Act Now
Focus on the climate your children will inherit
Pon tu granito de arena en el clima de tus niños
- Walk and bike more, drive less
- Work from home if you can
- Meet virtually more, fly and commute less
- Combine shopping trips, errands, deliveries, and pickups
- Remote-Learn more, attend classes less
- Think about ditching your SUV for an electric or hybrid car
- Switch bulbs to LEDs to save money and electricity
- Turn out lights when leaving a room
- Set thermostat a few degrees lower in winter, higher in summer
- Consider solar panels or a geothermal pump
- Upgrade your windows to cut down drafts and heat loss
- Use power strips to turn TVs on and off
- Buy less plastic, especially single-use items
- Take cloth totes when you shop
- Drink more water, less cow’s milk
- Eat more grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits, less red meat
- Microwave more, cook in gas oven less
- Go all-electric for kitchens
- Run dishwasher only for full loads
- Turn water-heater temperature down
- Buy fewer, sturdier (gently used) clothes and wear them longer
- Learn to mend
- Wash fewer, fuller, cooler loads in washing machine
- Dry clothes outside if you can
- Vote for climate-aware local, state, and national candidates
- Call/Write/Email your Senators and Representatives to support climate policies
- Share concerns about climate change with family, friends, and neighbors
- Form or join a local activist group advocating for climate action
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