Sometimes, like voting, you might wonder how what you do matters. But, like voting, if everyone did what they could, the world’s outcome could be changed. And, curiously it doesn’t even have to be difficult. Turning out lights, eating less meat, conserving water -- all simple and take neither time nor money.
This page is packed with things to do whatever your resources, whether you have five minutes or 5 hours a week, whether you have the ability to reduce plastics in your world, add solar to your home, or organize to create an climate change advisory board in your town.
The worst impacts can still be avoided if we compel local and national leaders to step up and lead the fight against climate change. Call on your officials today.
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.
Keeping everything else (chicken, dairy, pork) we could achieve between 46 and 74 percent of the reductions needed to meet the 2020 greenhouse gas emission goals. Yikes. We can do that!
Give your yard a climate makeover and convert it into a carbon sponge. Get Rid of the Gas Guzzlers, and focus Instead on Native Plants and creating a Bird Friendly Habitat.
Saving water is easy. Really easy. Here are more than 100 useful water-saving tips for your home and office. Learn how to save water indoors and outdoors. Incorporate these tips into your everyday habits. Before long, you’ll be a natural at water conservation.
Many appliances use just as much power when off. Washing machines with digital displays, smart TVs, toasters and computers are all drawing power. A coffee maker can use as much in a day as someone in Niger uses in a year.
From getting an energy audit to setting your water heater at 120 degrees to installing a programmable thermostat, here are simple cost saving solutions.
Understanding and adapting to climate change is a massive, interdisciplinary undertaking and the sites listed here have lots of information from every possible angle.
Reducing travel for business and family visits is one of the most impactful choices we can make to reduce our climate impact. When we travel, we should make it count, but we can’t do that…
Reducing travel for business and family visits is one of the most impactful choices we can make to reduce our climate impact. When we travel, we should make it count, but we can’t do that…
NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have released a guide that provides resources for adapting to and mitigating impacts of climate change. The guide, Building Alliances for Climate Action, includes various perspectives, stories,…
Since 2005, the federal government has incentivized homeowners to switch to solar through the solar investment tax credit (ITC), also known as the federal solar tax credit. Currently, this tax credit lets you claim 26%…
Individuals can empower themselves with information about what is happening, what is being done by key stakeholders and how they can contribute to climate change mitigation at the individual level.
As we continue to move away from fossil fuels toward 100 percent renewable energy, we’ve seen some trends emerge, particularly regarding the jobs that will support the new clean economy.
Saving the planet sounds huge doesn’t it? And in essence, it is. But there are many simple ways you can do your bit to help. Check out this list of fifty easy ways to go…
Solving our biggest environmental problems will require huge changes in policy and business practice. But it turns out that our personal actions can help too, if we focus on the right things. Here are some…
Use this solar panel calculator to quickly estimate your solar potential and savings by address. Estimates are based on your roof, electricity bill, and actual offers in your area.
What You Can Do: The easiest and most important thing you can do is ask the question: "Do you serve sustainable seafood?" Let your favorite businesses know that ocean-friendly seafood's on your shopping list.
There is hardly any aspect of modern life that isn’t affected by the current problems facing the environment. As we learn more about how human behavior is harming the planet, we’re creating new ways to…
Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the solution. Fortunately, there are some super easy things we can adopt into our routines that, if we all do it, will…
Submit an official comment urging the EPA to stop Trump from gutting the landmark Clean Power Plan, which would reduce carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent if left in place.
Submit an official comment urging the EPA to stop Trump from gutting the landmark Clean Power Plan, which would reduce carbon pollution from power plants by 32 percent if left in place.
Send an official comment to the EPA, urging the agency to reject Trump’s proposal to roll back lifesaving clean car standards, critical safeguards which would reduce billions of tons of carbon pollution from the atmosphere…
Here’s a few things we can do to improve the condition of our ocean reefs: reduce the use of lawn and garden chemicals (and do not dump any chemicals in storm drains), choose sustainable seafood,…
Community Choice Aggregation Utilities provides all its electricity from clean renewable energy, up to 100% from wind and solar and geothermal power. The price is virtually the same.
9/29/18 If tap water isn't your thing, avoid buying cases of one-time-use plastic bottles. Try a home water cooler and have the bottles delivered, or save money by getting them refilled. A water pitcher with…
9/6/18 The label outlines the product’s energy star rating and gives you information about which product is better for the environment and how much money you could potentially save.
Visit Ocean Conservatory for information and forms to contact senators and congressmen on issues like ocean acidification, smart ocean planning, and restoring the Gulf of Mexico.
8/8/18 If 10% of U.S. households used a Cora Ball in their laundry, more than 30 million water bottles worth of plastic could be kept out of waterways. Buy It Here
8/6/18 Scooter-sharing services such as Lime, Spin and Bird are popping up in cities as electric scooters become an increasingly popular choice for urban transportation.
Free ideas, plans, and information to help you build renewable energy and conservation projects. Try solar cooking and food drying, a water wheel for electricity generation, or build a solar greenhouse.
Insulate, air seal, and replace anything worn. An audit will help find more ways to improve efficiency, and save money. Here’s another list of tips for setting your thermostat.
10/9/18 Instead of gas heaters at home, use electric heat pumps for air and water heating, and air conditioning. And, an induction cooktop stove boils water in half the time of a gas stove!
The transport sector accounts for 23% of gas emissions, and businesses own over half of all vehicles on the road. Lead the shift to electric. How about a scooter, an electric bike, a motorcycle. Harley…
With weather becoming more extreme—including powerful hurricanes, stronger droughts and heatwaves, and increased flooding due to sea-level rise—more Americans are personally experiencing the effects of climate change. It is, therefore, no surprise that this increase…
Last December, on a dark evening in Baltimore, Anna Scott left her apartment and dragged her bag three minutes to the train station. She eventually caught her train, the Crescent, claimed a comfortable seat to…
It’s not easy being green, especially when you’re on vacation. First, there is what you can control, but don’t. Vacation takes you off your daily schedule, which has all of your environmentally friendly habits built…
Support companies that do good for people, animals, and the planet. Done Good intentionally selects purpose-driven brands who care about where their items are sourced, and how it impacts their customers, workers, and the world…
Organize a lunchtime screening at work, or have a movie night at a community hall. Here’s a list of documentaries that address single-use plastic pollution.
Join the “choose to refuse” campaign, a global movement spanning 150 countries. Sign up at Plastic Free July for tips, action ideas, and more resources.
A small-scale geothermal heat pump system—often installed to serve a single household—consists of a network of heat-transferring pipes buried four to six feet underground and connecting to an electric-powered pump which concentrates and distributes the…
Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention, but a more inconspicuous instrument is helping to reshape America’s energy economy right now: The humble light bulb. Over the past decade, traditional incandescent bulbs,…
We all understand just how dire the circumstances facing our planet are and that we all need to do our part to stem the tide of climate change. When we look in the mirror, we…
Veganuary, a campaign that started in the U.K. to get people to give up meat and dairy for the month, is in its third year in the U.S., where it's catching on slowly.
