We keep hearing about the supply chain disruption in the news media but need to address what drives our supply chain: unsustainable demand.
Climate Crisis
No Time to Waste: An Easy and Even Fun Way to Push Our Reps on Climate
Please join me for an online action party on August 31st. We’ll contact our Members of Congress to urge them to take bold action on climate.
Books and More for Coping With IPCC-Assessment-Induced Ecoanxiety
If you feel overwhelmed or doomed in light of the IPCC climate assessment released this week, these books and media picks can help.
15 Easy Ways to Conserve Water in Your Kitchen and on Your Plate
Directly conserve water flowing out of your kitchen taps and indirectly conserve it on the farm by considering how and where your food grows.
Do Individual Actions Matter?
You’ve no doubt heard the argument: Individual actions don’t matter, only collective action does. Must we choose one or the other?
8 Reasons to Be Cautiously Optimistic about the Environment in 2021
Despite the fact that although 2020 has ended and the chaos has not, we have reason to be more optimistic about the environment in 2021.
Lazy, Experimental, Give-It-a-Whirl Gardening
If Covid disrupted the food supply chain, imagine what more extreme weather will do. Now’s a good time to start a garden.
What to Eat During a Heat Wave or Power Outage
Record heat and rolling blackouts. The show (or dinner) must still go on. These ideas will satisfy your appetite without heating up the kitchen.
How to Keep Caring
Asking the question, “How do I keep caring?” shows not that we don’t care about the planet but that we may not be caring adequately for ourselves.
Online Petitions Can Lead to Change
Filling in the few fields of an online petition seems like literally the least we can do. But combined with other actions, online petitions can work.
We All Need Good News and Here It Is
While the bad news on the environment has been very bad, the good news has been very good. If you’ve been feeling hopeless, here is some relief.
Ask Anne Marie: How Can I Support the Climate Strikes?
“I want to go to the climate strikes but I have really bad anxiety. What else could I do?”
12 Simple Strategies to Cope with Ecoanxiety
The American Psychological Association defines ecoanxiety as “A chronic fear of environmental doom.” If you have ecoanxiety, try these coping strategies.