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BE THE CHANGE
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When we work together, we can tackle a serious challenge like climate change, build a stronger, healthier community for our families today, and ensure a more prosperous tomorrow for our children and grandchildren. Seattle Climate Action Now offers practical tools and resources that help us all become part of the solution to climate change. The Seattle CAN web portal is a one-stop-shop designed to help you take climate action. The site features:
- Get Started Guide for Climate Action in Seattle
- Zerofootprint Climate Action Planner – Tool to help residents calculate their carbon footprint, create an action plan for reducing it, track progress over time, and connect with others taking action
- Partners & Resources – Information about campaign partners and resources to help you take climate action
- Community Events Calendar
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The pages below have ideas and resources on what you can do on campus and at home:
Consumption
Energy
Food
Transportation
Waste
Water
The data on the pages above came from the following sources: Stopglobalwarming.org, MTV Break the Addiction, NY Presbyterian Hospital, Office of Brethren Witness, Stuff, NYC Wasteless, Treehugger. |
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Ecological footprint is a metaphor used to depict the amount of land and water area a human population would hypothetically need to provide the resources required to support itself and to absorb its wastes. It is commonly used to explore the sustainability of individual lifestyles, goods and services, organizations, industry sectors, regions and nations. Ecological footprint analysis approximates the amount of ecologically productive land and sea area required to sustain a population, manufacture a product, or undertake certain activities, by accounting the use of energy, food, water, building material and other consumables.
The purpose of taking the ecological footprint quiz is to educate you about your resource use and, hopefully, trigger you to alter your consumption. Worldwide, there exist 4.5 biologically productive acres per person. The average American lives a lifestyle that requires 24 acres per person. At the end of the quiz you will be shown an estimate of the number of acres required to support your lifestyle.
Calculate your footprint. When asked ‘How big is the city where you live’ for Seattle select 100,001 to 1,000,000. If you live in a residence hall, select ‘7 or more people’ for the number of people in your household, ‘2500 square feet or larger’ for the size of your home and select ‘multi-story apartment building’ for housing type. |
God created the Earth and placed us in care of it. Our Creator has given us the gift of creation: the air we breathe, the water that sustains life, the fruits of the land that nourish us, and the entire web of life without which human life cannot flourish. Our response to global climate change should be a sign of our respect for God's creation. At its core, global climate change is about the future of God's creation and the one human family. It is about protecting both the human and the natural environments. It is about our human stewardship of God's creation and our responsibility to those who come after us. Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good |
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