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Actions To Take

“Since I realized that global warming posed a threat to my children’s — all children’s’ — health and well-being, one of my most rewarding discoveries has been that our voices and votes really matter to our elected officials. I’d thought that we just needed to make lifestyle changes, like recycling. However, I learned that the scale and urgency of the climate crisis is so great that the only way to effectively tackle the problem is to change our polices. Our elected officials make those policies. Talking to our elected officials is an act of parental responsibility. Voting is an act of love.” 

​ -Dr. Sarah Warren, speaker, coach and consultant, founder Our Spheres of Influence. ClimateMama, October, 2016

“[I fight] so that future generations will have the resources and assets they need to survive on a planet that’s being destroyed every day.” 
— Miriam Miranda, leader in the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH) which defends indigenous land rights and natural resources


"Change begins in the individual lives of countless people when they no longer accept existing conditions as inevitable."
-Tom Hayden, social justice activist and former California senator


LESS REALLY IS MORE!

  • Adopt an Earth friendly diet
    • Eat Less Meat
    • Promote Food Justice
    • Cut Food Waste
  • Be an Issues Voter and a Letter writer
  • Support Sustainable Fisheries
  • Support Sustainable Agriculture
  • Support Policies that Lower Emissions
  • Choose Smaller Families
  • Consume Less
  • Environmentally friendly household products
  • Reduce waste, reuse goods, recycle
  • Drive and fly less and more efficiently
  • Conserve Energy
  • Conserve Water
  • Drive Less and Drive Green
  • Green Your Home
    • Keep Cool Without Climate Costs
    • Weatherize For Wildlife
    • Home Energy Checklist
    • Go Solar
  • Plant Native Plants wherever you can,
  • Plant Trees
  • Reduce Plastic Pollution in out Oceans and Beyond
  • Shop More Sustainably:
    • Three Tips For Sustainable Fashion Shopping
    • How to Shop Sustainably~LOFTy Shopping is Local, Organic, and Fairtrade
    • How to Shop More Sustainably
    • Check Labels for Pesticide Free and Organic Practices
    • Boycott products that endanger wildlife.
    • Go #Plastic Free
    • Make sure big purchases have environmental benefits;
    • Think Twice Before Shopping;
“The environment is not a component of our life. We are a component of the environment, If all insects die, life really stops in this planet. If humans die, life flourishes.” For him, knowing not only how textiles are made but also how they break down is more important than ever. Each year, humans create 85 million metric tons of textiles while sending more than 11 million tons of textile waste to landfills."
Majid Sarmadi, Rothermel Bascom Professor in the School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
RESOURCES
  • The Years Project is an Action Tool Kit for the Climate Movement.updated weekly with action you can support.
  • 5 Gyres: Working to Restore Healthy, Plastic Free Oceans whose motto is" Less Plastic, More Ocean".
  • Zero Waste Home
  • Why We Need to Rethink Plastic, and Soon "Every little bit counts, and that's where we have to start."
  • How Much Garbage Can the Planet Hold? Read why "less is more".
  • United Nations and Climate Change www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/climate-change/index.html Acting on climate change is everyone's responsibility. Here are ways to do your part.
  • Why I Care About Climate Change An entire series, featuring experts from around the world, answering the question of "Why I Care"  in small 2 minute segments.

THE NATURAL STEP: CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET

The Natural Step Framework Explained in 2 Minutes

The Natural Step Framework  has been renamed the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD).  It  is a simple science-based tool for analyzing the complex issues associated with sustainable development.. It was developed in Sweden to help that country move toward greater economic and environmental health based in a  stewardship model, Swedish change makers reached out to the U.S. to find early adopters willing to learn the language and practice that was working well for Sweden, and adapt the model for an American audience.  It provides a means of developing practical solutions for businesses, government bodies, policy-makers, individuals and communities.. Local communities are using this framework to make a difference locally.  Check them out.

In Dane County you can learn about the Natural Step efforts and study circles through Sustain Dane.
  • The Natural Step - Madison
  • The Natural Step -International

A PEOPLE ORIENTATION TO A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY:PROTECT, REPAIR, INVEST, AND TRANSFORM

 A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy: Protect, Repair, Invest and Transform of the Indigenous Environmental Network guides our planet collectively into a sustainable future, wherein Indigenous sovereignty and values are front and center.. It A has 14 Planks entailing over 80 policy ideas.  "Indigenous Principles of Just Transition is our platform for any economic policy including green New Deal, which will lead us into a Regenerative Economy, reorienting us away from the colonized frames that, while sometimes well intentioned, only replicate the problems we are seeking to solve"..   

The fourteen planks  are deeply intertwined and should be held as a collective framework to achieve a Regenerative Economy. The planks are organized starting with a focus on championing human rights and dignity, moving into infrastructure shifts for a Regenerative Economy, and ending with how we can resource these solutions.  .
OTHER BASIC ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE

Earth Day and Everyday, What you can do...The EARTHDAY.ORG’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet. 
  • United States Must Act On Climate Change-Petition: Inaction on climate change is not an option. The United States needs to honor our commitments to global climate action, and we must move climate action forward here at home, too. We cannot remain silent and wait for things to change. We must cut our carbon emissions today.  
  • Calculate Your Personal Carbon Footprint
  • Earth Day 2023 Action Toolkit
  • Sustainable Business Toolkit
  • The Great Global Cleanup Toolkit
  • Plastic Pollution Primer and Action Toolkit
  • Volunteer Toolkits
  • Climate and Environmental Literacy Campaign Action Toolkit (also in Spanish)
  • Higher Education Toolkit (Lesson Plans and Sample Syllabi)
  • Individual Action Toolkit, with a focus on Plastics, Sustainable Fashion, Climate Literacy, and Individual Action supporting collective action.
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Learn more and stay informed:
  • The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) provides a basic overview of global warming, its causes, and its impacts.
  • Subscribe to Climate Connections, a daily public radio series, to hear stories about how climate change is impacting our lives and what diverse people and organizations are doing about it (produced by Yale Climate Connections, formerly Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media).
  • Climate Wisconsin: an educational multimedia project featuring stories of climate change.
  • Climate Policy Tool Kit  from Resources For The Future that includes policy tools the US federal government can use to reduce emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases
    • Federal Climate Policy 101: Reducing Emissions
    • Federal Climate Policy 102: Economy-Wide Policies
    • Federal Climate Policy 103: The Power Sector
    • Federal Climate Policy 104: The Transportation Sector
    • Federal Climate Policy 105: The Industrial Sector
    • Federal Climate Policy 106: The Buildings Sector
    • Federal Climate Policy 107: Land Use, Forestry, and Agriculture
    • Federal Climate Policy 108: The Oil and Gas Industry

Reduce Your Own Carbon Emissions:
  • The David Suzuki Foundation provides additional suggestions on how to cut your own emissions.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – What You Can Do includes a tool to calculate your carbon footprint and provides personalized suggestions for reducing your emissions.

Become a Citizen Scientist:
  • Volunteer with Earth Watch to work with climate scientists.
  • The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology C3 Project helps people get involved as “citizen scientists” documenting and understanding the local impacts of climate change.

Take Political Action:
  • The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Action Center provides tools and information to take a variety of political actions online and offline.
  • Citizens Climate Lobby arms citizens with the information, skills and opportunities to lobby Congress, state and local officials, and other leaders.
  • 350.org connects activists and organizes climate actions big and small around the world

ARTICLES


"Hello From the Year 2050. We Avoided the Worst of Climate Change — But Everything Is Different", Bill McKibben, Time.co
September 12, 2019

CONTACT

Helen Klebesadel
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Mary Kay Neumann
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© 2020 Helen R. Klebesadel & Mary Kay Neumann
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