by Dexter Zapf | Aug 11, 2025 | Article, Community, Cultural Change, Culture Change, Out and about, Outdoors, Outside, survival/adaptation
From Washington, D.C. to Detroit, Michigan, local U.S. organizations are restoring green space, reducing extreme heat, and proving that neighborhood-level action can have climate-scale impact. You step outside, and the heat hits you like a wall. The sun beats...
by Krista Kurth | Aug 17, 2023 | Article, At home, Column - Krista's, Community, Education, Message, Planning, Resources
Use these six main categories of action to guide your next steps. Given the urgency of the climate emergency, we need to all step up our climate action game. As Somini Sengupta, Global Correspondent for Climate at the NYTimes, when asked by others what to do in...
by Krista Kurth | May 30, 2023 | Article, At home, Buildings, Column - Krista's, Community, Energy, Financial, Food, Industry, Investment, Outside, Personal Behavior, Planning, Politics, Stuff, Uncategorized
That is, if everyone, everywhere, acts all at once on Climate. Here’s what you can do. Have you been wondering – or maybe worrying – if it’s possible to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by half by 2030 and to get to net-zero by 2050? While the...
by Krista Kurth | Apr 22, 2023 | Article, At home, Column - Krista's, Culture Change, Message, Personal Behavior, Planning, Resources
Note from Climate Steps Founder and Editor, Dr. Annette Olson: We welcome Dr. Krista Kurth as a regular contributor to Climate Steps. She will be sharing her articles with us, as well as on her own site: https://www.climateactionforeverydaypeople.com/. As you can...
by Shoshana Risman | Feb 6, 2023 | Article, At home, Food, Guest blogger, Minimization/mitigation, Personal Behavior, Plastics, Stuff
An individual reflection on climate steps and actions to combat our contributing to plastic pollution Happy New Year and Happy Lunar New Year! Like many, I am grateful for so much presently in my life, yet I can freeze-up attempting to look-ahead, dreading the...
