You can start by signing up for Earth Hour to Earth Day Challenge on Twitter for your daily tip. And be sure to send a tweet or email each day letting your friends, family and followers know how you’re greening your lifestyle.

For each of the 26 days, take five minutes to do one of the following:

1. Follow Water – Use It Wisely on Twitter to receive your daily water-saving tip.
2. Change out three old fashion light bulbs in your home or office to compact flourescent lighting (CFL).
3. Give up your car and don’t drive it (or anyone else’s) for one full day.
4. Pick-up three re-usable shopping bags from your grocer and keep them handy in your car, and of course, use them instead of paper or plastic.
5. Take five minutes to properly set your thermostat with this easy guide from EnergyStar.
6. Learn how to increase your gas mileage, whether you own a hybrid or not.
7. Learn how to start a community garden for your neighborhood. You may end up growing more friendships than produce.
8. Take five minutes to play “Tip Tank” water conservation concentration game. Great for the entire family.
9. Wrap your water heater. Once you pick-up the insulating blanket, it doesn’t even take five minutes to install it. You’ll save energy and money.
10. Make five minutes to take your lunch to work.
11. Make sure your irrigation timer is set appropriately for spring and summer.
12. Wake up five minutes earlier every morning and put that time to use for a green project or thought.
13. Sign up for CoolPeopleCare.org’s daily email on easy things you can do to help the planet five minutes at a time.
14. Take Kohler’s 3-minute toilet quiz, and learn how you can get a FREE high-efficiency commode while raising funds for Habitat for Humanity.
15. Use your blog or website to offset 350 pounds of carbon by placing the Brighter Planet badge on your site.
16. Opt out of receiving wasteful yellow and white pages printed phone directories.
17. Donate/recycle your clothes and household items to Goodwill, and don’t forget to take five minutes to find a treasure in their stores.
18. Download this directory of 100+ websites all about green living for easy access, sharing and use in your daily life.
19. Take five minutes to learn how carbon offsetting works so that you can apply it in your personal life and promote it through your professional one.
20. Learn how NOT to be an energy sucking appliance vampire with this incredibly inventive 54-second video from DoTheGreenThing.com


Plug Out Boy feat. Green Monday from Green Thing on Vimeo.

21. Download the new iPhone app, GreenMeter, which helps you calculate your car’s carbon footprint relative to your commute and driving habits.
22. Learn the easiest, most convenient places to safely recylce hazardous materials in your neighborhood and commit to getting rid of the paint, insecticides and other harmful chemicals in your garage this weekend.
23. Quickly learn how to compost and re-use organic waste instead of filling up your garbage and our landfills.
24. Shorten your showers to five minutes or less and you’ll save thousands of gallons every month. Download 100+ other water-saving tips for easy reference.
25. Learn the 12 things you can do to reduce particulate pollution.
26. Throw an eco-friendly Earth Day party!

What are you going to do to make a difference for the Earth Hour to Earth Day Challenge? Please let me know by commenting below and/or sending me and your followers an email or tweet.