The OUUC Environmental Action Team has brought you various challenges over the past year to reduce your impact on Earth’s resources and lessen the severity of the Climate Crisis. We hope you have found them helpful! For Earth Month we are challenging you to go out and help the local environment: • join a work […]
Environment
Environmental Action Team March Challenge: Eat Less Meat
The global production of food is responsible for a third of all planet-heating gases emitted by human activity, with the use of animals for meat causing twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods. This includes clearing forests for livestock grazing and methane production from cows and sheep. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Like limiting […]
Getting Beyond Climate Crisis Apathy: “I won’t make a difference.”
Elizabeth Cripps, writing in the Guardian this last weekend, had an excellent set of responses to climate crisis apathy. One argument she tackles is, “I won’t make a difference.” This is a common response when we are faced with situations we believe to be beyond our control. Ms. Cripps responds to this notion: “ […]
Environmental Action Team (EAT) Monthly Climate Challenge
Get Involved with an Organization! Last month we urged you to write letters to the editor of local papers and contact your government leaders on climate-related issues and advocate for acting on the climate crisis. Individual actions like these are important and help push society to a better climate policy and fight climate change. Weatherizing […]
January EAT Challenge
Raise Your Voice for the Environment! You’ve studied the climate issues and you want to express your point of view. Now is an excellent time to let others know what you think about what is happening with climate action at the legislature, in the community, or in the wider world. Why not write a Letter […]