The Climate Change Personal Action Chart
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First fill in the checklist:
Column A: I'm already doing this
Column B: Does this idea appeal to me?
Column C: Is this something I could do within
the next month?
Column D: Is this something I could start on within a week?
Then circle your Top 3 Ideas and answer the questions below.
Climate Change: Ideas for Personal Action |
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1. Do some more reading, to learn more |
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2. Rent An Inconvenient Truth, and invite my friends to watch it
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3. Join a local group, make a donation & attend the next meeting (eg BC Sustainable Energy Association, Sierra Club, etc.) |
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4. Fit my home with 10 energy efficient light bulbs
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5. Research the cost of replacing my most energy-consuming appliances |
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6. Change the way I travel, so that I use less fuel
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7. Write to my MP, MPP or MLA, and urge them to do more |
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8. Talk to someone I know who could make a difference: ......................................................................... |
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9. Organize a small Climate Group for my friends and neighbours |
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10. Join a Car-Sharing or Cycling Advocacy Group |
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11. Research the cost to retrofit my home, to make it more efficient |
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12. Research the cost to install a solar hot water system on my roof |
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13. Write a letter to the paper the next time a climate story comes up |
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14. Join a political party, and work to improve their climate policies |
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15. Reduce the amount of meat I eat, and eat more local organic food |
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16. Become Carbon Neutral. Calculate my annual emissions and buy offsets |
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17. Make the choice to live more simply, and consume less stuff. How? |
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18. Call a friend to talk to him or her about these personal actions |
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19. Give a video or book on climate change to a friend as a gift |
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Personal Action #1:
Idea: ______________________________________________________
What's my First Step?
___________________________________________________________
Who will help me?
___________________________________________________________
Personal Action #2:
Idea: ______________________________________________________
What's my First Step?
___________________________________________________________
Who will help me?
___________________________________________________________
Personal Action #3:
Idea: ______________________________________________________
What's my First Step?
___________________________________________________________
Who will help me?
___________________________________________________________
Created by Guy Dauncey - January 2007
Please feel free to copy, adapt, and use
BC Sustainable Energy Association - www.bcsea.org