“Realize that everything
connects to everything else.” -Leonardo da Vinci
“Real change, enduring change,
happens one step at a time.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Action is the antidote to fear.” -Edward Abbey
“Heaven is under our feet
as well as over our heads.” -Henry David Thoreau
“The miracle is not to walk on water or fire.
The miracle is to walk on the earth.” -Zen Master Linji Yixuan
It touches all of us in many ways, from the air we breathe to the extreme weather we are increasingly experiencing. If unchecked, it will ultimately end human civilization.
We have no choice but to address it. Each of us can take actions to do so, in small and big ways. It helps to start by learning about it. Thinking about it. Exploring what seems most provocative.
So that we can decide what actions we will personally take to make a difference. There are so many choices: electrifying our cars and/or our homes; reducing our consumption of everything, particularly meat and plastics; planting trees; divesting from fossil fuels; composting our food scraps, becoming politically involved. Spending some time on this site is a beginning.
Use the sitemap (in the green box above) to view at a glance the many pages on the site. Or double click on one of those pages here.
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE...
The best commercial on the super bowl, from GM with Will Farrell and a hilarious response from Norway!
Watch this young poet from California bring the house down on inauguration day …
You might think about Grist’s fabulous article about how to talk to a climate skeptic..
Check out your own carbon footprint here
Check out the climate scores of your politicians here
You might want to watch what the kids are saying.
There is a CNN quiz you might want to take…
You might want to watch this amazing video on EVs made by high school students in Sleepy Hollow, New York…
The Biden administration moved boldly on climate change stating that our environment and our economy are completely connected and vowing to view all of their actions through the lens of climate. CCR swiftly dedicated a page to keep track of both those goals and subsequent accomplishments. CCR also has sections on the three branches of government, legislation, executive and judicial, so that you can drill down on the cabinet, executive orders, regulations & deregulations, bills & resolutions, and laws.
The Biden Administration’s Landmark Day in the Fight for the Climate
By Bill McKibben Photo: Anna Moneymake / Pool / Getty
January 27th was the most remarkable day in the history of America’s official response to the climate crisis, at least since that June afternoon in 1988, when nasa’s James Hansen told a congressional committee that the planet had begun to heat. On Wednesday, in the course of a few hours, the Biden Administration took a series of coördinated actions that, considered together, may well mark the official beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel era.
EXPLORE
Our site is a family of sites, with more than 250 mini sites containing endless resources on everything climate change touches – droughts to flooding, health to faith, individual states to kelp farming, sustainable eating to sustainable shopping.
News feeds and curated news; newsletters and blogs; lists of significant mainstream news media and climate change media; and People are Talking About..
INSTALL SOLAR RESPONSIBLY
When installing solar, make the land hospitable for bees. Pollinator friendly solar sites are a growing trend that help provide the nutrition and habitat that bees and butterflies need.
Utility Dive
VOLUNTEER FIVE MINUTES MAKE A PHONE CALL
Voters concerned about climate change need to be heard on election day.
Environmental Voter Project
PLANT A GARDEN COOL THE PLANET
Commit to ten regenerative gardening principles that serve both the environment and the soil.
Green America
SET A GOAL FOR 100% RENEWABLE POWER
REBA helps companies understand the benefits of moving to renewables.
Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
TELL YOUR LAWMAKERS
The worst impacts can still be avoided if we compel local and national leaders step up and lead the fight against climate change. Call on your officials to join us today.
NRDC
CANCEL JUNK MAIL
Quitting junk mail is one way to curtail the flow of trash in and out of your home.
Washington Post
INVEST IN WIND FARMS
In Colorado, the wind power generation saved 4 billion gallons of water that coal and gas plants would have used and avoided 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR
In addition to lowering your carbon footprint, electric vehicles are more affordable to run, have lower maintenance costs, and tax incentives can reduce the purchase price.
My EV
CONVERT TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
Get the same bill, same service, and maintain the same reliability but the source will be clean energy.
CleanChoice Energy
CONSERVE WATER
Where does the 300 gallons of water/day average American family uses, comes from? Learn more from this state wise list including how it is being protected.
Water Conservation
PUT A PRICE ON CARBON
More than 1,200 global companies are adopting carbon pricing. Microsoft instituted their fee on carbon in 2012 and has since reduced emissions by more than 9.6 million metric tons.
WASHINGTON POST
SET SCIENCE BASED TARGETS
440 companies are taking science-based climate action and 122 companies have approved science-based targets. Make a commitment now.
SCIENCE BASED TARGETSWhat is the truth about climate change? What are the consequences? How can we mitigate it? And, ultimately, how do we adapt to what we can no longer change?
TRUTH
Climate Change 101
By Bill Nye, 12/2/15
Bill Nye the Science Guy is as insightful as ever, giving a very succinct overview of the causes and consequences of climate change. As relevant today as it was in 2015 when he made it.
CONSEQUENCES
10 Undeniable Consequences Of Climate Change
United Nations, 08/13/19
This video explores the very tangible consequences that climate change is already having on many aspects of our lives and our environment.
MITIGATION
What is climate change mitigation?
By Dr. Sarah Burch, 2/4/14
One of a series on climate literacy, this video explains how we can address the fundamental causes of climate change before they can cause irreparable damage to our environment.
ADAPTATION
Why climate change makes extreme weather worse
United Nations, 10/27/18
Extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires and hurricanes are all occurring more frequently and at a higher intensity due to climate change. This video explores extreme weather and how we can adapt to become more resilient to these increasingly catastrophic events.
Kids can take small actions at home and at school to help protect our planet. They might even teach their parents a thing or two..!
Illustrations by Kathleen Founds
