Act, Advocate, Invest: How we all can take 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, or improving the energy efficiency of your home or business.
  • In 2023 it's time to Electrify Missoula - retrofit your home and business with electric appliances and with help from the Inflation Reduction Act.
  • Transportation accounts for ~40% of our emissions. Spring is a great time to get out that bike, jump on Mountain Line bus and consider an EV or E-bike. We love  sustainable transportation
  • 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. 
  • ​​Consider your own investments and retirement funds.  Are these supporting the build out of fossil fuels? We recommend watching this webinar from Families for a Livable Climate. There are wonderful people and resources right here in 
  • 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, Invest" 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!