How to save money and become greener this year

Ahoy.  Well, I'm not a Small Business owner, but there is a wealth of information about ways to green your Small Business out there, most of which are quite simple and will save you quite a bit of money and energy in the long run. 

If I had to pick one thing, I'd go with the easiest and most obvious:

Turn off your electronic equipment when not in use.
This seems pretty intuitiuve, but it's surprising how many times this simple act is forgotten or overlooked (I have a sign on my front door reminding me to turn stuff off before I leave my house).  In some cases, this will reduce your energy usage by 25%.  In the case of computer equipment, especially the older models, it could cut your energy usage by 50%! 

OK, one more since I'm on a roll:

Change your light bulbs to CFLs.
CFLs use 66% less energy than regular light bulbs and they last 13 times longer.

Looking forward to seeing what other suggestions are posted here.

Check out DELL-James G's post on Direct2Dell about the episode, and watch it here on YouTube.

I recycle.  A LOT!  As much as I can really.  My current living situation is pretty poor when it comes to living green.  I live near a small town, roughly 1,600 people, and recycling is a new technology to these people.  WE BURN GARBAGE!  So, even though my house piles up with stacks of paper and little cuts of paper from time to time i feel good knowing that I have only taking the trash to the burning barrel twice in one year.  Most of it was paper too.  I keep all of the plastic and all of the cans.

I have found crafty ways of recycling my pop boxes.  Being a small business owner in the RPG Industry I get to play games all day and call it work.  Some of the game props are making out pretty well.  I had to boast about the *Fat Dragon Games Dragonshire Set* (dude, this set is awesome) and the EZ Dungeons Start set (great buy here too).  These are basic mini terrains for use with RPGs.  The EZ Dungeons is a set for building dungeons and Dragonshire is a city set.  Perfect places for recycled material.

So I stuffed some foam from all of the shipped products I receive into the Dungeon walls.  That worked out ok, but I ran out of foam and the foam dust is just palin bad.  Then I looked at the stack of pop carton boxes and thought, "This is gonna be awesome!"  I have a second level that needs a floor and a ceiling, and a roof and a foundation.  All printed mini terrains using Pop Carton boxes.

Too bad the community burns garbage though, right?

I also recommend those light bulbs that are curvy and say they last longer.  Trust me they do.  This one has lasted over a year.

I have not gotten in the habit of unplugging cords.  Any advice on this?  I was thinking just power strips to make it a quick flip of the switch.