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Published in Climate Conscious

·Jul 7

Declare Your Independence from Fossil Fuels at Home this July

How to get renewable energy wherever you live in the U.S. — It’s July and independence time in the United States. How are you celebrating our freedom? One way I highly recommend is to declare freedom from fossil fuels. If you haven’t already, it’s time to opt for renewable energy at home. Currently, only about 20% of energy use in the U.S…

Climate Change

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Declare Your Independence from Fossil Fuels at Home this July
Declare Your Independence from Fossil Fuels at Home this July

Published in Climate Conscious

·Jun 9

Technical Solutions and Politics Alone Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

We also need to reconnect deeply with nature and our role in caring for it — Have you ever paused to think about the real cause of the climate crisis we find ourselves in and what it will really take to turn things around? On the surface, we can easily draw the conclusion scientists have, that it is caused by emitting too many greenhouse gases into…

Climate Change

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Technical Solutions and Politics Alone Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
Technical Solutions and Politics Alone Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Published in Climate Conscious

·Apr 3

Climate Action at Your Fingertips

10 mobile apps that make it easy for you to support the planet — Do you feel moved by recent news, like the latest IPCC report, to take climate action, but don’t have enough time in your day to do as much as you’d like? Are you looking for easier ways to live a greener daily life? Do you wish you could join others…

Climate Change

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Climate Action at Your Fingertips
Climate Action at Your Fingertips

Published in Climate Conscious

·Feb 14

How Do You Show Your Love for the World?

Let these 5 climate actions be your love letter to the Earth — During the month of February, many of us around the world turn our attention to sharing love with those whom we love. However, we don’t often think about showing our love for our singular home, the one and only planet that supports our very lives. Love is much more than…

Climate Change

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How Do You Show Your Love for the World?
How Do You Show Your Love for the World?

Published in Climate Conscious

·Jan 17

Be Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr in Your Climate Action

5 key actions you can take now to support environmental justice — During this week of honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., let’s heed the words he spoke in New York in 1967 (as memorialized in stone at his monument in Washington, DC) and use them as inspiration for creating more environmental justice: “Every nation must now develop…

Martin Luther King

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Be Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr in Your Climate Action
Be Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr in Your Climate Action

Published in Climate Conscious

·Dec 10, 2021

Tend the Trees. They’re Crucial to You and Climate Change

4 key ways to protect and restore forests. — What’s your current relationship with trees? Do you: > take walks in the woods and feel refreshed? > prune the trees in your yard to keep them healthy? > cut or buy logs for winter fires? > bring a tree inside and decorate it for Christmas? > surreptitiously hug trees?

Climate Change

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Tend the Trees. They’re Crucial to You and Climate Change
Tend the Trees. They’re Crucial to You and Climate Change

Published in Climate Conscious

·Dec 2, 2021

Why I Appreciate Recent Global Climate Commitments Even Though They’re Not Enough

Eight Global Climate Actions to Appreciate and Build On in 2022 and Beyond — Although the slew of recent global meetings this year hasn’t produced enough significant climate commitments, I’m still applauding the progress the world is making. Many climate activists and the most vulnerable countries are rightfully upset with the outcomes of COP26. After all the climate announcements and negotiations, the UNEP estimates…

Climate Change

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Why I Appreciate Recent Global Climate Commitments Even Though They’re Not Enough
Why I Appreciate Recent Global Climate Commitments Even Though They’re Not Enough

Published in Climate Conscious

·Nov 11, 2021

Don’t Lose Heart on Global Climate Action

How and why to keep your inspiration and action amidst inadequate national commitments — If you’ve been following the news lately, then you may know some of what’s been happening at the UN Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow. As I’ve read the various newsletters and articles from organizations and people I follow (like Bill McKibben, 350.org, WRI, Washington Post Climate & Environment) I have…

Climate Change

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Don’t Lose Heart on Global Climate Action
Don’t Lose Heart on Global Climate Action

Published in Climate Conscious

·Oct 28, 2021

Join the Regeneration Climate Movement

Learn about Six Frameworks for Taking Regenerative Climate Action — If you are like many people, you’re probably wondering about what you can do to make a difference around the climate crisis and don’t know where to start. To support people like you, I was thinking about putting a comprehensive list of things individuals can do to make a difference…

Regeneration

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Join the Regeneration Climate Movement
Join the Regeneration Climate Movement

Published in Climate Conscious

·Oct 11, 2021

Now’s the Moment to Pressure Global Leaders to Step Up Their Climate Game

Here’s what you can do to help up the ante before COP 26. — With the Global Climate Conference (COP 26) coming up on October 31, 2021, it’s time to let the leaders in your country know that their citizens want significantly upgraded nationally determined climate commitments (NDCs). While the world has made progress on committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the current…

Climate Change

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Now’s the Moment to Pressure Global Leaders to Step Up Their Climate Game
Now’s the Moment to Pressure Global Leaders to Step Up Their Climate Game
Krista Kurth Ph.D.

Krista Kurth Ph.D.

Writing about what matters. Climate Activist, Former Director Green America Center, www.climateactionforeverydaypeople.com/blog, www.kristakurth.com

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