Earth Day

Meanwhile ...

"Here’s the science: Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels is essential for avoiding increasingly severe and widespread climate change impacts, but doing so requires cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 42% by 2030 and 56% by 2035, relative to 2023. Current policies alone will achieve less than a 1% reduction by 2030 and 2035." -  Systems Change Lab

Global atmospheric carbon = 430 ppm. (Target passed long ago = 350)

Stop driving fossil-fueled vehicles and stop flying as much as possible (want vs. need). Walk, bike take the bus, car pool, take the train. If you have to drive, replace a ff car with an EV. (Used EVs are more and more affordable.)

Stop purchasing high-carbon foods, including beef, dairy, chocolate, shrimp, coffee, palm oil, rice. Move to a low-carbon diet.

Seal & insulate your home. Upgrade and electrify appliances. 

If you can, install solar panels on your home. La Crosse county is doing another solar group buy. Energy credits of 30% are still available for solar, energy upgrades, battery storage and more.

Stop buying and using plastic. On top of the microplastic contamination crisis, most plastic is made of fossil fuels. When it's tossed, very little is recycled. Around here, it may be burned to produce eldctricity. (Libby fir the closure of the "waste-to-energy" trash burner, too.) Plastic pollution is also a social justice issue.

Avoid buying unneeded stuff. Reduce stuff, reduce global emissions from shipping and transportation of goods. Share, support "libraries of things," swap, buy 2nd hand.

Beyond personal changes, go bigger. Vote for the good guys. Get active to change institutional and community behaviors. Feed back about product choices and packaging. If you control messaging, advertising, or communications, put the carbon-friendly choices in front. Make sure people know they don't have to drive to your event. Highlight vegan choices. Urge people to rethink high-carbon habits. Talk about it all the time to everyone. 

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We can't wait  We can't ignore. We can't not act.

If not now, when?