If you wish to opt out of phone book delivery lists.  Go to www.paperlesspetition.org and sign the Yellow Pages Paperless Petitioni and Official Opt-Out Registry

If everyone in the U.S. said "no thanks" to ATM receipts, it would save a roll of paper so long it could circle the equator fifteen times.

 Turn off your power strips when they're not in use.  The average American household continuously leaks about fifty watts of electricity.  Eliminating that trickle would save $1 billion a year in wasted electricity.

Buy rechargeable  batteries, you'll save money over the long term.  A single rechargeable battery can replace up to one thousand single-use alkaline  batteries over its lifetime.  Americans throw out approximatley 179,000 tons of batteries per year.

Kill-a-Watt  Electricity Usage Monitor (retails for approximately $30 from CableOrganizer.com or other online vendors).  The unit's large LCD display counts consumption by the kilowatt-hour, the same as your local utility.  You'll know if it's time for a new refrigerator or if that old air conditioner is cost-efficient.  With minimal effort, you can probably reduce your home's energy consumption by 30 percent and reap significant cost savings.

Wash your clothes in cold water.  By using cold water instead of warm, the average household can avoid emitting 1,281 pounds of carbon dioxide annually and save on energy bills.

Send an ecard-Paper cards often end up in landfills, so why not go with a loving ecard for your dad?  This is definitely a more sustainable way to communicate your sentiments.

Use the library, or buy secondhand books.  Consider sharing the ones you have with friends or donating them rather than throwing them away.  About three billion new books are sold per year, requiring four hundred thousand trees to be chopped down.