Civic and Community Engagement
The Frog will explore The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions by Heidi Roop in the first 100 days of 2024
In the first `100 days of 2024 we will explore 100 climate solutions that may “empower you to evaluate, engage, and act” to address on-going climate change as an individual on your terms.
We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately. For the purposes of this post, let’s let Ben Franklin have this one (probably not, according to Doctor Buzzkill). The idea of collective action baked into the lore surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence to create a new nation. We all are in this together. One for all, all for one. It is the essence and critical foundation of climate action. The only way to muscle past the tragedy of the commons.
Many, if not most of the climate actions we have discussed in this series are focused on what you can do as an individual and how you can make your voice heard to positively influence others to take action. You still may not be convinced or may not be able to take action in a way that is aligned with your values and has also a hope of making a measurable impact.
Maybe you have money that you can put to work for you while you figure out what you can do. You can put your time and effort into researching groups worthy of support. Community and church groups, or local, regional, national, or global. You can decide the scale, the mission, and the impact and through your donation you can support others taking action.
You might be interested in enhancing greenhouse gas emissions, creating green spaces, watershed and flood management, mental health services, equity and social justice, disaster response and recovery. Anything we have talked about has champions who have come together as individuals to organize and make a difference.
Get started at Charity Navigator – here are (on this day) 443 groups that claim some connection to climate action. You can sort by rating, region, how they approach the problem: leadership and adaptability, impact and results, culture and community, etc. And don’t forget to reserve a little to support Charity Navigator for their good work.
Want your support to go directly to an individual? Search climate on GoFundMe and find individuals and organizations who need just a little funding to do good work. Unlike other charities, you will know who you are funding. For instance, check out Shoestring Climate Activist Needs Support or Heat Relief for Homeless Daytonians. With this kind of direct support, you can have the satisfaction of knowing exactly the impact you are making and amplify the efforts of those taking action.
Next Up: Climate Action in 2024 – Day 86: Support Youth Climate Activism
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