Points of Action

Remember that hope powers action and action means change. Every fraction of a degree of warming stopped, matters. So, what can you do? This is my updated list of points of action (feel free to suggest more!)

(Image -Rows of solar panels on a building in Somerset, UK. Author’s image.)

• Politics, politics and more politics! If there is any election - local or national - can you help elect better people? Yes, you can!

  • Why and how to get inolved in politics

• Make sure your own supplier of energy is getting it from renewable sources.

  • UK link

• If you have influence at work, ask about if your work place can also switch energy suppliers.

• If you have investments/pensions and can control where they invest, seek to move from any fossil fuel ones to renewable energy.

  • Here’s how to start.

• If there is a renewable energy project seeking planning permission in your area, write in support of it. Help make it happen!

  • US; How to Talk to Your Friendly Neighborhood Public Utility Regulator

• Join a climate action group. There’s loads around and this does not have to mean protest - any group always needs a core of people to help from admin, funding, logistics and more. Being part of something is one of the best ways to stave off despair.

  • I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park

• Support an independent media outlet. One of the issues why we hit headwinds in climate progress despite a majority of people wanting to see action is that we face a huge, well-funded climate denial media network. However there are individuals and outlets doing good reporting, investigations and more. These always need support, so find one you like, share and subscribe/support!

  • Here are some I recomend:

    • ProPublica - Investigative journalism in the public interest

    • Heated - A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis

    • Inside Climate News - Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet

    • The Guardian - Non-billionaire owned media

(Image - Lens flare on the plasma vessel of the Joint European Torus (JET) Tokamak in Culham. Fusion is a technology now interecting with that of AI. Source.)