Guest blogger: Hugh O’Connor, with Annette Olson Money talks – twice. Take away money from investments that are damaging to the environment, and invest in the growing, green economy, and it results in the same dollar doing double the work. We need to use whatever resources we have, money included, even when in small amounts, … Continue reading Green Investing – the Basics of Mutual and Similar Funds: Know your ESGs…
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
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Your Home
A cause of, and a tool with which to fight climate change
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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.
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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
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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
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Train-ing Ourselves
"What do trains run off of, fuel-wise? " Good question - one that was asked as I was sitting in the dining car on Amtrak's Crescent-line, from Washington DC to Louisiana today. The subject of fuel sources had come up among myself and my two tablemates -- designated by Amtrak to sit with me for … Continue reading Train-ing Ourselves
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How to Offset that Joy of Traveling – the Climate Change Calculator
....which means having my body being blasted off the earth, against gravity, and flown through the air has generated 20 tons of C02.
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196 Science-Lovers and their Climate Change Solutions
An interesting, and very extensive (whew), thread about climate change occurred in a quite large, science-related Facebook group of which I am a part, and I promised the group that I’d sum up the results. What made the thread interesting? A grandmother wondered about how she can protect her kids and grandkids from climate change-caused … Continue reading 196 Science-Lovers and their Climate Change Solutions
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Taking Climate Steps – Specifically
I intend to “bring an LED light bulb to any situation where I would normally bring a bottle of wine.” Annika.
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oh, and the Muppets...
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Chocolate, Coffee, and Climate
New Year’s Climate Resolutions
Okay - now is the time that people are making their lists for how they are going to have a better year, and, hopefully, help the planet. Here are some to consider, and what I plan to tackle...It is what Facebook moments are meant for...
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Christmas Climate Steps
I realize I am writing this a little late – how can Christmas be in four days?? ..... I wanted to quickly dash off some Christmas climate steps, such as things that one can give others for Xmas and give yourself, that will help prevent our world from warming. In other words, help keep that snow around for Xmas.
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Sending the Climate Message
How can we both do good and simultaneously send a message to the world? I have been working on renovating my house lately to make it green, but that is a quiet kindof progress, and doesn’t shout to the world, or cause others to join the movement. Here’s what could:
