What You Can Do, Aug 14, 2017 http://climate.smiller.org - then click “WhatYouCanDo”
URL http://climate.smiller.org/2017-8-17-meeting/WhatYouCanDo.html
TRUTH IN TEN TALK; download Directions
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO NJ, YOUR
COMMUNITY, AND YOU? [slides]
THINGS AN INDIVIDUAL CAN DO
·
Give
Truth-in-Ten talk to
your friends and groups; attend Oct
17-19 Climate Reality Training (Pittsburgh)
·
Ask
your mayor to sign 100% clean energy Sierra
Club endorsement
; “Climate Mayors” ; “We Are Still In” , "WindandWater"
o Who
is your Mayor? Suggested points to include in letter writing or meetings
o What commitments is the mayor signing?
·
Volunteer
for your city’s “Green
Team”
·
Join
Monmouth Community Climate Coalition (MCCC)
and Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL)
·
Call to Action; Sustaining
Creation 48 steps
·
Switch your house and business/church …
to 100% renewable electricity & lower your electric bill!
·
Buy
(& READ) books
o “Drawdown – The Most Comprehensive
Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming”, edited by Paul Hawken ($17 from Amazon) Pat Miller’s
Drawdown” book review
o “Truth to Power – your action handbook
to learn the science, find your voice, and help solve the climate crisis” ($17,
Amazon)
·
GREEN
TEAMS: energy plan Actions
o
Create
an ENERGY PLAN leading to emission reductions/carbon sinks
o
Select
and Complete Actions which give the greatest reduction in Green House gas (get points and
grants from Sustainable Jersey!!)
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH CITY IN MONMOUTH COUNTY CITY: contact your mayor; volunteer with your Green Team, &
inspire them!!
·
See
Steve’s Sept,2017 article
in NJ Sierran
