Get Involved!
- 350.org – “Climate-focused campaigns, projects and actions led from the bottom-up by people in 188 countries”.
- Climate Disobedience Center – The Climate Disobedience Center exists to support a growing community of climate dissidents who take the risk of acting commensurate with the scale and urgency of the crisis.
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Also see the “Divest From Fossil Fuels” section below
Air Quality
Alternative Energy
- How to Save a LOT of Money While Saving the Environment (Hint: Use LED lights!)
- The shocking truth about LED lights!
- The one big thing YOU can do to save the world! – switch to alternative energy
Conserve Energy (and money)
- How to Save a LOT of Money While Saving the Environment (Hint: Use LED lights!)
- Home energy savings calculator – easily run different scenarios on energy saving measures for your home! Cool!
- CARBON DIOXIDE FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR – see how much CO2 you and your family makes
Climate Change Preparedness
(mostly from this blog cause that’s what we’re all about!)
- How to Adapt To and Survive Forest Fires
- A Climate Prepper’s Guide To Surviving Extreme Cold and Winter Storms!
- How to prepare for flooding caused by climate change
- Drought, climate change, and your health
- How are your allergies affected by climate change?
- Preparedness Tips – from the NOAA National Hurricane Center
- Preparedness for Seniors: The Importance of Being Prepared for a Natural Disaster
Divest from Fossil Fuels
- Why divest from fossil fuels? – some good reasons to divest! Check this out too – Divest and have a Happy(er) Valentine’s Day!
- GoFossilFree.org – divestment news and action from 350.org
- Report: Extracting Fossil Fuels From Your Portfolio: A Guide to Personal Divestment and Reinvestment – – an investment guide brought to you by 350.org, Green Century Funds and Trillium
- Report: Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets
- Report: The fossil fuel bailout: G20 subsidies for oil, gas and coal exploration
Insulation and Energy Savings Calculators
- Energy Savings Calculator – a dead simple calculator from USA Insulation. I have no idea who these people are, but their calculator is okay by me, and it is within range of the more fancy calculators below.
- Insulation Savings Calculator – from the Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association. This pretty simple calculator is only for estimating savings and CO2 reduction for heating.
- For some of the following calculators you will need to determine your “degree days” for heating and cooling. You can do that here. Be sure to select “Average” breakdown to get a yearly number to use in the calculators below.
- Insulation Investment Calculator – determines savings from insulation for both heating and cooling. From Chuck Wright Consulting (I have no idea who that is, but his calculator is nifty). Chuck says…. “Insulation resists the flow of heat. Knowing the R values before and after an insulation upgrade and the average temperature difference across the insulation, you can calculate the amount that the insulation upgrade reduces heat flow. Knowing the cost of energy and the cost of the insulation upgrade, you can calculate the rate of return on your investment in insulation.” He also has a bunch of other interesting calculators on his site.
- Home Energy Saver – a fairly comprehensive to complex calculator from a US DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. They say… “The Home Energy Saver™ (HES) empowers homeowners and renters to save money, live better, and help the earth by reducing energy use in their homes. HES recommends energy-saving upgrades that are appropriate to the home and make sense for the home’s climate and local energy prices. The money invested in these upgrades commonly earns “interest” in the form of energy bill savings, at an annual rate of 20% or more. HES also estimates the home’s carbon footprint and shows how much it can be reduced.“
Great Blogs
- Climate Central – www.climatecentral.org – “An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.”
- Real Climate – www.realclimate.org – “Climate science from climate scientists”
- DeSmog Blog – www.desmogblog.com – “Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science”
- Environmental Health News – “… team of journalists and researchers reviews upwards of 200 news stories, opinions and editorials a day. We aim to connect dots, putting events driving the day’s news in a larger context for our audience and sharing our perspective as reporters with considerable expertise in the field”.
- High Country News – www.hcn.org – “For People Who Care About the West” — “Our mission is to inform and inspire people — through in-depth journalism – to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.”
Podcasts
- The best climate change podcasts – list of the best climate podcasts out there.
If you have a tool or resources please comment below or send an email. Thanks!