Happy Earth Day!!

Hello Morning Express-sters. It's Earth Day! Every year we take time to step outside, smell the flowers and take a moment to appreciate this great planet that gives us life.

Today, we asked Morning Express viewers to help spread the planet earth love by sharing their tips for leading a green life.

Happy Earth Day!

Check out some of their ideas below, and leave yours in the comments field.

- I do laundry with cold water and hang my clothes out to dry. I even wait for a nice day to do laundry ... what better excuse to put off doing my "chores"? – Jenny in North Carolina

- I go green by cutting my grass with a reel lawn mower (no engine). Now I love the mower and wouldn't use anything else. Dennis Comstock in El Paso, Texas

- I put notes over every light switch in my house so kids can remember to turn off lights and my bill has been low.

- To conserve gas I try not to drive over sixty-five miles per hour. – Justin in Texas.

- Use solar lanterns that are rechargeable instead of the candles to go green.

- Us Southern girls have always been green! We garden, we can our produce, we hang our clothes on the line. – Cindy

- All of my yard waste stays right in my yard. I compost every last bit of it! No need to fill those yard waste bags and send them off to the landfill.

- I reuse plastics such as Zip-lock bags and straws, and donate clothing to thrift stores. Happy Earth Day!

- We stopped buying paper towels and use regular cloth ones to dry dishes. – Michaela

- I conserve water when I shower by turning the water off while I soap up and shampoo my hair. It is surprising how far 6 gallons of hot water goes.

- I live in a small town so I ride my bicycle wherever I can ... It saves gas and is a great workout! – Morgan in Georgia

- My family and I are turning off the lights, and all power an hour earlier at night to try and go green. Thanks! – Sarah

- I'm eighteen and I started recycling programs at my old job and now my new one too! – Kelsey Fort in Arlington, Virginia

- I write a lot and I write in tiny letters is how I conserve paper. Happy earth day. – Jeff in Arkansas

- We are having our printer ink cartridges re-inked to help save the planet. – Cindy in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

- I am in school and I use both sides of the paper for notes, which everyone should do. –Sydney in Georgia

- To conserver water in my home, I take showers with my wife whenever I can. - Mike in Omaha

- My family has made the choice of using candles instead of electricity when ever we can. I have to say it's saving us from our economic crisis.

- I let my wife go green for the both of us. In addition to chasing after me turning lights off, timer-based light switches help us both. – James in Chicago

- We use cloth shopping bags. Also garden compost.

- I have replaced my water heater with a tankless, and changed all my light bulbs to florescent (I have cut my electric bill in half. – Lock dock

– I pay my bills over the phone with a debit card thus saving paper and stamps.

- One way I go green is I use cloth diapers for my baby instead of the disposable brands. - Lori in Michigan

- We unplug everything in our house, and my son does his homework by sunlight. Also his teacher turns the lights off for 1 hr a day and uses sunlight

- I have been taking advantage of our warm windy days. Hanging clothes, blankets and towels are a great way to go green and keep the power bill low.

- I bought a Toyota Prius to limit my gas consumption and to save money! Lawrence from Minneapolis

- I go green by using Marta instead of driving to my office in Buckhead. Has the added benefit of a one-mile walk each way. – Steve G.

- We recycle all our aluminum cans, plastic bottles, cardboard and paper. We also take cloth bags to the grocery! My 7-year-old daughter keeps us motivated!

- I go green by planting 56 flowers in my garden every earth day. Mike Cruz

- Heat down, plastic on windows, sweats, warm blankets and fat cat at feet. Have a great day. You rock! - D sizzle

- I started a paper recycling program at the school where I teach. – Cherie in Louisiana.

- I will be picking up the litter in our city. We all know how the winter thaw shows us just how disrespectfully we treat our great mother. - Tree hugger Fran

- My family goes green by recycling and turning off the lights when we leave a room. – Alexander in Florida, 11 years old

- My boyfriend builds wind farms and I do all I can to support and promote wind energy.

- My wife and I have changed to CFLs in the entire house. Our power bill has gone down 20 bucks a month! – Rob in Enterprise, Alabama

- I've replaced all of my incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent ones.

- Recycling garbage, Cleaning up the city. Disposing properly. – Jimmy in Lawton, Oklahoma

- Recycle versus duplicate office memos for entire staff.

- We recycle, use cloth grocery bags and use fluorescent bulbs. Unplug when not in use and lights out when not in use. We all need to do our part. – RL in Tennessee