These are simple New Year Resolutions to go green that will go a long way in cutting down waste and emissions. You have heard these before, but it is time to implement them and start the New Year on the right note.

1. Carry your own bag for groceries etc. This new year avoid taking additional plastic or paper bags and bottles. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/45-Use-a-Reusable-Grocery-Bag
2. Reuse your own bottle for drinking water. Every time to you make a seemingly harmless action of buying a bottle of water, you contribute to waste that lies in our landfills or pollutes are water bodies. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/29-Stop-drinking-bottled-water-
3. Use public transportation as much as possible. For closer destinations, switch to walking or biking. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/12-Park-the-Car-Walk-or-Ride-A-Bike
4. Try to reduce your heating consumption by as much as possible. For starters, make a new year resolution to turn off the heating when you are leaving home or your office. Until miserably cold, the heating could also be turned down at night as body heat under the blanket more than makes up for the fall in temperature. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/15-Turn-the-Thermostat-Down-in-Winter-Up-in-Summer
5. Try to take shorter showers. And don’t let the tap run when you are brushing, washing utensils etc. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/122-Take-Shorter-Showers
6. Support green products. Make a conscious effort to put your money where your mouth is. Identify at least 1 – 2 products you feel you could switch to green versions off. For example, I found some interesting and pretty exotic varieties of soap bars at Pangea Organics stall in Ecogift Festival in Santa Monica. Not only are the ingredients natural, but also the packaging is 100% biodegradable. In fact, you can soak it in water and plant the cover to grow a plant. Besides supporting an eco friendly business and creating more green jobs, you avoid wasting plastic shower gel bottles. Also click on http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/380-Coalition-For-Environmentally-Responsible-Economies
7. Reduce eating meat. Make a new year resolution to start with one day a week. On that day, substitute your meat diet with vegetable meals. If you can’t control the urge to eat meat, then pick up some meat substitutes made from soy etc. Do read http://www.creativecitizen.com/solutions/87-Eat-Less-Beef to know how reducing meat consumption reduces emissions and water consumption.
8. Stick to your New Year resolutions. They are usually meant to do you good!

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