WHAT YOU CAN DO
Agusta Agustsson, Plastic Sea Red Straws, 50 x 41 in.
At a time when life on our planet is in imminent danger, the artists of Shared Habitat Earth have made climate change the focus of their work, calling for action and social justice. We support a variety of organizations, and encourage you to get involved however you can.
Scroll down and find actions to take, information on “being green”, places to donate, petitions to sign, and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Jill Goldman Callahan, Frozen Treasure, mixed media triptych, 10 x 30 in.
Shared Habitat Earth
Special Event: Plant Reading with Skooby Laposky
October 13
Mass Audubon Habitat
10 Juniper Road
Belmont, MA 02478
3:00 pm
Rain Date: October 14, 3:00 pm
Join the artists of Shared Habitat Earth (SHE) at a special event: Plant Reading with Skooby Laposky
Using plants and trees, sound artist Skooby Laposky gathers data that emerges from sounds found in nature, and with this data creates immersive artful experiences in collaboration with the natural world.
Thinking About Climate Change
October 25 & 26
Campus Center Ballroom
UMass Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
Free and open to the public
Art, Science and Imagination in the 21st Century
Please join us for this first of its kind conference hosted by the University of Massachusetts Boston. During the two day event there will be panel presentations by invited artists, scientists and public policy representatives to provide a transdisciplinary focus and discussion on climate change. Accompanying the panel discussions will be two art exhibitions, a video program from the Revolutions Per Minute Festival, student initiated events, and sponsorship tables where you can find out information about the many current climate initiatives in our area.
This conference explores interdisciplinary connections, shared foundations, tensions between individual and institutional structures, fostering exploration, awareness, education, and action-able solutions. It also aims to inspire scientists, researchers and artists to direct their skills to stem global warming and for sustainable development through public policy and community actions.
Take action
It all begins with you.
TELL CONGRESS TO STOP SHELLING OUT BILLIONS TO BIG OIL
Our leaders cannot claim to be serious about environmental justice and climate change if they continue to hand away taxpayer money to Big Polluters. TAKE ACTION
SAVE OUR OCEANS FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION
Plastic is polluting our entire planet, from the beaches to the deepest depths of our oceans. TAKE ACTION
SAVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS FROM OIL AND GAS DRILLING!
Nearly a quarter of our country’s emissions come from fossil fuel extraction on public lands—we can’t afford to let the fossil fuel industry drill and mine even more. TAKE ACTION
FIGHT DEFORESTATION
Over ten years ago, the world’s biggest retail companies committed to ending deforestation in their supply chains by 2020, but they have failed. We must hold them accountable. TAKE ACTION
TELL U.S. TO TERMINATE ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH A DEADLY COAL PLANT
The U.S. helped fund the Sasan coal plant in India—a project with an ash pond that burst, creating a massive flood of coal ash that led to the deaths of six people. TAKE ACTION
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROBLEMATIC WEYMOUTH COMPRESSOR STATION.
TAKE ACTION
Learn to be green
It all begins with you.
MASSPIRG info on induction cook tops:
https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/updates/induction-cooktops-get-high-marks-for-efficiency-performance-and-safety/
MASS SAVE on induction stoves
https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/inductionstove
MASSPIRG on green living
https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/topics/green-living/
MASSPIRG Campaign against single use plastic
https://pirg.org/massachusetts/take-action/tell-the-federal-government-to-reduce-the-amount-of-single-use-plastic-it-purchases/
MASSPIRG on reducing energy waste
https://pirg.org/massachusetts/edfund/resources/citizens-guide-to-reducing-energy-waste/
MASS SAVE on Heat Pumps:
https://www.masssave.com/en/heatpump
MASS SAVE energy assessment:
https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/energy-assessments
https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/energy-assessments/online-home-energy-assessment
Get involved
It all begins with you.
About 350.org
https://350.org/about/
350.org MA
https://350mass.betterfutureproject.org/
Mass River Alliance - Campaign for clean water in MA
https://www.massriversalliance.org/
Mass River Alliance: What you can do
https://www.massriversalliance.org/what-can-you-do
Friends of the Earth, Initiative against US funding of fossil fuels:
https://action.foe.org/page/29399/action/1?ea.tracking.id=Website
Donate
Put your money to work fighting climate change.
Live green
It all begins with you.
• Walk, bicycle, or take public transportation instead of driving
• Don’t idle needlessly, turn your engine off whenever possible
• Carpool
• Get an energy audit through Mass Save
• Insulate your windows
• Grow wild flowers instead of keeping a lawn that has to be mowed
• Install solar panels
• Trade in a gas guzzling vehicle for a hybrid or an electric car
• Eat local, buy from local farmers
• Compost
• Grow a vegetable garden
• Stay informed and vote for the environment
• Turn your heat down (or you AC up) a few degrees
• Avoid using plastics
• Install heat pumps in place of gas furnace
• Recycle responsibly
• Preserve trees and plant new ones
• Cook with a convection oven
• Eat vegan/vegetarian instead of depleting the earth with live stock
• Support environmental organizations