We put these environmentally friendly notebooks through their paces to find the greenest machine in four categories.

Reducing, reusing and recycling items in the garden helps to reduces landfill and can save you money. Composting is the easiest way to reduce your kitchen and garden waste. Using grey water again in the garden reduces the amount of water flowing to the sewers or a treatment plant. There are a number of items that can be reused in a garden:

Let’s start advocating publicly for drinking fountains. This has been gaining ground lately - in just the last month or so the NYTimes has referenced drinking fountains at least twice: did you know they may slow weight gain in school kids? and check the amazing OpChart on plastic bottles vs. potentially dirty steel, and the suggestion at the bottom: “Then again, some old solutions we shouldn’t discount. Before stainless steel thermoses, before bottled water, we already had an eco-friendly method of getting water: drinking fountains.”

Practically any book which can be bought new can also be found used, even titles which have been recently released. Usually I end up paying just a few dollars for a book, which is certainly better than the price most new books go for these days– plus, I get to browse and wander and peruse the aisles at a used book store, which is one of the best ways to spend some time.