If you own a dryer, try to only use it unless you are pressed for time and quickly need your clothes to dry out. If you have the time, dry your clothes the 'old fashioned' way by hanging them up to dry either indoors or outdoors. Purchasing a drying rack (or simply hanging your clothes to dry around your home) could be one of the best energy cutting decisions you make, as dryers consumer more energy than any other appliance. If you really want your clothes to be warm and fluffy when you wear them, just put them in for a few minutes before you put them on.

Short showers (around 5 minutes) use about half the amount of water that baths do. Save water by cleaning yourself mostly in the shower, only soaking in the tub on very special occasions.

Double check before you hit 'print' for your documents - do you really need to have it in hard copy, or could you do with it just as well saved to your computer? If you absolutely need to print it out, make sure it is ready to be printed, spell checked and all.

Arrange with your billing companies to pay your monthly bills online. Overtime, this will save you a lot of time, cheques, envelopes, stamp money, and trips to the postbox. If you set-up an automatic payment program, you'll also save yourself from having another late fee in your life!

Save your workplace heating or cooling bill from accommodating your dress code, and accommodate your dress code to the temperatures. Speak with your employer about relaxing your workplace dress code to fit weather patterns.

Before going through the check-out, ask yourself whether you really need all the items you are planning to purchase. Especially for pampering items, see if there is another more environmentally friendly way to take care of yourself, like taking a walk, or calling a good friend.

Rather than getting your food on your lunch break "to go", save the excess packaging involved in take-out and enjoy your food at the restaurant.

No matter how small, recycle every piece of paper you can. Take your recycling beyond newspapers and magazines – get every piece of paper out of the trash and into the recycling bin.

Save yourself the time (and water) you would otherwise have to wait for the water to turn cold.