Discussion Prompt
Please follow the instructions outlined below for your initial and response posts.
Initial Post
- Climate Action Plans
- Does your city or your state have a climate action plan? Look here (Links to an external site.)for states. Do an online search of "[city name]" and "climate action plan". If your city is large, look here (Links to an external site.) to see if it is participating in the C40 initiative.
- What are actions being proposed to combat the effects of climate change locally? This info should pop up in the above internet searches.
- Your carbon footprint
- Go back to your Ecological Footprint and recall how many tons of carbon dioxide you emit each year OR
- Go to the EPA carbon calculatorLinks to an external site. and get a more accurate estimate
- Where does your electricity come from? How much is from fossil fuels, how much is from renewables?
- There are a number of resources you can use to answer this question
- For US: Visit eia.govLinks to an external site. - if you want another state than Oregon, use the drop down menu at the top of the screen
- For Oregon specific data: Use the Oregon.gov page on electricity productionLinks to an external site. - Navigate to the ERM by Utility tab to find your utility's energy mix - there is a ton of info here so take your time to explore a little!
- For the rest of the world: there's no one great resource, so google and let us know what you find out!
- There are a number of resources you can use to answer this question
- Google ideas on how to save energy in your daily activities
- Pick three and describe them - they can be a simple or ambitious as you'd like!
- Describe why you chose these actions and what you will do.
- How easy or hard to do you think it would/will be to follow through, and why?
- Note, if you already do some of the things you found - awesome, tell us about them and pick some new ones!
- Cite at least 1 external source you use in your post.
- Include the author or publisher, year/date, title, and url.