Calls to Action

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Table of Contents

• What Are YOU Doing To Tackle Climate Change? Four Stories From Our Listeners
• Is My Lawn Bad for the Climate?
• Make Biking Cool (Again)!
• Holy Sh*t, the U.S. Just Got Serious About Climate Change!
• What's the Most Climate-Friendly Way to Use My Land? A HTSAP House Call
• Air Conditioned Stadiums. Cruise Ships. New Hotels. Can the World Cup in Qatar Really Be Carbon Neutral?
• Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?
• Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Helps You Find Your Climate Superpower
• Meet The Influencer Who Wants You To Buy LESS Stuff
• When ‘Electrify Everything’ Means Quitting Your Desk Job and Getting Your Hands Dirty
• Why Is It So Hard To Fix Our Electronics, And What Can We Do About It?
• Feeling Doomed? How to Tackle Climate Anxiety
• Canvassing for Climate Action: Here’s How to Make it Work

• Bringing Climate Change to the Frontlines: The Fight to Get Militaries to Go Green

• Mind Your Mines: The Push to Make Mining Safer and Cleaner
• Waste, Worms and Windrows: Domingo Morales’ Quest to Make Compost Cool
• Are The Coral Reefs Really Doomed?
• Fast Fashion’s Dirty Little Secret (Hint: It’s Oil)
• What’s it Like to Work at Exxon – and Then Quit?
• How Adam McKay Got Climate Change on the Big Screen
• A Storm is Brewing. Is it Climate Change?
• How Oil Companies Greenwash (and the Campaign to Make Them Stop)
• Electrify This! 
• What’s Your 2022 Climate Resolution?
• The Evangelical Christians Taking On Climate Change
• The Earth Gets Let Off the Balance Sheet. Let’s Fix That
• We Go Inside the COP26 Climate Talks
• The Small Island Nations that Got Big Action on Climate
• Help Build Back Better Be Better On Climate: Update from HTSAP
• Sheep + Solar, A Love Story
• Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Says The Outdoors Is for Everyone
• How TV Weathercasters Went From Climate Skeptics to Champions
• We Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis Without Gender Equality. We’ll Prove It To You.
• How We Got Our Grid and How We Get a Better One
• The Unexpected Idea to Get Coal Off the Grid
• The Shareholders Vs. Exxon
• Are My Retirement Savings Invested in Fossil Fuels?? Help!
• Climate Change is Driving Migration. Could Smarter Ag Help?
• The Origin Story of the Blue New Deal
• How Amazon Workers Got Serious About Climate (and How You Can, too)
• Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’?
• Listener Mail: Is Renewable Natural Gas a Scam?
• Where’s Our Climate Anthem?
• The Fight to Stop Oil Pipelines: “For Water. For Treaties. For Climate.”
• The Beef with Beef
• Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?
• Solving a Rooftop Solar Mystery, and What’s a Nurdle?
• Kelp Farming, for the Climate, (Part 2)
• Kelp Farming, for the Climate, (Part 1)
• Party Like It’s 2035
• The Tribe that's Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis
• Recycling! Is It BS?
• Meet Your New Climate Czar
• Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution
• Answering Your Tree-Mail (and Nuclear Questions
• Breaking Buildings’ Addiction to Fossil Fuels
• Should We Go Nuclear?
• If Miami Will Be Underwater, Why Is Construction Booming?
• Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here’s How
• Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?
• How Much Does the President Matter for the Climate?
• Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas
• Fighting Fire with Fire
• How 2020 Became a Climate Election
• Making Republicans Environmentalists Again
• Black Lives Matter and the Climate
• Unnatural Disasters
• 20 Million Trees
• The Green Wave
• The Witch of Wind
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Am I The (Climate) A**hole?

• Better understand how much electricity the various appliances in your home are using. Check out this electricity calculator, to tell you how much electricity you’re using and how much it will cost you depending on where you are within the U.S.
• If you're in the market for a new heat pump, check out this Forbes article to get a better understanding of cost.
• Check out this video from This Old House to understand how heat pumps work.
• Also check out The Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.

What Are YOU Doing To Tackle Climate Change? Four Stories From Our Listeners

• Do your climate action Venn diagram! You can find a template and other resources here. Send us pictures of your Venn diagram – and when you take action, tell us about that too!

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Is My Lawn Bad for the Climate?

• Check out the Guide to Passing Wildlife-Friendly Property Maintenance Ordinances from the National Wildlife Federation.
• Ready to tear out your grass lawn? Your state’s university extension service or a local non-profit probably have tips. See examples here from Maryland and Colorado.

Make Biking Cool (Again)! 

• Go for a bike ride. if it's been awhile since you've ridden a bike, go ride a bike - it's ok to take it slow.
• If you can't ride a bike, Learn to Ride A Bike. In the United States,  The League of American Cyclists has resources on where you can find classes. Bike shops and a quick search through your favorite search engine are also great ways to find classes. For people with disabilities,  iCan Bike an offshoot of the nonprofit iCanShine offers 5 day bike camps around the United States. If you're willing to try on your own, Bicycling Magazine has a guide.
• Push for better bike infrastructure. People for Bikes has an online "Advocacy Academy," on how to advocate for better bike infrastructure. The whole series is worth watching but we especially want to highlight two videos: Making a Better Bike Lane and Slow Streets are Safe Streets. The League of American Cyclists also has advocacy tools, Bicycling magazine also published this advocacy guide.
• Dig into your auto club. If you have an auto club membership, like AAA, make sure they are supporting cycling.  According to news reports AAA has lobbied against public transit and cycling infrastructure. If you're a member, reach out to let them know you're pro cycling.  If you're looking to jump ship altogether - there are alternatives. You can try contacting your auto insurance for roadside assistance or try a third party like Better World Club. They, like AAA, also offer roadside assistance for bikes.

Holy Sh*t, the U.S. Just Got Serious About Climate Change!

• If you’re listening to this before the House of Representatives has passed the Inflation Reduction Act - call your member of Congress! You can find information on how to call and sample scripts at Call4Climate.com.
• Interested in the Sunrise Movement? You can check them out at sunrisemovement.org. They’re training organizers this fall for two new campaigns: The Green New Deal for Communities, and the Green New Deal for Schools.
• If your politics lean more conservative and you’re thinking, “Hang on, why did zero Republicans vote for major climate action?” check out the American Conservation Coalition. They’re focused on convincing Republican office-holders to take climate change seriously.
• A little older? Maybe headed towards retirement? Check out the new group Third Act started by the journalist and activist Bill McKibben.
• Look around in your community! Who’s running for town council or the state legislature – or the public utility commission? Ask them where they stand on climate. And if you like what they stand for – get involved!

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What's the Most Climate-Friendly Way to Use My Land? A HTSAP House Call

• If you want to learn more about regenerative agriculture, check out the Soil Health Institute, this blog post from the World Resources Institute, and our episode Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution
• The Farm Bill (the big bill that lays out agricultural subsidies in the US) is up for a new version in 2023. If you think the US should offer more incentives to encourage regenerative agriculture, reach out to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees and let them know!
• If you’re interested in conservation, get to know your local land trust, watershed council, or other conservation organizations and find a way to get involved! They likely have volunteer opportunities, educational programming, activities like tours and hikes, and exciting conservation projects that need your help.

Air Conditioned Stadiums. Cruise Ships. New Hotels. Can the World Cup in Qatar Really Be Carbon Neutral?

• Check out the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative’s handy guide to carbon offsets.

• Curious about the carbon offsets offered by airlines these days? Find out more about where that money is actually going with these guides from Business Traveller and The Points Guy.

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Spark Tank! How Do We Solve the Energy Storage Problem?

• Learn more about energy storage

• Pumped Hydro
• Compressed Air
• Molten Salts
• And for a really wild one: check out Energy Vault

• Learn more about our electric grid, with our episodes How We Got our Grid and How We Get a Better One and Party Like It’s 2035
• We still want to see your climate Venn diagrams! For inspiration, check out ClimateVenn.info. Post your diagram to Instagram and tag us at @how2saveaplanet. We’ll be reposting examples listeners share with us!

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Helps You Find Your Climate Superpower

• Make your own climate action Venn diagram! Trying to figure out what you can do to address climate change? Make your own climate action Venn diagram! Ask yourself: What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? And what brings you joy? “This is an invitation,” Ayana says. “Find your role, if you haven't already… Averting climate catastrophe: this is the work of our lifetimes.”

• Need inspiration? Check out climatevenn.info for simple instructions, a template, and examples of climate action Venn diagrams other people have made.

• When you’re done – tell us about it! Post your Venn diagram to Instagram and tag Ayana at @ClimateVenn – plus tag us at @how2saveaplanet. We’ll be reposting examples listeners share with us!
• Have you used a climate action Venn diagram to inspire your own climate work? Tell us about it! Send us a voice memo via our Listener Mail Form. We might use it in a future episode!

Meet The Influencer Who Wants You To Buy LESS Stuff

• If you see something you want to buy, wait. Put it on a wishlist and revisit it later. Some desires may fade slower than others, but she found during her no-buy year that almost all of those desires faded eventually.

• Before you buy something, think about what it will look like in 6 months. What will an article of clothing look like after it's been washed 10 times? What will a lipstick look like when it’s covered in bronzer dust at the bottom of your bag?

• Revel in what you already have. If you want to buy clothes, dress up in something you already own and love. If you want to buy makeup, play with your own collection. Chances are, you already have something similar, or can have a similar experience to buying something new.

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When ‘Electrify Everything’ Means Quitting Your Desk Job and Getting Your Hands Dirty

• Become an electrician!

https://www.necanet.org/ 

http://www.electricaltrainingalliance.org/ 

https://www.ibew.org/Join-the-IBEW 

https://electricalschool.org/non-union-appenticeships/ 

• Are you an electrician? Become Nate’s instructor at Community College. Here’s where to apply:

https://peraltaccd.peopleadmin.com/postings/5588 

https://peraltaccd.peopleadmin.com/postings/5974 

Why Is It So Hard To Fix Our Electronics, And What Can We Do About It?

• Read up on the "Freedom to Repair Act", the proposed federal right to repair bill.
• Talk to your state or federal representatives (or both) about supporting Right to Repair legislation. Visit yourstatename.repair.org (i.e. california.repair.org or montana.repair.org) to locate your reps and learn more about state actions.
• Have an old phone gathering dust? Check out websites like Backmarket or Swappa.  There you can sell your old phone — our first call to action that might earn you some cash — extending its life. You can also try donating it in your community. Domestic violence shelters in particular sometimes have a need for old phones.

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Feeling Doomed? How to Tackle Climate Anxiety

• If you’re looking for climate related mental health treatment, the Climate Psychology Alliance has a directory of climate-aware therapists in North America and the UK
• If you’re looking to connect with others over climate anxiety, check out some Climate Cafe directories here and here, or search “my city + climate cafe” to find one near you. If you want to host your own Climate Cafe, here’s a discussion guide. The Good Grief Network and Climate Awakening also host virtual ways to connect.
• If you want to try some of the mindfulness techniques that Britt mentioned as a way of stretching your window of tolerance, check out the Free Mindfulness Project and Headspace
• If you want to check out Britt’s work on climate anxiety, you can subscribe to her substack Gen Dread or check out her book Generation Dread

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Canvassing for Climate Action: Here’s How to Make it Work

• If you want to give deep canvassing a try, check out the West Kootenay Eco Society, Knock Every Door, and the People’s Action Campaign
• If there isn’t a deep canvassing campaign near you, but there’s a local organization you think could use the technique, reach out to them and the New Conversation Initiative, who helped the West Kootenay Eco Society develop their script

Bringing Climate Change to the Frontlines: The Fight to Get Militaries to Go Green

• Check out militaryemissions.org, it’s a website dedicated to putting an end to the discrepancies in today’s military emissions reports.
• If you are in the US military and looking for ways to make a difference, check out the US Army Environmental Command, whose goal is to provide environmental solutions for the Army and the nation as a whole. You can read more about what they do, internship opportunities, and upcoming events. Mind Your Mines: The Push to Make Mining Safer and Cleaner

• The U.S. Department of the Interior is working to strengthen mining regulations. In the coming months, you can provide public comment on these efforts and make your voice heard!
• Check out this map of mines—past, present and proposed—from the U.S. Geological Survey. So many mines!

Waste, Worms and Windrows: Domingo Morales’ Quest to Make Compost Cool

• If you have food scraps…compost them!

• Domingo recommends finding your local food scrap drop off to start – just separate your waste, freeze it so it doesn’t smell, and bring it to a drop off bin
• If you want to learn how to compost at home, check out: the Compost Power Instagram, the EPA, and SodGod for your classic aerobic compost pile, and Loop Closing to learn about worm bins
• And if you’re already composting, share it with the people around you

Are The Coral Reefs Really Doomed?

• One of the things that Dr. Julia Baum concluded is that we need to attack the root causes of coral bleaching:focusing on the bigger issue of climate change by getting rid of greenhouse gases and transitioning to a carbon-free economy. And as a solutions-oriented climate change podcast, we’re all about that… in fact, we have a master list of solutions and Calls To Action that we’ve pointed to in the past. If you’re interested in food, politics, infrastructure, energy — we’ve got suggestions for how to get involved. Check it out!
• If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy An Origin Story of the Blue New Deal, Presenting: Ologies Dives into Coral or Presenting: TED Radio Hour — An SOS from the Ocean.
• Finally, if you’re specifically interested in coral, you can pick up Dr. Dave Vaughan’s book, Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet — or check out Dr. Julia Baum’s study about how she saw corals survive the massive marine heat wave on Christmas.

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Fast Fashion’s Dirty Little Secret (Hint: It’s Oil)

• Try the Fashion Detox, it's a 10 week break from buying clothes with deep reflection.
• Learn How to Buy Clothes that are Built to Last
• Check out the Guppy Friend washing bag
• Learn more about Extended Producer Responsibility regulations. You can see what is happening in the UK here, and about the concept more broadly here.
• You can check out FabScrap to learn more about what they're doing around textile waste.
• And Cora Harrington told us about a legendary fabric that nobody knows how to make anymore. You  can learn about the efforts to bring it back here.

What’s it Like to Work at Exxon – and Then Quit?

• Check out the Blue Green Alliance and the Just Transition Fund for ways to support a Just Transition in the US

• Read Dar-Lon’s profile in Inside Climate News

How Adam McKay Got Climate Change on the Big Screen

• Show us your Climate Venn Diagrams!
• And just for fun, a list of all the movies we mention in the episode:

• Don’t Look Up
• The Day After Tomorrow
• Waterworld
• Snowpiercer
• The Tomorrow War
• Solarbabies
• The Ice Storm
• Breaking the Waves
• Hoosiers
• The Mighty Ducks

A Storm is Brewing. Is it Climate Change?

• For climate scientists like Peter Stott and Fredi Otto to produce accurate global climate models, they need weather data. But a lot of that weather data is still locked away in these handwritten records from the 1800s, especially ships’ logs… so, if you want to rescue that data, you can help transcribe old rain and temperature logs! Check out Weather Rescue for more.
• If an extreme weather event linked to climate change occurs near you, talk to your friends and family about the way that climate change is affecting the weather they’re experiencing. One of the goals of Peter and Fredi’s work is to help get climate science into the conversation – and that only works if people HAVE that conversation. People like you!

How Oil Companies Greenwash (and the Campaign to Make Them Stop)

• If you’re an ad professional, you can consider signing onto the Clean Creatives Pledge or even push your company to sign the pledge as well. You can learn more about the pledge here.
• If you work for a company that is a client of the influential PR firm Edelman, Clean Creatives is running a campaign to get Edelman clients to pressure the company to drop their fossil fuel work. Learn more about the #EdelmanDropExxon campaign here.
• Check out Ads Not Fit To Print, a campaign pressuring publications to stop running fossil fuel ads.
• To learn more, read How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil and check out Client Earth’s The Greenwashing Files. If you want to go even deeper check out this review paper Climate Change Disinformation and How to Combat It.

Electrify This!

• Want to learn more about any of the four alternative energy technologies we discussed in this episode? Check out some of the resources and organizations our experts mentioned:

• Oregon State University's wave energy testing site

• The Detroit Zoo’s biodigester updates (plus, this NPR segment on the Brooklyn wastewater treatment site Alex mentioned, and the EPA’s list of far digester projects)

• Adam Boesel’s Green Microgym initiative

• Miguel Wattson on Twitter

• Researching and investing in alternative energy technologies…it’s important, but it’s just one step in getting us on the path to renewables. Actually implementing those technologies requires us to rethink our electricity grid and how it works. For more, check out our episodes Party Like It’s 2035 and How We Got Our Grid – And How We Get a Better One.

• That’s not the only thing you can do to get electrification on the right track. We also know multiple cities are already aiming to run on 100% renewable energy…we’ve got a map of those cities, so you can see their action plans, or even join a local campaign. And if you want to start at home, we’ll also link to a handy guide on how to electrify everything in your house…from your lightbulbs to your heat pump.

• Finally, you can check out organizations like Grid Alternatives, which works to get solar power to underserved communities, or the Footprint Project, which helps people affected by natural disasters across renewable energy sources as they recover. That way, no one gets left behind in the energy transition.

The Evangelical Christians Taking On Climate Change

• If you’re a Christian listener and you want to bring the conversation about climate change to your church, check out these resources and a bible study from YECA, as well as Katharine Hayhoe’s website.
• Check out Katharine Hayhoe’s new book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.
• Abigail recommends reading Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis, and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
• Check out our episode Trying to Talk to Your Family About Climate Change? Here’s How. for tips on having conversations with people you disagree with.

What’s Your 2022 Climate Resolution?

• Set your climate action New Years Resolution! If you’re not sure what to do, try making the climate action Venn diagram we talked about in the episode, Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?!. And once you’ve set one, send us a voice memo about it here!

The Earth Gets Let Off the Balance Sheet. Let’s Fix That

• Check out the Doughnut Economics Action Lab to learn more about the work that Kate Raworth and her colleagues are trying to accomplish, or even how to try to bring some of that doughnut economics thinking to your community.
• Read the study that found that wealthy countries drained poorer countries of their wealth.
• Learn more about how increasingly, at least some researchers think, We’re Talking About The Cost Of Climate Change All Wrong or by watching Kate Raworth's Ted Talk.

We Go Inside the COP26 Climate Talks

• How do you get better results at the UN climate talks? By taking action at home! And if your home is the U.S., there’s a particularly effective action you can take right now: Call Congress! Yes, we know, we’ve said it before. But lawmakers are still, right this very moment, debating the “Build Back Better” plan, which includes major investments in renewable energy, electric vehicles and more — and would get the U.S. much closer to meeting its pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030. Not sure how to call? Check out call4climate.com where you can find contact information for your representatives and simple scripts to help when you call.
• Want to learn more? For more on the history of COPs, the Paris Agreement, and the 1.5°C goal check out our episode, “The Small Island Nations that Got Big Action on Climate”

The Small Island Nations that Got Big Action on Climate

Calls to action:

• Call Congress! Right now, the U.S. Congress is debating whether to pass major climate legislation. Scientists have warned that to keep warming below 1.5 °C, the world needs to cut carbon emissions 45% below 2010 levels by 2030. The U.S. Congress is currently considering legislation that’s (mostly!) in line with those goals – but lawmakers face pressure to water it down. If you’ve ever thought about calling your member of Congress, now is the time! Not sure how? You can find contact information for your representatives and ideas for simple scripts to help you call at Call4Climate.com
• This article from the Guardian has more information on what’s currently in the climate package being considered (but keep an eye on the news - it’s changing all the time!). You can find the full breakdown from the White House here.
• For more tips for calling lawmakers (and to hear Alex and Ayana model how to do it!) check out our episode, Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’?
• Check out the Global Day of Action during COP26. Want to make your voice heard during COP26? Check out the Global Day of Action on Nov. 6, with events and rallies all over the world.

Learn More:

• For more on former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, check out the great documentary The Island President, which follows him through the Copenhagen climate talks.
• The documentary Guardians of the Earth follows several advocates, including Prof. Saleemul Huq, through COP21 in Paris.
• Want to learn more about the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of warming? You can read the original 2018 IPCC special report (there’s a handy summary for policymakers!). Kendra recommends this New York Times article highlighting some of the key findings: Why Half a Degree of Global Warming is a Big Deal
• Curious how far we still need to go? The UN just released its Emissions Gap Report indicating we’re currently on track for 2.7°C warming. Yikes!

Help Build Back Be Better on Climate: Update from HTSAP

Calls to action:

If you are in West Virginia:

• Call Senator Joe Manchin’s office at 202.224.3954, tell them what part of West Virginia you are from and let them know that we need to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees celsius.
• Check out the publications and research being done by The West Virginia School of Law on Energy and Sustainable Development. They have great information on how West Virginia can move to a clean economy and the effects it will have on jobs, health, and race. Read them here!
• There are tons of activists and organizations who are currently on the ground leading the movement to make West Virginia a better place. Check out some of these organizations: WV Climate Alliance, WV Rivers Coalition, WV Citizen Action Group, Sierra Club of WV, Race Matters WV, Young WV, Rise Up WV

If you aren’t in West Virginia:

• Call your members of Congress and demand serious action on climate change. Check out this handy guide from Fossil Free Media, at call4climate.com. They’ve got simple instructions and an easy script to help make your voice heard.

Sheep + Solar, A Love Story

• If you are a sheep grazer looking to get into solar, or a solar developer in search of a good shepherd, check out the American Solar Grazing Association’s website for resources.
• You can learn about the blueberry work that Lily Calderwood from the University of Maine is working on here, and theUniversity of Massachusetts Extension's program work with cranberry and solar panels here.
• Judy St. Leger's farm is  Dutch Barn Farm,  Lexie Hain's solar grazing business is  Agrovoltaic Solutions,  the solar company that Keith Hevnor works for is Nexamp, Byron Kominek's is Jack's Solar Garden. If you're in Colorado, you can arrange to tour Jack's Solar Garden.
• Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced funding for a new to optimized design for “agrivoltaic” systems. It's a four year project that you can learn more about here

Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia Says The Outdoors Is for Everyone

• There are tons of activists, educators, and meetup groups working to diversify the outdoors. Check out all the groups listed on Melanin Basecamp, the activists and influencers from Diversify Outdoors, this list of LGBTQ+ outdoors leaders and organizations, and map of LGBTQ+ outdoors meetup groups. Maybe you’ll find someone to go on a hike with!
• Check out the Job Board that Pattie put together – if you’re a queer person looking for work in the outdoors, you can add yourself to the list, and if you’re hiring for outdoors workers, you can put the job posting there!
• Draw your Climate Action Venn Diagram – what are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? What brings you joy? Pattie’s work is a great example of finding a climate action unique to you at the center of that venn diagram. If you’re not sure what this is, check out our episode Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?
• And finally...go outside! Touch grass! Send us pictures if you do.

How TV Weathercasters Went From Climate Skeptics to Champions

• Show some love to broadcast meteorologists — tweet at them when you see they are talking about climate change and ask them to do more of it! And if they AREN’T talking about climate change, encourage them to join their colleagues.
• Check out the free climate reporting masterclass taught by meteorologist Dr. James Shepherd. He’s former president of the American Meteorological Society, and host of the TV show and podcast, Weather Geeks. In the class, you’ll learn to understand the difference between weather and climate and how current science attributes extreme weather events to climate change.

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We Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis Without Gender Equality. We’ll Prove It To You.

• Elevate the work and the threats facing environmental defenders. Normally, we would caution against being a social media activist. But many of these leaders are at risk because of corporate interests and power, and the threats fly under the radar. Amplifying the risks they are facing can actually make a real difference. Global Witness is one organization you can check out to see what risks they are facing and how to draw attention to them, while the news outlet MongaBay has an ongoing series on what they call, "Endangered Environmentalists."
• Vote for Women. Or if you are a woman, consider running for office yourself.  Dr. Christina Ergas reminded us that support for women climate leaders should extend to the ballot box, to voting for women, especially women of color, in all sorts of races from city councils to state legislatures to Capitol Hill and the White House. If you're considering running for office, there are several groups that want to help you!

• Emily's List (one of the oldest organizations focused on helping Democratic women and non-binary people fun for office)
• She Should Run (which helps women regardless of political affiliation)
• Higher Heights (focused on helping Black Women run for office)
• Matriarch (focused on helping progressive women run for office)
• She the people (focused on helping women of color run for office)
• Run For Something (focused on helping young, diverse, progressive people, regardless of gender, run for office)

• Dr. Anne Karpf reminded us to make sure that we’re engaging in collective action – which is far more effective than individual gestures. She recommended campaigns like EarthJustice’s Clean Air campaign, and the #PaidToPollute campaign that’s taking on the British government – the very same government who’ll be hosting COP26 in a couple of months – to get them to stop subsidizing oil and gas production.
• Stay informed with the Women's Environmental Development Organization’s Gender Climate Tracker. They even have an app. So if this episode left wanting to know more about the intersection between gender and climate, it's an easy way to have easy access to the latest information on this critical topic.

How We Got Our Grid and How We Get a Better One

Call to Action

• The infrastructure bill has $73 billion proposed to update our electricity grid so that it will be ready for more renewable energy. Let your legislators know that you think it’s important! Visit call4climate.com for more information and a script to help you with the call.
  

Learn More

• Check out Gretchen Bakke’s book The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and our Energy Future – here’s an excerpt
• Check out the Edison Tech Center’s tour through the history of light
• Read this article on the War of the Currents between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla
• Read this report on grid resilience in the transition to renewables
• Read this post to learn more about microgrids

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The Unexpected Idea to Get Coal Off the Grid

• Pick up your phone and call4climate.com right now. It's a pretty straightforward (and potentially quite powerful) thing that all of our listeners can do. So, call your representative and say ‘hey, I want this clean electricity standard and I want this climate bill to pass!’ There’s a sample script online and it takes just a few minutes. As Alex has said, now is the time: “We have this potentially historic piece of legislation in front of us, it is this generation’s sort of clean water act or clean air act. It could be the thing that sets us on course for the next many decades.”

The Shareholders Vs. Exxon

• Understand and track the issues that shareholders raise via shareholder resolutions – check out Ceres’ Climate and Sustainability Shareholder Resolutions Database, which tracks shareholder resolutions focused on the climate crisis, energy, water scarcity, and sustainability reporting, and the shareholder resolutions filed by As You Sow, the shareholder advocacy group who runs FossilFreeFunds.org.
• If you own stock in a company directly (not in a mutual fund), you can vote on that company’s proxy ballot. Find out what resolutions are coming up for vote – the Proxy Review offers an annual pre-season guide.
• If you’re invested in mutual funds or ETFs (e.g. via your 401k) understand how votes are being cast on your behalf by asset managers that offer those funds. ShareAction, MajorityAction, Ceres, Morningstar and others profile asset managers’ climate-related proxy voting. Contact your asset manager encouraging them to vote in support of climate-focused resolutions.
• Check out The Sunrise Project’s campaign BlackRock’s Big Problem.

Learn More

• Read Larry Fink’s 2020 and 2021 Letters to CEOs, and BlackRock’s report on their sustainability actions for 2020.
• Read The Sunrise Project’s report on how investing trends threaten climate goals.
• Read Boris Khentov’s op-ed Why Index Funds Should Tell Us How They’re Voting.

Are My Retirement Savings Invested in Fossil Fuels?? Help!

• First, if you do have a retirement account — find out what you’re invested in! You can go to FossilFreeFunds.org and plug in the names of the funds in your portfolio. They’ll give you a breakdown of the fossil fuel exposure you have right now.
• Then: Demand better! If you want to go fossil fuel free and you have a retirement account at work that doesn’t offer good options, tell your HR department that you want climate-friendly or fossil fuel free funds added to your retirement plan. The shareholder advocacy group As You Sow put together a 401(k) Toolkit with advice for getting fossil fuel free options added to your retirement plan, and Green Century also created a handy guide.
• You can do the same if you have an individual retirement account. Tell your asset manager you want high-quality fossil fuel free investing options. The more they hear from their customers, the more seriously they take these things!
• And...keep calling Congress! The Senate is currently debating key climate policies, including a clean electricity standard, which we talked about in our episode, Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’? So now is a great time to call your members of Congress and demand serious action on climate change. You can use our tips or check out this handy guide from Fossil Free Media, at call4climate.com. They’ve got simple instructions and an easy script to help make your voice heard.
• Want to learn more? David Roberts at Volts has a good run-down of what’s being considered in Congress right now.

Climate Change is Driving Migration. Could Smarter Ag Help?

• Learn more about the work that Catholic Relief Services is doing on climate smart ag.
• Check out the Biden administration's executive order, designed to increase the adoption of climate smart ag both domestically and globally. The comment period is closed but that doesn't stop you from contacting the agency or your legislators if you support what's in the bill (or have ideas on how to make it better).
• Call Congress (again)! Back in May, we took a look at the Biden Administration’s proposed climate policies, especially a clean electricity standard (Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’?). Well, the clean electricity standard is being debated in Congress right now! So it’s a great time to call your members of Congress and demand serious action on climate change. You can use our tips or check out this handy guide from Fossil Free Media, at call4climate.com. They’ve got a simple script and directions so it’s easy to make your voice heard.

The Origin Story of the Blue New Deal

Calls to Action

• In a few of our recent episodes we’ve asked listeners to call congress. You can check out our tips for doing that in the Calls to Action Archive, and also add these tips courtesy of Jean Flemma–co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab and former congressional staffer–to your outreach strategy:

• Follow your congressperson on social media, share what you care about by tagging them, and thank them when they support legislation you support.
• When you reach out via email, write your own note instead of using a form letter or only signing a petition. It’s more time consuming, but much better at actually getting their attention!

• The Ocean Climate Solutions Act is finally gaining some traction, so if you care about this issue, call / email / tweet your congressperson!

Learn More

• To hear more about the Ocean Climate Solutions Act, you can check out Ayana’s testimony which will be streamed here.
• Papers on papers on papers! Here are the pieces we highlighted in this week's episode:

• The big blue gap in the Green New Deal
• Memo: Blue Jobs and the Green New Deal
• Our oceans brim with climate solutions. We need a Blue New Deal.
• The Ocean’s Heroic Potential Could be Realized Under Biden
• A Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in the U.S.
• Congress Must Make Bidens Vision for the Oceans Come True

• This episode is not the first time we’ve talked about the oceans as a climate solution. Check out our kelp series if you missed it! Kelp Farming, for the Climate (Part 1 and Part 2)
• We mentioned a handful of organizations doing the work to protect and leverage the ocean as a climate solution: GreenWave, Surfrider Foundation and Urban Ocean Lab.
• Check out the newly formed Ocean Justice Forum, whose organizers aim to put justice at the heart of ocean-climate policy.

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How Amazon Workers Got Serious About Climate (and How You Can, too)

Calls to Action

• Find out what your company is already doing to address climate change. How does what they are doing compare to other organizations in their space? Could they be doing more?
• Start talking to your coworkers about climate change. Find the people in your organization who are interested in finding ways to help your company lower its carbon footprint.
• Connect with groups in your area that are organizing about climate change.  Some places to start looking might be your local chapter of 350.org, and check out this list for more suggestions.

Learn More

• Read the open that Amazon Employees for Climate Justice wrote to Jeff Bezos.
• Eliza recommends the book The Long Haul by Myles Horton (who we also mentioned in our episode, Where's our Climate Anthem).
• Check out Amazon Employee's for Climate Justice's efforts on their website.
• Read the full letter that former Amazon VP Tim Bray wrote about why he resigned in the wake of Amazon terminating some of its employees.
• Read Amazon's climate pledge.

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Is Biden’s Jobs Plan a ‘Skinny Green New Deal’?

Calls to Action

Call your members of Congress!

As Ayana says, it’s a “once in a lifetime opportunity to pass comprehensive, ambitious federal climate policy.” And as Dr. Leah Stokes said in our episode, now is the time! So call your members of Congress! If Alex and Ayana can do it, so can you! (Trust us.)

Don’t know who your member of Congress is?

No problem! You can find out who your representative is here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative 

This site has information on your senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm 

You’ll find phone numbers for members’ D.C. offices on their websites — or just call the Capitol switchboard! They can connect you directly with the office of your representative or senator:  (202) 224-3121

Tips for calling:

1. Make a plan! Jot down some notes to remember what you want to say
2. Introduce yourself and tell them you’re a constituent! Let them know that you’re a voter in their district — and your opinion matters.
3. Tell them why you’re calling: It’s crucial that Congress take serious action on climate change this year to meet the U.S. target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
4. Ask for something specific! Maybe: I’m really excited about the American Jobs Plan, and I think it’s really important to pass a strong clean electricity standard to get us on the path to 100% clean power / I love the idea of a Civilian Climate Corps and Congress should fully fund it / It’s really important to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles / Choose your own climate priority! Maybe it’s kelp farming...

Or you can use Dr. Leah Stokes’ script from our episode: Climate change is really important. I'm very excited about the clean electricity standard. You know what else I'm into? Building electrification. We really have to get some rebates for induction stoves and electric heat pumps.

5. Leave your contact information. That’s it! You did it!

Calling is more fun with friends – if you’re part of an environmental or climate organization, check to see if they’re organizing around the American Jobs Plan. They might have events to call your member of Congress with other people — and they’ll even have a script to follow!

Learn More

• Want to learn more about the American Jobs Plan? You can find the White House fact sheet here.
• Want to learn more about clean electricity standards? Our guest this week, Dr. Leah Stokes, laid out her vision along with Sam Ricketts of Evergreen Action in a Vox article: This popular and proven climate policy should be at the top of Congress’s to-do list: The case for a national clean electricity standard.
• You can find their full report advocating for a national clean electricity standard here: A Roadmap to 100% Clean Electricity by 2035 .
• And you can hear more from Leah on her podcast, A Matter of Degrees.
• We also talked about the clean electricity standard in Party Like It’s 2035.
• Want to learn more about the Green New Deal? We told the story of the Green New Deal in our episodes How 2020 Became a Climate Election and The Green Wave.

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Listener Mail: Is Renewable Natural Gas a Scam?

Calls to Action

• Check to see if your city has a building electrification effort you can support – the Building Electrification Institute has a list of some here.
• Check out Environment America’s resources for electrifying your college campus.

Learn More

• Read the World Resources Institute’s report and blog post on renewable natural gas.
• Read Earthjustice and the Sierra Club’s report on renewable natural gas.
• Read the LA Times’ editorial on SoCalGas and Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions.
• Read this article about gas industry trade groups paying Instagram influencers to post about how much they looooove gas stoves.
• If you want to see what kinds of policies and marketing campaigns your utility may be supporting, you can see if they’re a member of the American Gas Association or American Public Gas Association.

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Where’s Our Climate Anthem?

Calls to Action

• If music is your thing, try your hand at making a climate anthem for your own climate organizing efforts.
• Bookmark our Calls to Action archive and challenge yourself to do at least one action each month! Tell us, which action will you take first? Tag us / tweet us at @How2SaveAPlanet

Learn More

• Check out Dr. Shana L. Redmond's book, Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora.
• Look at Kendra's earlier story on climate change and music.

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The Fight to Stop Oil Pipelines: “For Water. For Treaties. For Climate.”

Learn More

• For more about Tara and her work, you can:

• Check out the Giniw Collective on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
• Watch Tara’s TED Talk: The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for Indigenous rights

• You can find more information, including ways to get involved from home, here: https://linktr.ee/stopline3
• You can find out about the divestment campaign aimed at companies that fund fossil fuel infrastructure here: https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/ 

• You can read or listen to Tara’s essay in the anthology co-edited by Ayana, All We Can Save
• Check out the ongoing reporting on Line 3 from Minnesota Public Radio and Indian Country Today. There’s also great reporting from The Guardian, and Emily Atkin at Heated.
• Read Louise Erdrich’s essay about Line 3 in The New York Times

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The Beef with Beef

Calls to Action

• Sign up to track the latest U.S. Food & Agriculture bills, and contact Agriculture Committee members (House and Senate) about supporting a climate-friendly Farm Bill.
• Contact the places you eat regularly about providing beef-less options – maybe it’s the cafeteria at work or school, or a community gathering space. Meatless Monday has resources for institutions that want to provide more climate-friendly meals.
• Get involved with a local organization fighting food insecurity, a mutual aid group, a community garden, or a co-op. We also talk about mutual aid in our Unnatural Disasters episode!

Learn More

• Read the World Resources Institute’s report on Creating a Sustainable Food Future.
• Read this study about regenerative methods in beef production.
• Read this study about red seaweed reducing methane in beef production.
• Check out this data visualization on land use in the U.S.
• Listen to the Science Vs. episode on vegan diets.
• Check out the Environmental Working Group’s database that tracks farm subsidies in the U.S.

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Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?

Calls to Action

• Draw your Climate Action Venn Diagram – What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? What brings you joy? Post your Venn diagram to social media (Twitter / Instagram) and tag us @How2SaveAPlanet.

• Looking for a job? Climatebase has a jobs directory and organizations directory that can be filtered by Project Drawdown sectors and solutions.
• Talk to people about climate change, but don’t be annoying about it! For tips, listen to our episode, Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here's How, and read the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication’s Attaining Meaningful Outcomes from Conversations on Climate.

Learn More

• Check out Project Drawdown to learn more about the Drawdown Framework, and to see their Table of Solutions that breaks down solutions by sector(s) and their impact on reducing heat-trapping gases.
• Listen to related How to Save a Planet episodes – Party Like It’s 2035, Trying to Talk to Family About Climate Change? Here’s How, and Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?
• Listen to the climate podcast A Matter of Degrees, co-hosted by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Dr. Leah Stokes.
• Check out the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication to learn more about the widespread support for climate policy solutions in America, and other research.
• Check out the research paper that provides a comparison of emissions reductions from various individual actions.

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Solving a Rooftop Solar Mystery, and What’s a Nurdle? 

Calls to Action

• Find a drop off location for the plastic bags collecting under your sink by visiting PlasticFilmRecycling.org (and where possible, refuse new plastic bags and bring your own).
• Look up if your city or state has a plastic bag ban or tax legislation in the works through PlasticBagLaws.org and take a position.
• Get involved with your local public utility commission: Figure out what the heck they're doing and how you can support more climate-friendly policies.
• Register for the The Climate Reality Project free climate leadership training to engage with climate change on a broader level.

Learn More

• Listen to our original episode about recycling and 99% Invisible’s episode on how China’s National Sword policy affected the recycling market.
• Home or business owner? The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has a Homeowners guide to going solar.
• North Carolina State University's Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency can help you figure out what solar incentives and tax credits are available where you live.
• If you want to learn more on the policy side, the National Conference of State Legislators has a Solar Policy Toolkit that covers fees (and incentives), net metering (it's under rates), and financing among other topics.

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Kelp Farming, for the Climate, (Part 2)

Calls to Action

• Sign this petition on kelp farming legalization related to New York State Assembly Bill A4213.
• Encourage innovation with kelp in your industry, such as using it as a substitute for less climate-friendly ingredients and materials.

• If you need a middleman to source from, check out The Crop Project founded by Casey Emmet whom we interviewed this episode.

• Consider purchasing kelp products.

• If you make any kelp recipes, send photos, video or audio, share it with us using our Listener Mail Form.

Learn More

• Read A Native Perspective on Regenerative Ocean Farming by Dune Lankard.
• Watch “The Future of Seafood.”

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Kelp Farming, for the Climate, (Part 1)

Calls to Action

• Study ocean agriculture through the Algae Technology Education Consortium (ATEC) at the community college level or through Coursera courses Intro to Algae and Algae Biotechnology.
• Start your own hatchery, farm, or underwater garden: View the University of Connecticut and Ocean Approved manuals and GreenWave's Regenerative Ocean Farming Toolkit.

Learn More

• Read Bren Smith's book called “Eat Like a Fish”
• Check out Bren's nonprofit GreenWave to learn about the domestic seaweed industry and how to sponsor seaweed farms.

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Party Like It’s 2035

Learn More

• Read up on clean electricity standards! Full report - A Roadmap to 100% Clean Electricity by 2035. 

• Feature in Vox: This popular and proven climate policy should be at the top of Congress’s to-do list: The case for a national clean electricity standard.

• The 2035 Report, from The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, Grid Lab and Energy Innovation
• The Net-Zero America Project, from the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University
• America’s Zero-Carbon Action Plan, from the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
• The Rewiring America Handbook, from Rewiring America

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The Tribe that's Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis

Calls to Action

• Look up your address on native-land.ca to find out what land you live on, and learn more about how and why you can use land acknowledgements to insert daily awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights.

• If you own land you can donate, contact a local tribe to find out how you can donate land to them.

• Support the work of Indigenous organizations like the NDN Collective with their #landback campaign and Native American Land Conservancy.

Learn More

• Check out the Klamath River Renewal Corporation for info about the dam removals and restoration efforts on the Klamath River.
• Check out the advocacy of Save California Salmon for the protection of Northern California’s Salmon and fish dependent people.
• Study the history of Indigenous people – read Custer Died for Your Sins, The Indian Reorganization Act, and other books by Vine Deloria, Jr., and read A Brief History of American Indian Military Service

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Recycling! Is It BS?

Calls to Action

• Take action with the Break Free from Plastic campaign.
• Contact your member of congress about the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.
• Reach out to a company/brand that you love and ask them to change their packaging.
• Check out Loop, a store that ships your favorite products to you in refillable containers that they take back, wash, and reuse.

Learn More

• Watch Deia Schlossberg’s film, The Story of Plastic.

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Meet Your New Climate Czar

Learn More

• Read up on Joe Biden’s clean energy and environmental justice plans to prepare to push this team to make those promises real.
• Listen to our episode How 2020 Became a Climate Election, featuring Maggie Thomas, who will be chief of staff for Gina’s team if you want to learn the story of how a bunch of outsiders pushed Joe Biden to adopt the most ambitious climate platform in U.S. history.
• Learn more about the executive climate actions the Biden-Harris administration is committed to pursuing right off the bat, and what experts suggest they prioritize.

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Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution

Calls to Action

• US-based listeners: Track the Farm Bill by registering to receive alerts on agriculture related bills. Congress will be considering the Farm Bill at some point soon, and there are lots of subsidies in there that could do a lot to incentivize adoption of regenerative practices and restore and conserve agricultural lands.
• Also, keep your eyes out for the Justice for Black Farmers Act to be reintroduced in this new Congress, which would support training and access to land for Black farmers.

Learn More

• Review this helpful blog post from the World Resources Institute on the Farm Bill.

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Answering Your Tree-Mail (and Nuclear Questions

Calls to Action

• Plant a tree! Find the right kind of tree for where you live on the National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder, and learn how to plant it and take care of it through ArborDay.org. If you plant a tree, please hug it and send us a picture.
• Give Ecosia a try – maybe try a search for Chipko or baseload energy.

Learn More

• Check out these organizations that are planting trees in India: SankalpTaru’s Project Protect Himalayas, the Sustainable Green Initiative, and Grow-Trees.

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Breaking Buildings’ Addiction to Fossil Fuels

Calls to Action

• Interested in whether your building could benefit from going green? Fill out BlocPower’s survey (or give it to your building manager!) to find out if your building is right for a retrofit.
• We promised to include links to organizations that are helping folks in need during the pandemic. Check out Feeding America and World Central Kitchen. The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund distributes support to organizations working throughout New York City.

Learn More

• Interested in home energy audits? Find professional energy auditors in your area or learn how to do it yourself, at the Department of Energy’s resource page.
• Local towns and cities have a ton of control over building efficiency and one option is to implement Building Performance Standards that require building owners to cut emissions over time. You can learn more about these policies from the Institute for Market Transformation.

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Should We Go Nuclear?

Calls to Action

• If you're a college student, for example, you might get involved with Environment America's 100 Renewable Campus campaign and try to push your school to go renewable.
• The Sierra Club has a broader campaign called Ready For 100, to help you encourage your community to go local.
• Similarly, in Minnesota, the local 350.org Chapter has the 100% Campaign. Your local 350.org chapter may have a similar program – it's worth checking out.
• If you can't find a campaign near you, consider starting your own. The Climate Access Network has a toolkit on starting your own 100 percent renewable campaign (joining is required).

Learn More

• To learn more about why nuclear plants are so expensive, check out this article.

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If Miami Will Be Underwater, Why Is Construction Booming?

Learn More

• Check out this map of sea level rise projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to see which areas of the US coastline are likely to become inundated.
• Check out the rest of the climate anthology that Ayana co-edited, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, at allwecansave.earth.
• Since we’re a podcast, we recommend the audiobook version, which features an all-star cast of readers, including America Fererra, Janet Mock, Sophia Bush, Ilana Glazer, and Jane Fonda!

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Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here’s How

Calls to Action

• Talk about the climate! Review the six steps outlined by Steve Deline with the New Conversation Initiative on how to have difficult conversations about climate change.

• Social Media Version
• Full Document Download 

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Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?

Calls to Action

• If you’re in the market for a new car...test drive an EV!

Learn More

• Curious about how EVs stack up to fossil fueled vehicles? The Union of Concerned Scientists has a calculator that lets you compare vehicle emissions  in different regions across the U.S.
• The NGO Transport & Environment runs a similar calculator for folks in the EU.

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How Much Does the President Matter for the Climate? 

Calls to Action

• Make sure all the votes are counted! Help safeguard the democratic process by signing up for updates from a new coalition called Protect the Results.

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Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas

Calls to Action

• In the market for a new household fridge? Or know someone who is? Choose an HFC-free model, and spread the word!
• Sign Green America's Cool It! Campaign petition. While you’re there, find a climate friendly supermarket near you and thank them!

Learn More

• Check out how the big supermarket chains are doing on HFCs using the Supermarket Scorecard.
• Learn more about how to properly dispose of your fridge, air conditioners, and other such appliances at the end of their useful lives. You could also check out Tradewater and Refrigerant Finders.

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Fighting Fire with Fire

Calls to Action

• Help build fire adapted communities. If you're interested in learning more about the range of small, wonky, zoning-type solutions to reduce pressures driving people to the WUI and make managed retreat a more palatable option, check out fireadaptednetwork.org, where you can keep track of all the little policy changes that would actually help make a big difference.
• Prepare your home for fire. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as CalFire, has a great resource to teach you how to prepare your home for wildfire. You can find it at readyforwildfire.org.

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How 2020 Became a Climate Election

Calls to Action

• VOTE! Check out vote.org to make sure you're registered to vote, to register if you haven't already, and to find information on polling stations, early voting and mail-in voting in your state.

Learn More

• Read the THRIVE Agenda.
• Read the Green New Deal resolution – again!
• Read the Blue New Deal.

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Making Republicans Environmentalists Again

Calls to Action

• VOTE! Check out vote.org to make sure you're registered to vote, find your polling station or get information on absentee ballots in your state.

Learn More

• Interested in young conservatives taking action on climate change? Check out the American Conservation Coalition and read their American Climate Contract.
• Wondering what a conservative climate policy might look like? You can find more information at republicEN.org and check out their podcast, EcoRight Speaks.
• Want to know more about how the fossil fuel industry drove climate science denial? Listen to the podcast Drilled for a deep dive on the fossil fuel industry's long misinformation campaign.
• You can also read the full memo we mentioned in the episode – the Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan (get ready to get mad!)

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Black Lives Matter and the Climate

Learn More

• Check out the Movement for Black Lives.
• Read the BREATHE Act, which puts what Maurice and Colette talk about into policy terms.
• Read Ayana's OpEd, Racism derails our attempts to fight the climate crisis.

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Unnatural Disasters

Calls to Action

• First, build a go bag or preparedness kit. You can check out ready.gov/kit for some tips on how to build your own bag. Remember, it's a guide – not a rulebook – so think through what you will really need.

• Second, create your own disaster plan. You can check out ready.gov/plan to think through things like, if you had to evacuate, what your route would be and where you would go. If you have children, ready.gov/kids helps you incorporate your kids into your planning.

Learn More

• Find out what your local government and community organizations are doing to prepare for a disaster. This is everything from attending meetings that your emergency managers are holding.Want to go even further, consider getting Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training.

• Learn how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid process works. A basic understanding through this overview will help a lot if you experience a disaster. You can get a basic overview here. Also, if you're a homeowner, it's worth checking out what your insurance policy says. If you're a renter, it's worth getting renters insurance, though it's typically less comprehensive than homeowners insurance.

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20 Million Trees

Calls to Action

• Want to plant a tree? Find the right tree for the place you live with the National Wildlife Federation’s Plant Finder: nwf.org/nativeplantfinder.
• Learn how to plant and take care of your tree: arborday.org/trees.

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The Green Wave

Calls to Action

• Want to get involved? Find your local chapter of the Sunrise Movement or Fridays for Future. Or check out the Global Day of Climate Action on Sept. 25, 2020.

Learn More

• Read the Green New Deal resolution for yourself. Don’t be scared, it’s only 14 pages.

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The Witch of Wind

Learn More

• Want to help speed the transition away from coal? Check out the Beyond Coal Campaign.
• Want to nerd out on wind policy and how to jumpstart this industry? Check out the policy memo, polling and graphics by Urban Ocean Lab, Data for Progress, and Evergreen Collaborative.

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More Resources

Articles

• Tracking Biden’s Environmental Actions
• How Broadcast TV Networks Covered Climate Change in 2020
• A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• 5 Things That Went Right for Climate Action in 2019
• There is Nothing Naive About Moral Clarity
• Soil and Seaweed: Farming Our Way to a Climate Solution
• NYT Reporting by Kendra Pierre-Louis 
• Dr. Kate Marvel’s blog
• Major news networks devoted less than 4 hours to climate change in 2019. Total.
• Rising Tides, Troubled Waters: The Future of Our Ocean
• Climate Victory Gardens
• The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk about It
• Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
• The Case for Climate Rage
• 4 part series on on carbon capture and utilization

Newsletters

• HEATED
• The Climate Crisis 
• 1.5 – Everything is Climate
• Green Light
• Climate FWD
• Bloomberg Green ($)
• Boiling Point
• Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Organizations

• 350.org
• Citizens’ Climate Lobby
• Climate Justice Alliance
• Climate Reality Project
• CREO
• Dogwood Alliance
• Earth Uprising
• Earthjustice
• Extinction Rebellion
• Fire Drill Fridays
• Greenpeace
• GreenWave
• Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
• Indigenous Environmental Network
• Indigenous Climate Action
• League of Conservation Voters
• Moms Clean Air Force
• NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program
• National Black Food and Justice Alliance
• Native Conservancy
• Native Renewables
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• NDN Collective
• NextGen America
• Project Drawdown
• Protect Our Winters
• PUSH Buffalo
• Regeneration International
• Resilience Force
• Sierra Club & Beyond Coal Campaign
• Slow Factory Foundation
• Soul Fire Farm
• Sunrise Movement
• Surfrider Foundation
• The Center for Cultural Power
• United Farm Workers
• WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Reports

• The Drawdown Review 
• Global Warming of 1.5°C 
• Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2019
• National Climate Assessment (2018)
• Evergreen Action Plan

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