Some excellent suggestions from the Human Impacts Institute: In case you are itching for more ways to take action, there are plenty of ways for you to increase your positive impacts on our environment. Find the closest NYC farmer’s market to your home or work: grownyc.org/greenmarket Join your local community sponsored agriculture (CSA): JustFood.org Reduce your own consumption! Tell a friend, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) one thing that you commit TODAY to donate or stop purchasing. Help prevent sea ice melt and make one public commitment to reducing your greenhouse gas emissions. Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Add your voice! Help reduce dirty energy and support recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency measures to regulate carbon pollution here: ClimateRealityProject.org/people-vs-carbon Can you put a positive spin on climate? Inspire someone in the room to take climate action today. While you’re at it, why not make a rainbow?! Can you plant a climate action seed of change in your community? Find one community-based group in your neighborhood in which you can take climate action and share it: tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Don’t get why all of this sea ice is melting? Check out this video from NASA showing global surface temperatures from 1880-2011 (hint: the more red, the hotter it’s getting!) nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html Remember the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Can you name the location of the nearly 50-year oil spill that continues to negatively impact communities in NYC? What is your personal climate story? Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) If you had one climate ask for the world, what would it be? Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Help protect biodiversity and the habitat of local pollinators like bees! Can you tell us one “native species” flower to New York State? Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Help encourage more trees in your community! Adopt a tree on your NYC block at stewardship.nycparks.org/ Connect with your environment! Find the latest maps of green living, natural, and cultural resources near you here: greenmap.org/ Help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from animal production and consumption by committing to Meatless Mondays! Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Take some time to connect with the environment! Make a date with a friend, family member, or colleague to enjoy your local park, sit by the water, or another way to connect for a minute to some local beauty. Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Ever felt a little out-of-touch or overwhelmed? Tell a friend in the room, call, or text someone an inspiring note about their potential to make a difference. Never heard of fracking? Learn more about energy, natural gas exploration, and how to get involved at foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/ Want to help promote healthy, natural cycles in your community? Start composting your food scraps and find the nearest drop-off point near you: nyc.gov/compostproject Help to reduce temperatures in NYC by requesting a roof near you to be painted white or volunteering to paint a white roof: nyc.gov/coolroofs Help take care of NYC’s trees by training to be a Citizen Pruner with Trees New York. Sign up here: treesny.org/citizenpruner Did you know that NYC has over 578 miles of waterfront and is a great place to watch birds? Explore and join one of the NYCAudobon Society’s birding trips this season: nycaudubon.org/ Help reduce litter in your community. Pick up one piece of litter this week and post a photo of it where you found it on Instagram (@HumanImpactsInstitute) or Twitter (@HumanImpacts) Do you really know what you can recycle in your home, work, or school? Check out the recycling laws in NYC here: nyc.gov/recycle What small action are you going to take today to address climate change? Tell a friend in the room, post to Twitter (@HumanImpacts) or Facebook (@HumanImpactsInstitute) Learn more and share knowledge about climate change! Request a Climate Reality Project project presentation for your home, office, school, or community today: presenters.climaterealityproject.org/
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:59:05 +0000
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