SEATTLE –  Whether you find yourself in the checkout line or the HOV lane, they are questions we all end up asking ourselves:

Paper or plastic?

Prius or public transportation?

A group of moms are finding solutions one family at a time.

For 12-year-old Niko May, the almost one mile trip uphill to school doesn't happen on a bus or in a car. He rides his bike, even on a cold winter day. He does it almost every day.

"Every once in a while (rain) picks up… or it starts hailing and that hurts," said Niko.

Inside his home, it isn't much warmer. The temperature is turned down to 58 degrees all night long.

These are two choices the May family made in an attempt to get green. It's a tough task given all the issues out there.

Tupperware in the lunchbox or all natural wax paper bags?

Dishes done by hand or in the washer?

"No, it's not easy. And you can find people on both sides of the question most times to tell you what's better," said Kara May.

To try to bring a bit of clarity to the issues, a group of Seattle moms formed a no-pressure, non-judgmental neighborhood group - kind of like a book club - to come up with easy ways to make changes in their hectic lives.

"There is that impulse to panic and say we have to change everything," said Kristin Costello of goinggreenfamily.com.

For Costello, it's about trashing the often intimidating notion that you have to be a hardcore environmentalist to make a difference.

"Because we're all really busy. We all have kids and sometimes you can do it and sometimes you can't. Some things work for you and others don't. I don't think it's an all or nothing project," said Costello.

For Kara, it's as simple as rethinking her Starbucks habit by going inside instead of polluting in the drive-thru, and using her own cups.

"This isn't about sucking the fun out of life. This is really about making simple changes that anyone can do," said Kara.

As for Niko's trip to school, he says he really doesn't mind the ride as he looks to his future and the planet's down the road.