1. TAKE ACTION – Tips for ordinary People and business owners

Join a local group

  • SCCAN – paulineseales120@gmail.com,      CCL – Lynda Marin – lmarin@cruzio.com
  • Talk to City Council / Supervisors  ,  Contact state & national reps
  • Demand EMERGENCY ACTION NOW – see page
  • Contact state and national reps to support new laws and regulations for climate action.

2. At WORK, SCHOOL, HOME

  • Be observant and reduce/report wastage of food, energy, materials or, excess plastic use
  • Buy items in bulk and store in jars
  • COMPOST FOOD WASTE – at home use city/county bins.

3. TRANSPORT

  • Whenever possible use a bus, bike, e-bike or carpool or TELECOMMUTE
  • Used 3 year old electric cars are a great deal – low price, low maintenance, very low emissions
  • REDUCE FLYING – use Zoom or similar for 2/3 meetings whether business or family.
  • Take vacations by bus/train or closer to home

4. HOME OR BUSINESS ENERGY

  • Sign up for COMMUNITY POWER – clean locally run – for Monterey Bay area Central Coast Community Energy
  • Support local resilient micro-grids
  • Adjust thermostat to 68F winter, (A/C 75F summer) Close doors/windows if using energy
  • Use LED lights – Switch OFF things not used
  • Install Efficient Electric HEAT PUMP appliances (not Gas) – new gas hook-ups now banned in Santa Cruz and many cities

5. Adjust your DIET

  • eat LOCAL, mostly organics,  eat MORE fruit and veg
  • LESS MEAT (espec. Beef and pork)  details and links here
  • Buy from Farmers markets to support Regenerative Organic Ag and other ways to take CO2 out of the air

6. Recycle

  • REUSE when possible. Buy LESS new stuff
  • Look for RECYCLABLE packaging.

7. VOTE for those who will make CHANGES!

8. Learn/Study & Speak Up – there’s HOPE

  • TALK and LISTEN and share feelings – talk to parents, friends, neighbors etc.

  • Have climate conversations with people.
  • Check DRAWDOWN drawdown.org  
  • Learn and share worldwide solutions – see recent IPCC page

updated 10/8/2