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

Check out Matters of Degrees,  Leah Stokes and Katherine Wilkinson 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. Consider and reduce consumption habits and waste. Can you compost and embrace a plant-based diet?
  • 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, non-profit, education, elected officials, agencies, etc.). 
  • ​Support and organize for candidates that have prioritized climate action. Hold those who do not 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.
  • 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!

ASSIST

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.   
  • Lend your own or your business's expertise. Share strategies that work  for your organization or family with others. 
  • ​Donate to climate organizations like us! And many, many, many others!​ 
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!