Cara Favuzza

I will save up to 4 gallons (15 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

I will spend at least 15 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

Hand washing dishes can use more energy and hot water than running a full dishwasher. To save water, I will scrape instead of rinsing dishes before loading them into the dishwasher, and only run it when it is full.