When we built our house 3 years ago, we made sure to get energy/water efficient appliances and systems installed throughout the house, with adequate insulation and with new lightbulbs to reduce our energy footprint and consumption. Our next venture will be to get the last of our two autos more fuel efficient (a pickup) but in the meantime we drive it less and make sure trips are multi-prupose trips, not frivolous trips. We are planting trees on our property and are active in energy efficient efforts. We went to see Al Gore's slide show in Portland, OR -- before it became "An Inconvenient Truth."
