel special, and you’ll avoid a huge amount of waste.
• Be a one-bag family. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost to reduce your weekly trash contribution to one bag or less.
  Clearing forest for agriculture is one of the leading causes of global deforestation and habitat destruction.

Environmentally friendly eating habits are easy and healthy. Here are some easy tips on eating green.

• Buy food that is sustainably grown and harvested and that does not put pressure on threatened species or habitats.
• Replacing one meal of red meat with a more sustainable option (such as sustainably harvested fish or sustainably grown vegetables) can dramatically reduce your carbon footprint. The energy it takes to grow feed, feed livestock, and process red meat means more carbon dioxide is being produced than if you had a vegetarian meal. Some free-range ranching systems are considered conservation-friendly and their land use practices allow biodiversity to survive outside of strict protected areas. When eating meat, be sure you know where it comes from and how it is raised.
• Ask restaurant owners and grocers not to offer threatened seafood or other species. You might be the one that opens their eyes to the fact that they too can make responsible choices.
• Ask questions. Ask restaurant and café managers where they source their ingredients – if they don’t know, they’ll at least know you care. Ask the vendors at your farmers’ market how their produce is grown and meat is raised – some farms go beyond organic even without the USDA Organic seal of approval.
• Find your local farmers’ market and ask about the availability of locally grown produce in your neighborhood. Locally grown produce and products mean fewer miles driven to get you your fruits, vegetables, and meat.
• Compost your food waste. Composting is an easy and fun project that kids can get excited about. And you’re producing wonderful, nutrient-rich soil for your garden.

for more helpful tips, go to http://www.conservation.org/act/simplesteps.