By Dr. Krista Kurth, 10/11/2021 Dr. Krista Kurth has given us permission to repost her very timely and action-focused blog: https://www.climateactionforeverydaypeople.com/post/now-s-the-moment-to-pressure-global-leaders-to-step-up-their-climate-game Here's what you can do to help up the ante before COP 26 Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash With the Global Climate Conference (COP 26) coming up on October 31, 2021, it’s time … Continue reading Now is the Moment to Pressure Global Leaders to Step Up Their Climate Game.
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The new logos for taking Climate Steps
For the new, next level Climate Steps (aka the version 2.0 that is coming), we have new logos, care of the pro bono work of designer Clare Talbot, of http://www.clarevoyant.com, and our Facebook group's major voting and feedback. One result - a logo series that tells the story of what we are about - reversing … Continue reading The new logos for taking Climate Steps
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The 6th IPCC Report – Share it. Here’s How.
Today, I woke up at 8:00 am to read about the 2021 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report being released: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/climate/climate-change-report-ipcc-un.html. The 14,000 studies behind it yielded a consensus on what many of us in the climate arena expected – we are basically locked in at 1.5 degrees Celsius more warming. We … Continue reading The 6th IPCC Report – Share it. Here’s How.
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Three Practical, Social Climate Steps with Ripple Effects
"....The roadmap to improving perceptions of conservation starts with reminding individuals that their neighbors care about it."
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Public Consultation – Providing Your Input.
By Anshika S. and Annette Olson Known as Public Consultation in the British Commonwealth and in European nations, and often as Public Testimony and/or Commenting in the United States (U.S.), governments around the world that have forms of free speech have processes for seeking public inputs on laws, regulations, and other forms of policy. Climate … Continue reading Public Consultation – Providing Your Input.
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The Three Submarine Engineers – Chapter 3
Now and Next This is the last chapter in the story of three sharp engineers, who decided to make a difference – and write childrens' books. Read the first two episodes if you haven’t yet: …Chapter 1: the story of why [link] and Chapter 2: the how’s of planning children’s books and learning to rhyme … Continue reading The Three Submarine Engineers – Chapter 3
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The Three Submarine Engineers – Chapter 2
Research and Rhyming This is the continuation of an interview with three great people, all submarine engineers, who you can get to know in Chapter 1. [link] Nick, Jon, and Matt You three guys have three planned children's books being developed for hardcopy but already available in audio, with Nick recording and reading most of … Continue reading The Three Submarine Engineers – Chapter 2
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The Three Submarine Engineers
The Three Submarine Engineers: What triggered three Brits to take a very unusual step: Submarine engineers to children’s books authors about the environment? Join us for the fun.
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The Paris Agreement, the USA, and You
It is during such times that we realize the power individuals hold towards determining the future of the world.
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A Tool Library Is a Seed
or How Collaborative Communities Can Reduce Global Warming....
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The Plastic Podcast
Wind up Plastic-Free July by spending some time with us learning what is plastic, its impacts - good and bad - including on climate change, and how to fight plastic pollution throughout the year. Dr. Annette Olson, Founder of Climate Steps and the Lead for Green Neighbors DC, and guest Den Fusso, plastic activist, will … Continue reading The Plastic Podcast
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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
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Why We Must Stop Asking for New Roads
....people don’t behave like water molecules. Whenever a new road is opened, we change our behavior.
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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 ...
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Change Lawns to Actual Life
....cover the one-species grass lawn of death with cardboard, loads of compost, and then mulch. Then plant new native plants in....
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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!
