We basically started being more thoughtful about things, that's the biggest impact.&#8232;
<h4>Water</h4>
Flushing less, In the summer hardly used our blow up pool and took advantage of public pools,?  many less baths due to the girls joining a swim team and taking showers at the pool!&#8232;? 
<h4>Electricity</h4>
Getting our kids involved in doing things like turning off the lights has helped too.? turning off lights, not using AC much at all in the summer, changing all the bulb to CFs,?  turning electronics all the way off rather than leaving them on stand by. WRT to light bulbs, in the 1st floor of our house, we have 12 recessed floods alone, as well as 12 other light bulbs.? &#8232;? 
<h4>Waste</h4>
increasing composting and recycling, trying to reduce/re-use and not just recycle.  I think starting to compost was huge.?  Our garbage went down dramatically.?  We went from about 1/2 to 3/4 of a 30 gal can to way less than 1.4 and sometimes none.?  Also, Pam makes trips to Cambridge recycling center most Saturdays with a load of recyclables that the city takes, but will not pick up.&#8232;? &#8232;<h4>Heating Fuel</h4>
New 2-stage furnace. not sure how much that's affected things as just got it in October.? 