Looking for Ways to Help Save the Earth? Here Are Some Suggestions

-- Richard Rogers, Laurel

Go vegan. The production of animal products not only wastes incredible amounts of resources -- such as fossil fuels and water -- but factory farms pollute the air and groundwater. Not everyone is willing to go vegan, but just sharply reducing one's intake of animal products will help the Earth greatly.

-- Danielle Kichler, Washington

Try replacing one trip a week that you would normally make by car, on foot or on a bicycle. Most of us can think of one place within walking distance that we drive to: your child's school, the coffee shop, the bank, the grocery store when you're just picking up a few things. Those short trips contribute to air pollution and waste gas.

-- Carrie May, Fairfax

I have substituted cloth napkins for our family for everyday use -- each person has his/her own color. I wash them once or twice a week.

-- Sheila Robinson, Ellicott City

California has adopted a law mandating that grocery and drug stores over a particular size sell reusable bags. San Francisco has enacted a law banning non-reusable plastic bags.