1 - Install a water saving shower head. Many water saving heads will actually increase the water pressure you feel as you shower. There are also rain heads which use gravity to make your shower experience even better.

2 - Install a dimmer switch. Cut energy usage while extending lamp life. This can be especially helpful for vanity lighting with multiple lamps. If a dimmer is not possible for you, try replacing existing incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps which use as much as 75% less energy while offering the same light output.

3 - If you have a bath exhaust fan and find that it's always being left on, try installing a timer switch. A fifteen or thirty minute timer switch will ensure that your bathroom is properly ventilated and will turn itself off when done.

4 - Use recycled paper products in the bathroom. This small step can make a big difference in the amount of trees needed for these consumables and lessen the amount of chemicals going into the water supply.

Remember that you can also recycle that little cardboard tube which the paper comes on.

5 - Try lowering the temperature setting on your water heater so the water is not scalding from the tap. Most current water heating systems can recover quickly enough to replenish in time for your continued hot water needs. Incremental setting changes to your water heater can have a big impact toward cutting energy usage.

6 - Try using less water at the sink by reducing the pressure when washing hands or face. Surprisingly, taking a few moments longer, can get the job done while using far less water in the process.

7 - Avoid using caustic sprays, chemicals and cleaners when possible by finding natural alternatives that work as well. A large variety of natural cleaning and household products are now available in supermarkets. By paying a few pennies more for products which are better for the environment, you'll be sending a message that a healthy ecology is important to you and will determine how you spend your shopping dollars. Let's face it, the reason there are more of these products available these days is because more of us are buying them and that's a sure way to help bring about a positive change in the world.

8 - Take showers instead of baths. The average bath uses thirty gallons of water while a five minute shower requires just fifteen gallons.

9 - Try using a sink plunger to clear a clogged sink. This is not a plunger that has not been used anywhere else in the bathroom, shall we say, but a separate, smaller one which may just do the trick when it comes to clearing normal drain build-up. For those more stubborn clogs, try using a bottle of cola instead of the typical drain cleaner. Just let it sit in there for a while, then rinse with hot water and plunge away!

10 - Consider replacing an older toilet with a newer one which uses less water. If that's not possible, try putting a brick in the the toilet's water tank to displace the amount of water stored and used.