Go Green Guidance

Today is Earth Day and if you are like me, you are pretty discouraged by the lack of political will to tackle climate change. We mustn’t give up and there are many things you can do, the most important one being to vote for people who will support taking action and will stand up to the Exxon’s of the world.
Besides voting, here are several simple things to do:
Combine trips so you use less gas.
Coast to stop (unless you have an electric vehicle with regenerative brakes 😂)
Turn lights off and replace standard bulbs and fixtures with LED’s
Recycle PROPERLY! (No town recycling in my town anymore due to to much contamination)
Recycle electronics. (We take ours back to a big city and donate it to a place teaching how to salvage electronics)
We pay extra for an entrepreneurial company to pick up our glass. They turn it into new things.
We also pay to recycle our plastic. A local non-profit builds walls and sheds with it!
Hang your laundry to dry when the weather permits.
Put on a sweater instead of bumping up heat and put on a fan, rather than lowering ac.
Plant native trees.
Shop locally!
Reduce meat consumption.
Those are just a few ideas. There are lists and lists on the web.
Let’s leave our only home a better place for our children and grandchildren and
Celebrate today by getting outside and appreciating this beautiful planet.

This article is NOT about the Webb telescope! It is an article about elephants being a solution to the climate crisis! Clearly someone screwed up the photo attached to the article, but the article is worth reading!

Look! Webb image unveils a fiery hive of baby stars in never-before-seen detail The James Webb Space Telescope imaged star cluster NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, uncovering previously unseen star formation.

No kidding…

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating

Are we smart enough to do this again?

Opinion: Finally, good news that inspires some hope for climate change | CNN You'd be forgiven for thinking that we live in dark times, writes Don Lincoln. But this week delivered some refreshingly good news: The World Meteorological Organization released a report stating that humanity and all life on Earth dodged a bullet.

Interesting study:

Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year – study Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people

Looking for ways to help mitigate climate change? Check out the list in this article!

9 Best Charities for Climate Change (Complete 2022 List) - Impactful Ninja It is estimated that our planet has warmed by 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th Century. This has caused ocean acidification, decreased snow cover, and a marked increase in the number of extreme weather events occurring worldwide. Environmental charities are now working hard to halt this t...

https://screenrant.com/kitt-peak-telescopes-space-research-wildfire-threat/

Kitt Peak Wildfire Scare Highlights Growing Threat To Space Research Kitt Peak telescopes fire stresses climate risks.

Sorry it’s been awhile! Here’s some not surprising news, but you will recognize this handiwork in every climate deniers claims!

The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62225696

The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change Thirty years ago, a bold plan was hatched to persuade people that climate change was not a problem.