WHAT YOU CAN DO

Barbara Fletcher, Look Out, mixed media collage, 12 x 18 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 events, actions to take, information on “being green”, places to donate, and petitions to sign.

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Yvonne Lamothe, Egrets and Ducks at the Pond Around the Corner,(detail) oil on panel, 24 x 36 in.

The Hidden Cost of Plastics to Human Health - Brookline Responds

January 16

The Public Library of Brookline -- Brookline Village Library
361 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02445

6:30 - 8:30pm EST
Free and open to the public

Come join us at The Public Library of Brookline -- Brookline Village Library Hunneman Hall for an eye-opening event on the impact of plastics on human health. Learn about the dangers lurking in everyday plastics and how they affect our well-being. Discover what steps Brookline is taking to address this issue. Don't miss out on this important discussion!

The event offers an interactive experience, including a poster session where attendees can engage with experts and activists, followed by a presentation by Dr. Philip Landrigan, a renowned pediatrician, epidemiologist, and Director of Global Public Health and the Common Good. Light refreshments will be served. This is a valuable opportunity to connect, learn, and act together to address the health impacts of plastics.

This event is sponsored by Mothers Out Front, Department of Public Works, Department of Public Health & Human Services, Public Libraries of Brookline, Climate Action Brookline, Friends of Brookline Public Health, Rotary Club of Brookline, and Elders Climate Action - MA Chapter.

Cass R. Sunstein at the Cambridge Public Library

February 12

Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138

6:00pm EST
Free and open to the public

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Cass R. Sunstein—the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, where he is the cofounder and codirector of the Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and the Law—for a discussion of his new book Climate Justice: What Rich Nations Owe the World—and the Future.
RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a hardcover copy of Climate Justice and pick it up at the event. Cass R. Sunstein will sign copies of his new book after the presentation.

About Climate Justice
The social cost of carbon: The most important number you've never heard of—and what it means.
If you're injuring someone, you should stop—and pay for the damage you've caused. Why, this book asks, does this simple proposition, generally accepted, not apply to climate change? In Climate Justice, a bracing challenge to status-quo thinking on the ethics of climate change, renowned author and legal scholar Cass Sunstein clearly frames what’s at stake and lays out the moral imperative: When it comes to climate change, everyone must be counted equally, regardless of when they live or where they live—which means that wealthy nations, which have disproportionately benefited from greenhouse gas emissions, are obliged to help future generations and people in poor nations that are particularly vulnerable.

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

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