I'm a climate change "believer", and I try my best to reduce my carbon footprint (although there are still things I can improve upon). I recycle more than I throw in the trash, avoid drinking out of disposable plastic water bottles, walk to most places instead of drive, and I don't turn on the lights when it's sunny outside and I can just open the blinds.
I do all the same things you do. I wish I could say the same for my family. They complain whenever I tell them to do something as simple as sorting our refuse. Of course if we, as Americans, really want to reduce our carbon footprint we need to vote for politicians who will support such policies and initiatives, that is to say, not the Republicans.
