Act, Advocate, Invest: ideas for taking action and inspiring climate solutions

Check out Matters of Degrees,  Leah Stokes and Katherine Wilkinson's excellent 3 part series: What Can I do? In these podcasts, they argue you do have agency, and it's reasonably straightforward: it's the Personal, the Political, & the Professional.
 

ACT

​Step it up to: 
  • ​Reduce your contribution to the climate crisis by going solar, improving the energy efficiency of your home or business and increasing active and sustainable transportation.
  • In 2023 it's time to Electrify Missoula - retrofit your home and business with electric appliances and with help from the Inflation Reduction Act.
  • Consider and reduce consumption habits. Can you compost and enjoy plant-based meals and move toward zero waste?
  • Learn about and take actions that build community resiliency for all.​​
  • Consider how you can lead in your own context: your  workplace, your place of worship, your professional and personal networks. 
  • Tell people about your actions!

ADVOCATE

Be a voice for action:
  • ​Organize and speak out in support of climate solutions at the local, state, and federal levels.
  • Support local leaders willing to take action on climate (business, nonprofit, education, elected officials, agencies, etc.). 
  • ​Support and organize for candidates that have prioritized climate action. Hold them accountable.
  • Talk about climate. As Katharine Hayhoe says, "If we don't talk about it, we won't care about it. And if we don't care about it, we won't act."
  • Share your story and talk about why you care and what you are doing to create change -  with friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
  • Lend your own or your business's expertise. Share strategies that work  for your organization or family with others. ​
  • Connect with existing organizations that work on climate advocacy.​​ See below for a list of suggestions.
  • ​Sign up for our email list below to stay connected to future opportunities!

INVEST

Help others:
  • We've developed a local Footprint Fund, a program where your can offset your carbon footprint by contributing to local projects that improve the energy efficiency of low-income residences.  We're ramping this us in 2023 with new opportunities for individuals and businesses. 
  • ​​Donate to climate organizations like us! And many, many, many others!​ 
  • Consider your own investments and retirements.  Is your money supporting the build out of fossil fuels?
Climate Action Venn Diagram
We are BIG fans of the Climate Action Venn Diagram (first shared by one of our climate heroes, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson) as a way to think about where YOU can be part of climate solutions. Fill yours out, take a picture, and send it to us!
This framework of "Act, Advocate, Assist" was inspired by Dr. Rob Davies' transformational presentation at the ​The Big Climate Change Event on February 19, 2020, where 700+ Missoulians packed the Wilma Theater.

 Let's do what's necessary to address the climate emergency. ​​​It's about RESOLVE.

Watch Rob Davies' full  presentation and the whole evening show HERE.
Thanks, Phoebe Bean for photos from the event!