Climate Resources
Links
Carbon Footprint Calculator
https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
1% for the Planet
https://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/
One Tree Planted - One Tree Planted is a non-profit 501(c)3 tree planting charity organization with projects that plant trees around the world. Plant a tree today: one dollar plants one tree.
Purchase Carbon Offsets
Disciples’ Green Chalice
https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/missions-advocacy/green-chalice/
Ecosia Search Engine - Plant Trees While You Search The Web
Articles
Capitalism is responsible for climate change—not you and me. But here's what one economist says we could do about it.
Animal populations worldwide have declined nearly 70% in just 50 years
Documentaries
Cowspiracy
Focusing on the environmental impact of meat-eating, Cowspiracy uses facts and evidence to show that the biggest change you can make to save the planet is cutting animal products from your life and diet.
How to Let Go of the World
Documentarian Josh Fox of "Gasland" travels the globe to meet with global climate change "warriors" who are committed to reversing the tide of global warming. Funny and tragic, inspiring and enlightening, the film examines the intricately woven forces that threaten the stability of the planet and the lives of its inhabitants.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Planet of the Humans
Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.
Down to Earth
Actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy, sustainable ways to live.
The Biggest Little Farm
Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
Before the Flood
Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand.
Our Planet
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
What the Health
Made by the same people behind Cowspiracy, What the Health shifts the focus from the planet to the personal, demonstrating how a plant-based lifestyle is the best thing you can do for your health.
Dominion
*Warning* Dominion is not an easy watch.
Featuring the worst of the meat and dairy industry’s practices. The horrific practices showcased in the film are widespread, and while ignorance of them might be nice, knowledge is the only path to making the world a better place.
Eating Animals
Consuming animal products affects the world in ways you wouldn’t expect. Based on the book, Eating Animals, looks at what it means to eat meat in the modern era from the ground up, ranging from the environmental impact to labor issues in the meat-production industry. Narrated by Natalie Portman.
White Savior
Despite the progress many see in the US over the years, it has become increasingly clear that the deep roots of racism and white supremacy continue to run through our political, cultural, and religious institutions. White Savior explores the historic relationship between racism and American Christianity, the ongoing segregation of the church in the US, and the complexities of racial reconciliation.
divest your money from fossil fuels & War
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https://www.aspiration.com/
https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/
Books
They Will Inherit The Earth - John Dear
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy – Joanna Macy
Laudato Sí - Pope Francis
A New Harmony - John Phillip Newell
Restored to Earth: Christianity, environmental ethics and ecological restoration by Gretel Can Wiesenthal
Garbology: Our dirty love affair with Trash by Edward Humes
Political theology of the earth: our planetary emergency and the struggle for a new public’ by Catherine Keller
Earth, sky, gods and mortals: developing an ecological spirituality’ by Jay McDaniels
Simple Acts to Save the Planet by Michelle Neff
5 Things We Can Do About Climate Change
Eat less meat & dairy or none at all! 🐮
Meat and dairy account for around 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization. If the world is to meet its target of limiting warming to “well below” 2C, a diet shift will be necessary, scientists say.Travel less by walking, biking, or carpooling! Calculate your carbon footprint to carbon offset your necessary travel and energy!
Take political action by starting climate conversations, attending events, divesting your money from fossil fuels, voting, or organizing! Meeting your neighbors and learning how climate change impacts your community, state, and beyond are great ways to build solidarity and awareness for important environmental causes.
Start a home garden or find a community garden! Growing a garden of any size can help us connect our bodies to the earth that sustains us and doing this with a community is even better!
Buy less stuff/use less plastic! Our culture is consumer-driven and ads are all around us to purchase things we don’t need to live happy lives. When possible, borrow or buy second-hand items and opt for items that do not use plastic. Eating more whole fruits and vegetables (or growing some) can help reduce our plastic usage!
BONUS
Be creative! You have the opportunity to use your talents, skills, and passions for creating a better world for yourself and others!
