You can contribute by supporting projects which reduce carbon emissions with reforestation or renewable energy.

Irons are one of the most energy consuming home appliances. You can avoid to irons by hanging them into the bathroom while you are showering. Steam will help to reduce wrinkles.

Most of the clothes we wear nowadays contain plastic and synthetic fibers. Each laundry wash bits of plastic (microfibers) can escape into the ocean which cause incredible damage. You can use the Cora ball or washing bags like "Guppyfriend" to help with that.

If you set your home and apartment up with intelligent that allows you to reduce your footprint a lot. Your Smart Home can learn when to cool down the cooler, decrease the heater, turn off lights. You will increase convenience and reduce your footprint at the same time.

Reuse your old socks, t-shirts and fabrics as cleaning cloth at your home. Most cleaning cloth are made of microfiber, polyester or other polymers, which are very hard to the environment because they are super difficult to recycle and often impossible to biodegrade.

Dryer balls will fasten up the drying process, soften clothes and reduce static. But don't go the fabric ones as they are richer in toxin, last less and often one time use.

If use old appliances a lot they might consume way more energy then modern appliances. Look for ENERGY STAR qualified products and pick the model that uses the least amount of energy possible.

Good maintenance usually equals efficiency in regards of the things you own. Care for your appliances and they will reward you with lower energy costs and longer operating lives. Rather act earlier then later!

You can use desktop research to compare energy providers in your region. Often times there are more green alternatives available for not more money. It's a single action with incredible impact in the long-run.