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Lead a Greener Life in 2011

Right now, people everywhere are thinking about positive changes they can make in the new year. Although most are focussed on personal issues such as losing weight, saving money or quitting smoking, many are making a commitment to adopt more eco-friendly habits.

Here are a just a few of the green New Year's Resolution ideas from Green Living Tips and Ideas, Green Parenthood, Greenopolis, Mother Nature Network, and Sustainablog:

Just click on an idea to view suggested products from Tree Beginnings to help you achieve it:

For more ways to green your life, check out Practically Green's How to Make a Healthy Green Action Plan for 2011.

Comment by Melissa Hagen on December 29, 2010 at 7:32am: I LOVE the get greener ideas! So much of society already has done alot to improve...businesses and people everywhere are going paperless, buying and promoting eco friendly products, and trying to travel more efficiently. As a transplant from Eugene, Oregon (super green!) to Salt Lake City (and Park City), Utah...I am finding myself more and more disappointed in the fact that the "basics" of being green here in Utah simply overseen. I am not sure if the communities here have not expanded like the West Coast, but the simple and easy things like having a paper waste bin or can and glass bins separate from regular trash are not ANYWHERE I have been lately!

As a member of the team at Soiree Productions here in Park City, I make a daily and conscious effort even at my own desk to recycle and reuse as much as I can. The studio as a whole, we are almost completely paperless(just need to get ipads for all of us!) and we make sure to efficiently plan every wedding and event so that there is less waste, more recycling and reusing. I think the little part of the big picture that we are, we do a huge amount of contributing to the creating a GREEN community. If every day, you make more of an effort than the day before, you are on the right track.

Comment by Christine Dyer on December 29, 2010 at 9:39am: Sheila - Thanks for sharing this great post. I'm tweeting this to my followers right now!

Comment by Sheila Sheffield on January 5, 2011 at 4:14am: Thanks, Christine - I appreciate it!

Melissa, it must be hard to make a transition like that once recycling and the like have become second nature! Good for you, doing what you can in your own home and workspace. Maybe you can become a green ambassador in Utah!