Climate change.

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5 Climate change ways to fight climate change The smallest contributions can counter a global challenge

6 101 Ways to Fight Climate Change At home On your table Along your route In your neighborhood In your city With your community

7 At home 1. Add solar panels 2. Get a home energy audit 3. Change lightbulbs to LEDs 4. Ask your utility company about buying clean electricity 5. Clean or replace HVAC filters every 3 months 6. Use a programmable thermostat 7. Wash clothes in cold water 8. Upcycle your furniture 9. Recycle your clothes 10. Buy new appliances with Energy Star label 11. Design your workspace around natural light 12. Unplug electronic devices when they aren t in use 13. Obsess over every drop of water 14. Build a downspout planter box 15. Insulate 16. Downsize your consumption 17. Hack your thermostat 18. Remove your lawn 19. Buy furniture made with sustainable harvested wood 20. Don t buy a new home; renovate an old one 21. Xeriscape your yard 22. Hang-dry your clothes instead of using the dryer 23. Recycle

8 On your table 24. Plant a community garden 25. Start or support an urban farm 26. Eat less meat 27. Reduce food waste 28. Don t drink bottle water 29. Plant your own vegetable garden 30. Join a Community-Supported Agriculture program 31. Start composting

9 Along your route 32. Start walking 33. Work from home one day each week 34. Make sure your tires are properly inflated 35. Calculate your carbon footprint 36. Check your gas cap 37. Map a two-mile circle around your house and walk everywhere within it 38. Only wash your car in a self-serve car wash 39. Take public transit 40. Download a transit app 41. Buy carbon offsets when you fly 42. Bring your own shopping bags 43. Ride the bus 44. Pick up trash 45. Turn off engine 46. Become a member of your city s bikesharing program 47. Just ride a bike 48. Start a carpool 49. Try commuting with an electric bike 50. Opt for a cargo bike 51. Use car sharing 52. Replace your current car with an electric vehicle 53. Sign up for an autonomous-vehicle pilot program

10 In your neighborhood 54. Turn a parking space into a park 55. Plant a tree 56. Shop local 57. Pedestrianize a street 58. Help track and measure green performance in your building 59. Get inspired by a similar city 60. Green your parkway 61. Buy vintage 62. Put books about climate change in your nearest little free library In your city 63. Support your local river clean-up 64. Retrofit your local highway 65. Preserve the night sky 66. Learn how sea-level rise will affect your city 67. Advocate for better building codes, energy efficiency, and transparency 68. Attend a town hall 69. Tell your city to go car-free 70. Support transit-oriented development 71. Say yes to transportation initiatives 72. Fight parking minimums 73. Keep the fossil fuel industry accountable 74. Push your city to support 100% clean energy

11 With your community 75. Come together to combat climate change 76. Listen to the best climate podcast 77. Read a book 78. Get your kids on board 79. Support a carbon tax 80. Find out where your reps stand 81. Re-watch An Inconvenient Truth 82. Support publications reporting on climate change 83. Map local air pollution 84. Support corporate sustainability initiatives, or start one at your office 85. Understand how density fights climate change 86. Back a scientist running for office 87. Watch a cartoon: Wall-E 88. Offset your carbon emissions 89. Grasp the basics 90. Join a Day for Climate Action 91. Become a planetary futurist 92. Follow female environmental journalists 93. Visit our national parks 94. Understand how the debate became political 95. Discuss and advocate for the environment in more concrete terms 96. Disinvest from carbon-heavy industries and investments 97. Endorse the Paris agreement 98. Build towers with wood 99. Work on a community solar project 100.Read some climate fiction And

12 101. VOTE