or How Collaborative Communities Can Reduce Global Warming....
Personal Behavior
A New Climate Steps Resource Page – Podcasts
Announcing a new resource page for Climate Steps - Podcasts, which has reviews of 13 informative podcasts in the areas of climate science, how climate change affects us, the all important climate solutions, and then the environment in general. Three of my favorites are: The Mint Climate Change Tracker, which provides an overview of climate … Continue reading A New Climate Steps Resource Page – Podcasts
Stuck at Home, yet Saving the Climate….
Need a list of things you can do to save the planet while stuck at home or in the yard, self-isolating? Well, there's no need to binge-watch shows you aren't interested in. Instead ...
Fuzzy Socks
As I sit huddled in a fluffy robe, unwilling to turn on the boiler yet because it is just too early in the season to turn on the heat (and because it requires moving some stuff in the basement first), I contemplate the many other ways I have and still need to do keep warm. … Continue reading Fuzzy Socks
Recirculating Stuff
After we ourselves "Reuse" something, but before we "Recycle" it, there is a concept we really need to become aware of and do: we need to "Recirculate." In other words.... SCORE!
Climate Steps for the Extreme Beginner
How would I even start doing something about those things? I think I’ll crawl under the covers and hope someone else figures this stuff out. ... But wait!....
Unique (and Downright Strange) Steps towards Zero Waste
The Next Steps in Recycling By Amy Copeland As we dutifully pitch our cardboard, glass, and the sometimes-hard-to-avoid plastic bottles into the recycling bin every week, it can feel like a lot is left over for the trashcan. That does not feel great. But it turns out, a lot more can be recycled that we … Continue reading Unique (and Downright Strange) Steps towards Zero Waste
A Climate Action Course Completed
I am back to writing after a hiatus of two months -- during which I was pretty occupied taking a remote, online course from the University of Michigan. It's title: Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action (https://www.coursera.org/learn/act-on-climate). It was a seven-week course with modules on food, energy, transportation, the built environment, … Continue reading A Climate Action Course Completed
A vegetarian for 25 years – where has that gotten the world?
...far fewer steers than I expected - really? I am the daughter of Texas cattle ranchers; I am quite surprised.
2018 New Year Climate Resolutions
A gathering of ideas from folks in different Facebook groups, and what I am tackling. (Those steps now tackled are in green, those not achieved, in red.) First off, this is my second year throwing myself into climate activism – yes, it all started due to the 2016 election from climate change hell. I realized … Continue reading 2018 New Year Climate Resolutions
Climate Steps taken in 2017
An amazing year, an incredible year, an interesting year – as in the Chinese curse in terms of my workload. It has been wonderful, however, starting up the Climate Steps blog and Facebook group, which are now officially one year and four days old. The Facebook group Climate Steps has turned out pretty cool, and … Continue reading Climate Steps taken in 2017