HAPPY NEW YEAR- Going Green

I watched an old Oprah last night about ways to be more "green". I have always been interested in keeping my family safe from chemicals, hormones in food, avoiding GMO etc. but I really haven't felt as strongly about "saving the earth". But, I realized after watching this show that there are so many things I do every day to contribute to the overwhelwing amount waste in our country. While cleaning up today I think I threw away 50 plastic Publix bags. I bought a few of the reusable bags that Publix is selling yesterday. Funny enough, I did that before watching the show but now I'm more convinced that I should use these, not just have them because they're "cool" and only $1. I have decided not to write a big list of resolutions this year. I rarely accomplish even one of the items. Instead, I am going to make a few small changes like saying "no thanks" when the bag boy asks "plastic or paper?".