WTVO/WQRF - In the middle of the golden plains of texas ... There's a very "green" house.  Why should you care?  Well this little house on the praire could put some green in your pocket.  Darryl Birkenfeld's house is chock full of great ideas you could easily copy.  You could start with something simple like changing a light bulb.  If every home in america replaced just one old-fashioned bulb, it'd make a big difference.  Some say it'd have the same environmental impact as taking 800,000 cars off the road.  Or, for something smaller:  "So, instead of having a flourescent, a big flourescent, like a lot of people have, hey're very tiny little lights," says Environmentalist Darryl Birkenfeld.

Of course you could forget the lights altogether, and open the blinds.  "But, these are low and double-paned, so they're more efficient than single paned or things we had 10 years ago," says Birkenfeld.

And think about the toilets we had ten years ago.  They used up to five gallons of water with a single flush.  To cut back, hange your toilet flapper.  Or install a new toilet that uses less than 2 gallons a flush.

Here's another easy project, weather strip your doors and windows.  For a really well-sealed house, forget old fashioned insulation, and consider the spray kind instead.  If it's energy-efficient it's "R-rated."

Want to do more?  Try these do-it-yourself jobs.  Insulate your water heater.  Just wrap it and duct tape it.  Or buy a programmable thermostat.  When you're not home it can change the temperature automatically.  Install a low flow showerhead, regularly clean your furnace filters and vacuum your refrigerator coils.