Hands Resources
1) Start with your own home or family.
Begin with bite size chunks. See the suggested starting points and questions to consider below.
- Take the “Beyond Recycling Workshop” with Just Earth – Cincinnati to help get you started or to learn new ideas for living sustainably. See the “Our Work” tab for more details.
- Use a Carbon Footprint Calculator to measure your carbon footprint and set an annual goal to reduce your footprint by a chosen amount. https://coolclimate.org/calculator
- How can I make my home more sustainable?
- Can I adjust how I travel from place to place to be less carbon intensive?
- What changes can I make in my food consumption?
- How might I shop in a more eco-friendly way?
- What changes can I make in how I handle my finances?
- Participate in an Eco-challenge at https://echochallenge.org
2) Consider how you can encourage sustainable practices in your neighborhood, your spiritual community, your city and beyond.
- Vote for candidates that are concerned about the ecological crisis and advocate/vote for sustainable policies.
- Join a group in your neighborhood or at your spiritual community that is dedicated to mitigating the ecological crisis and the intertwined justice issues.
- Join a Climate Justice organization. There are many to choose from. Here are a few to whet your appetite.
- Become involved with an organization working to protect species or preserve/restore habitats/ecosystems.
- Become involved in a Citizen Science Project at https://scistarter.org/.
- Speak with your family, your friends and others about your concerns and your commitments, in person or on social media.