Score
Now tally up your answers to find your "green" score. Give yourself three points for every A answer, two points for every B, and one point for every C you marked down. Add them up to see where you fall in the categories below.

Super Green (28 to 36 Points)
Congrats! You rank among the greenest of them all! You've demonstrated that not only do you have a real passion for all things eco, but you've also embraced this way of life and keep working to put your values into action.

Your Challenge
Do a green audit and figure out where the holes are. Since so much of this comes naturally to you, identify missed opportunities and find ways to maintain consistency across your personal green initiative.

Action Plan
1. Green your home improvements. The Green Home Guide from the U.S. Green Building Council can give you a starting checklist, tips on the ways green repairs can save you money, information on how to get your home LEED certified, and more.

2. Upgrade your transportation. If you haven't already, consider getting a hybrid or taking public transportation -- if not exclusively, then even more often than you already do. To boost your foot travel, visit walkscore.com to find a more walkable neighborhood, or figure out if you can ditch your four wheels in your current area.

3. Branch out. See what's going on in your town: Is your child's school recycling or serving organic food? Is your city hall offering electronic billing for taxes or charging for garbage pickup per bag? Consider joining forces with other like-minded folks to help set up recycling programs and lobby for green renovations and improvements.

4. Get green energy. Most energy companies will let you buy alternative energy (solar, wind, etc.) for your home. The extra money you pay on your bill will go toward the company's alternative energy initiatives in your area. The Green Power Network can help you find what's available in your area.

Getting Greener (20 to 27 Points)
There's no question: Environmental concerns are on your radar, and you're starting to make real strides in your approach to green living.

Your Challenge
As you have come to realize, it's one thing to be aware of the impact of your actions and habits -- and another to change them. Your heart is in the right place; now you just need to take the extra step to make change stick.

Action Plan
1. Measure your footprint. Find out how much energy you're using with a personal audit; consult a carbon calculator, like the one offered by the EPA. Then consider purchasing carbon offsets or credits, which allow you to support projects that help reduce carbon emissions elsewhere to balance out your personal emissions. Purchase credits from Green-e certified nonprofits -- like NativeEnergy -- who sell a variety of options, some starting at less than $10 to offset one ton of greenhouse gases.

2. Align your concern with your actions. If reducing your use of plastic bags is a priority, keep a stash of reusable ones in the car or your purse for your next shopping trip. Or exchange the mess of boxes and cans in the corner into an organized recycling system. With good habits in place, you'll be able to look for areas outside of your usual sphere for new ways to go green.

3. Fill in the gaps. Choose a few areas of interest (reusing, sharing, and donating used goods; energy conservation; green design), and find out how you can do things more easily, cheaply, or efficiently. For instance, you may discover that those green substitutions on your next home renovation don't have the huge price tag you'd anticipated.

4. Go organic. Yes, there's a slightly higher cost associated with purchasing organic products. But being selective and consistent can make a difference. Pick up organic versions of the 12 worst offenders for chemical and pesticide contamination (including apples, lettuce, and peaches) and you could reduce your exposure by almost 90 percent. Check out the organic food dos and don'ts. 

5. Get the family on board. It's hard to live the green life in a vacuum, so enlist your family's support and creative collaboration to make it a group effort. Go on a family field trip to a working farm or national park to encourage a love of nature and the environment. Make green a part of your everyday life, from the groceries you buy to what you put in the trash. Others are sure to follow.

Eco-Evolving (12 to 19 Points)
Great news: You've started to wake up to a greener way of living. That alone is something to feel good about. Sure, there's still plenty to learn, but the fact that you're even mildly curious or concerned means that you have unlimited options for creating better habits.

Your Challenge
Since you're just starting to realize the enormity of the environmental problem, it's easy to get overwhelmed. But just as we didn't get into this environmental predicament overnight, we can't solve it overnight. The key is to keep things in perspective and start small.

Action Plan
1. Focus on simple eco-switches. Install CFL lightbulbs, plug your appliances into power strips (and flip the switch when you're not using them), turn off the water while you're brushing your teeth, use reusable grocery bags, turn your heat down 2 degrees during the day and way down at night (or air conditioning temperature up by the same amount). Implement at least five switches, and you'll up your green factor and knock down your energy bills.

2. Start sorting. Set up an in-home recycling system so that glass, cans, recyclable plastic, and paper don't end up with the rest of the trash. Consider this: An average family of four that recycles plastics alone can save the equivalent of nearly 340 pounds of carbon emissions a year! Find out more about recycling in your neighborhood at earth911.org.

3. Shop smarter. A few things to avoid/watch for: Household products loaded with chemicals can harm your health and the environment, overly packaged goods (such as those individually wrapped snack-packs) that create more waste than they're worth, and plastics labeled with recycle symbol #3 (which indicates PVC, a plastic that can pose health risks and is difficult to recycle). Also, by keeping impulse purchases and personal consumption in check, you stay on track with the first of the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.

4. Staunch the flow. According to the EPA, each year, 100 million trees are used to create junk mail. To stop unwanted paper at its source, sign up with dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist. If you don't already, consider getting your news updates online. Recycling just a year's worth of Sunday papers could save more than 270 pounds of emissions.

Here are some recycling guidelines