At beYOUmag.com, we’ve been counting down to Earth Day and it’s finally here! To get you started and/or motivated, we’ve created a PDF and a JPEG of our tips so you can take them with you. Print them (on recycled paper) or save them as your desktop and start going green today!

In case you missed them, here are our tips:
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Growing up in a middle-class suburb of Cleveland, I hardly considered my family progressive. I learned to drive in our shiny, new 1982 Mercury Grand Marquis. The only thing green about that gas guzzling land yatch was its metallic Jade exterior. But I suppose hybrid cars were still a far off thought for most people at that time (although I will say, I can parallel park just about anywhere now). No, that part of my childhood seemed normal. It was the other habits that struck me as odd…at the time.

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In honor of Earth Day, April 22nd, beYOU.tv is counting down it’s arrival in a fun, useful and special way. As well as providing you with our daily posts, beYOU.tv resident writers, will be providing Daily Tips for the next 22 days to mark Earth Day’s arrival. You know our goal is to give you useful information that is also actionable. We know that the marketplace is now flooded with all things green, but hopefully these helpful, fun and quick tips will make every day - not just the next 22 - an opportunity to incorporate green and environmentally friendly changes into your day-to-day life. On behalf of all of us at beYOU.tv — Happy Spring!

Written by: Michelle Barge

Download all the tips as a PDF or JPEG today!

Tip #20: Let your computer get some sleep - screen savers don’t save energy. Automatic switching to sleep mode or manually turning monitors off is the better energy-saving choice.

Tip #19: Carpool. Seriously. It’s that easy.

Tip #18: Be a part of the 2% solution - it only takes two minutes.

Tip #17: Invest your green in green - “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to invest in young companies that are changing the world for the better.”

Tip #16: Wet Clean instead of Dry Clean. Avoid the hazardous solvent perc by finding a cleaner that uses alternate methods or invest in a steamer and do it yourself.

Tip #15: Visit CarbonCounter.org to check your home’s carbon footprint and ways to offset your emissions.

Tip #14: Use eco-friendly renewable bamboo for home remodeling or laying new floors.

Tip #13: If you aren’t recycling, have questions about recycling or just need to be schooled on the rules, Earth911.org is for you.

Tip #12: With the warmer month approaching, if you’re investing in a new air conditioner, make sure it’s an Energy Star qualified one.

Tip #11: Grow salad greens on your windowsill. Visit TheDailyGardener.com for more indoor gardening tips.

Tip #10: Reducing your junk mail - at DMAChoice.org - will GREATLY help the environment.

Tip #9: Switch out your skin care products to the ecocentric Pangea Organics line. During the month of April their products will be on sale. Their packaging goes beyond recyclable – you can plant it!

Tip #8: Take your lunch to work? Invest in some To-Go Ware - reusable bamboo utensils. Part of being green is moving beyond a “throw-away” society.

Tip #7: Read Sophie Uliano’s Gorgeously Green for eco-friendly ways to become just that!

Tip #6: Stay up-to-date on everything green with TreeHugger.com.

Tip #5: Recycle your cell phone or computer.

Tip #4: Does your spring cleaning agenda include a coat of fresh paint to refresh a room? Try Milk Paint - the colors are gorgeous; the paint all natural.

Tip #3: Looking for green household cleaning products that actually look good in the house? Try Isabella Smith’s line.

Tip #2: Read or revisit Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. Talk about the first environmentalist, Thoreau reminds us that sitting quietly on a pond is one of nature’s best pastimes.

Tip #1: Plant or buy a tree.