We have Mass Saves come and do the energy audit and were blown away when they replaced all the lightbulbs in our home for free with LED lighting. Once you get used to it "warming up:" there is no difference and the bulbs last so much longer than the old ones. As I watch them warm up, I think about how I am helping the environment for future generations.

I have been a vegetarian since 1979 and now it's easy. Back then, no one understood why I was eating this way and no one offered vegetarian food at restaurants. Now it is so easy and I almost feel in the majority. It's easy to get enough protein from other sources and really delicious. Also, it's less expensive than buying meat!

I am vegetarian, nearly vegan. My partner, Ed, has come along for this vegetarian ride!

It's just a little step. I take food scraps and put them in a plastic container. Every other day I take the food scraps and wilted flowers are drop them in an inconspicuous spot in the woods. My building already has recycling and more. Every little bit helps to reduce, reuse, recycle and restore.

our home electricity is supplied in large part by our solar panels.

Our property, like many in Metrowest, has ample space for a home compost pile. For a few years, we collected kitchen food scraps in a large round bucket with solid cover. The weekly chore of emptying and cleaning the bucket was just one more chore, and we stopped doing it at some point. Last year, we purchased a smaller rectangular compost bin with a vented cover at Russell's Garden Center. The new bin fits better under our kitchen sink and doesn't get as smelly. Now we've resumed collecting food scraps and have a bunch of great compost for our vegetable garden this summer.