You do your best to live lightly on the planet, but some greenhouse gas emissions are inevitable. When you have already become as energy-efficient as you can, and the energy you use is as sustainable as you can get it, you turn to carbon offsets. The final step in the hierarchy towards achieving net-zero energy, carbon offsets... Continue Reading →
How we could change the planet’s climate future
The climate crisis is too vast and complicated to solve with a silver bullet, says author David Wallace-Wells. What we need is a shift in how we live. Follow along as he lays out some of the dramatic actions we could take to build a livable, prosperous world in the age of global warming. Continued... Continue Reading →
How it's already affecting your health, home and safety — and what you can do about it En español | Remember the Great Texas Freeze this past February? Never-before-seen ice storms crashed trees onto power lines and froze the wind turbines Texans turn depend on for heat and light. Record-breaking temperatures gave way in some places... Continue Reading →
AARP: What You Need to Know About Climate Change
A warming climate is likely to push entire regions out of their comfort zones—and make staying cool a matter of survival. DASHT-E LUT, IRAN. A morning traveler surveys what might be Earth’s hottest place: the Lut Desert. In 2014 French researchers measured an unofficial 142°F in the shade here—a potential world record, if repeated with standard... Continue Reading →
Too hot to live: Millions worldwide will face unbearable temperatures
Imagine living in a modern, densely populated city. On any given morning, you might expect to look out your window and see a stream of cars and pedestrians on their daily commute, bustling shops and restaurants selling their wares, or perhaps local musicians performing a free show to onlookers in the city square. In recent... Continue Reading →
Humans Must Learn to Coexist With Nature
This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question. Also, this map is not perfect -- it is a work in progress with tons of contributions from the community. Please send us fixes if you find errors. If you... Continue Reading →
Native Land Map (Historical and/or Present)
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CDC Emergency Response
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Accidents happen – but you can be ready to help yourself and your loved ones with this FREE app. The First Aid app puts expert advice for common emergencies at your fingertips. Videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice makes learning easy and engaging. Select English or Spanish language with an... Continue Reading →
Red Cross Mobile Apps and Voice-Enabled Skills/Actions
WHO WE ARE Fridays For Future is an international, intersectional movement of students striking for climate. FFF began in August 2018, after 15 year old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. Since then, millions of... Continue Reading →
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE USA
Growing demand for sustainable goods is driving carbon labels into the market The world is littered with labels — markers that tell you how many calories are in a candy bar or if a tomato is organic. Now, companies are creating labels to show consumers the environmental costs of their daily habits. Carbon labels have... Continue Reading →
Companies bet carbon labels can help the climate. Will consumers catch on?
New research suggests social transformations that prompt “degrowth” could cut humanity’s climate footprint in time to meet the Paris climate agreement target. Existing plans to limit global warming rely too much on “increasingly unrealistic assumptions” that societies will be able to remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere while simultaneously maintaining incessant economic growth... Continue Reading →
