• Drive a fuel efficient car  Cars are one of the biggest contributors of carbon emissions leading to global warming. My personal feeling is that if people want to be Patriotic, you should put your money where your mouth is: drive something that reduces our dependence on imported oil.  Prove Mark wrong (see below). An American flag sticker on your SUV that gets 10 mpg just doesn't cut it anymore.
• Replace all of your lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lights (CFL)  If we all did this more than 90 coal or oil burning powerplants could be closed in the United States. Why is this important? Follow the link to read about mountaintop mining to supply coal for electricity   http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/facts/steps.php
• Turn things off   small appliances left plugged in use energy, as do computers and televisions-even when turned off. Use power strips with switches and really turn off these appliances when not using them.
• Get rid of as much of your lawn as you can The fertilizers and pesticides used on lawns are made from petroleum. Your lawnmower in one hour produces more pollution than driving your car several hundred miles simply because small engines have no pollution controls.

All of these things will add up if we all do them!