What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions: Watching the game? Tuning into the Macy’s Parade? Eating so much you have to unbutton your pants before passing out on the dining room floor?

As much as we look forward to those old standbys, perhaps our favorite tradition of all is surprising our family members with all that we’ve picked up in the past few months. New tech? New skills? A new (shared) car? As long as it blows your family’s mind, it’s fair game.

It can be tricky staying green when you’re leading an urban lifestyle. With its clogged traffic, tendency towards pollution, and residents’ unrelenting usage of disposable coffee cups, the big city isn’t always friendly to Mother Nature.

Luckily, it isn’t hard to start showing her some love. Here are nine things you can start doing tomorrow (not all in the same day, no stress) to live a plugged-in yet eco-responsible life. Add your own ideas in the comments below.

Sure, car sharing is great — especially when you’re cruising with your bestie. But what happens when your traveling companion, well, isn’t at their best? Whether you’re on a lickety-split errand run or heading for a full-blown out-of-towner, invite these 9 co-pilots along…at your peril. (Is there anyone we missed? Tell us in the comments.)