Funny you should mention this. I recently read an article from a May 2008 issue of Working Mother magazine and saw a great list of suggestions ("The Reluctant Environmentalist", by Lisa Armstrong, p. 50.) The coolest one was to put a load of clothes in the washer in the morning, let it soak in cold water all day. When you get home from work (yes, I am a WOHM), put in the soap and run the laundry on the "light" setting (a full setting on my washer is 14", I have been running the pre-soaked clothes for 6" instead).
Here are some of the little things we do:
- pay bills online; paperless.
- recycle glass & metal with our township; take paper to the box outside my kids' school.
- pack waste-free lunches. I have multiple sets of Laptop Lunches and Fit n Fresh lunches that I put in our lunch bags. We also have a bunch of Sigg bottles and KleenKantenes.
- keep our water heater at a lower temp, avoid running AC in summer and keep temp low during winter.
- make sure tires are properly inflated.
- dh carpools 2-3x week.
There are more little things... just can't think of them at the moment. :)