Earth Day 2024
PLEDGE CHALLENGE
Yolo County CA Residents
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LUCKY ELECTRIC MOPED WINNER, STEPHANY!
RESOURCES
Diversify Your Ride (download PDF)
Get an Energy Boost (webpage)
Eat Thoughtfully (download PDF)
Build Resilience (download PDF)
Get Involved (download PDF)
Green Finances (download PDF)
“Regeneration” by Paul Hawken has expanded its reach into online resources. Check out a few of their topics below:
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IN EACH OF 6 CATEGORIES
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1. DIVERSIFY YOUR RIDE
Transportation accounts for about 70% of fossil fuel emissions regionally and most of that is from combustion cars. Air travel emissions aren't even included in that pie!
Encourage 1x month at least 1 person to ride a bike, bus, or walk
Bike, bus, or walk to work, school, or errands 3x per week (or more)
Reduce air travel emissions
Buy and use an electric vehicle, ebike, or e-scooter for your primary mode of transport
Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
2. GET AN ENERGY BOOST
Increasing temperatures and more frequent extreme heat events are leading to even more critical demand for space cooling, resulting in outages and other related stresses.
Pre-cool your home during summer to avoid peak usage and rates
Open windows to cool your home at night during summer months
Hang your clothes to dry instead of using a dryer for 3 weeks of the month
Install a whole house fan
Get your attic insulated
Get rooftop solar with battery storage
Make a plan to electrify your home
Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
3. EAT THOUGHTFULLY
Simply reducing the quantity of meat you consume can have a huge impact. Animal agriculture contributes significantly to biodiversity loss, land deforestation, and land degradation globally.
- Watch a documentary about plant based eating from our series or choose your own
- Set up a monthly plant-based meal or potluck with friends or family
- Avoid palm oil starting with reading labels
- Strategize to minimize food waste
- Eat a meatless meal 3 times per week
- Give up or significantly reduce high impact foods like beef, pork, lamb, or dairy
- Switch to a vegetarian or plant-based diet
- Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
4. GET INVOLVED
Getting involved means a better future for everyone. Extend your impact and enrich your life!
- Share about your pledge with 5 friends or family every month (talk about it!)
- Start or join a neighborhood connecting, sharing, or safety group
- Host a connecting event for your friends, family, neighborhood, church, or school
- Volunteer with a climate or resilience organization, community garden, or school environmental club
- Attend City Council and/or City Commission meetings for agenda topics related to climate and resilience
- Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
5. GREEN FINANCES
Many financial institutions perpetuate climate chaos by lending, investing, or engaging in fossil fuel projects or other environmentally damaging activities.
- Learn about greening your finances and why it’s important
- Move your money to an ethical and fossil-free bank or credit union
- Open a credit card with an ethical institution and select an organization to support
- Make a (significant-for-you) donation to a climate organization
- Change your investments to be socially responsible and fossil free
- Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
6. BUILD RESILIENCE
Resilience means persevering in the face of disruptions. Resilient people and communities meet challenges with openness and turn them into opportunities.
- Make a household emergency plan and kit
- Make a commitment to learn about and act on climate injustices
- Offer or ask for assistance from a neighbor
- Begin a new self-care routine
- Plant or adopt a fruit producing or climate ready shade tree
- Replace grass with drought tolerant plants and drip irrigation
- Other: A different action in this category that fits you best!
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