Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Many grocery stores carry organic foods, but the one Tommy Langford and his wife opened in Norfolk is all organic.
"You can taste the difference. You can feel the difference," he says.
He says this kind of healthy eating prompted them to open Harvey T's, which is near the Old Dominion University campus.
"Our sandwiches and soups are made from the organic ingredients in the store," he stresses. "There are so many products on the market right now and organics are becoming more and more popular every year."
Dean Nalbone, an ODU student, dines at Harvey T's. He says he likes organic food better than the usual college cuisine and he's trying to convert his friends.
It can be a tough sell because eating organic does cost more.
"I just figure if they eat bad and then eventually down the road they're going to have to pay for it through medical bills and diabetes and it could lead up to cancer and any other thing else. If you eat clean now, you might not deal with the bad results later."
Langfood says organic is the way to go if you want to eliminate pesticides and preservatives. You can find an organic alternative to just about everything, but Langford says there's one thing he's has trouble getting in.
"French onion soup that's organic in a powdered dry mix. It's a hot item that everybody wants and I can't seem to get that right now."
Some of the organic products in Langford's store are locally produced.
Ryan Beard, 13News
This wrap is made from all organic products.
"We deal with a local farm on the Eastern Shore that brings us tremendous amount of produce during the summer time, a lot of vegetables," he says.
The honey comes from a local man and a baker makes their bread fresh every day.
