Earth Day is officially April 22, 2011 this year, but we can celebrate it everyday by living a natural life! To get ready for Earth Day this year, begin to change some of your living habits to become more eco-friendly. The Earth Day Network planted over one million trees last year and this year they aim to promote green education and jobs for women, plant another one million trees, and to green more schools. While this huge network can accomplish huge tasks such as these, keep in mind that they do so with the help of one person at a time. Start with you and what you can do today.

Here are your following fifteen tips - do one a day and by Earth Day you will be ready to celebrate. Then, keep these tips going all year and add more! Pass these tips on to your family, friends and neighbors to create an even larger natural living community,

1. Forget your car. When you can, today, ride your bike or walk instead. If you stop and think about it, there are actually several trips in a week that can be done on bike or on foot. If you have a bike with a basket, you can carry more items as well if you are shopping.

2. Turn off the lights. Every time you leave the room turn off those lights to save electricity.

3. Unplug. Literally, unplug appliances that aren't in use. If your appliances are plugged in, even if they are not turned on, they are still draining energy that could otherwise be saved.

4. Plant a seed. Plant a tree, a flower, a vegetable, anything your heart desires. Trees and plants produce much needed oxygen, and your own vegetables will taste delicious.

5. Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth. So simple, yet easily forgotten. Why keep the faucet running when you are not using it?

6. Bring the lunchbox back into style. Pack yours and your children's lunches in boxes and containers rather than plastic bags. Those bags will only end up in landfills. And, you might be surprised to find that you still have your Wonder Woman lunchbox somewhere in storage!

7. Recycle glass, plastic and paper. Have separate bins in your house to make this easy to do.

8. Spend one hour a night playing a family game together that doesn't require electricity. Your family fun time will increase and you will quickly remember the joys of games like Don't Tip The Waiter.

9. Use a rain barrel. Purchase a rain barrel and collect that water to use for hydrating your vegetables, trees and lawn.

10. Replace your shower head with a low-flow one and decrease water usage by as much as 25% a year- your water bill cost will decrease too.

11. Participate in a beach or park clean-up. Mother Earth will thank you for it.

12. Buy and use organic, lead-free cotton tote bags for all trips to the store. There is no need to ever use plastic bags again.

13. Change up your lightbulbs to compact fluorescent lights or CFLs which use less electric and last longer.

14. Switch to an electric lawnmower to cut down on carbon emissions. The EPA put into effect carbon emissions reduction standards for lawnmowers and other small motor garden equipment this year, but even those standards aren't fully implemented yet and will decrease emissions by 35%. The best choice is to buy an electric mower with no carbon emissions.

15. Have a green party! Whether on Earth Day itself or every weekend, organize a green party for your neighborhood, school or even during the week at your workplace. Have an organic potluck, plant trees and flowers, and share tips for living a natural life together.