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Use this button to browse the archive of “Green Corner” columns from UUAA Weekly News postings – lots of good tips!
2024 is UUAA’s year to approach net ZERO CARBON and ZERO WASTE… DO try this at home!
ZERO WASTE RESOURCES
Resources for Zero Waste at UUAA
[Note that the recycle / compost rules are NOT the same as the City of Ann Arbor’s.]
Guide to composting at UUAA – with FAQs
Guide to what items get recycled at UUAA.
Guide to what items go in compost at UUAA
Zero Waste Home Resources
Ann Arbor’s Composting Rule Changes 2024, What do the mean for you? — from Jan Wright, Ann Arbor Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Caucus on Consumption, Waste & the Climate Crisis
“Zero Waste – What You Can Do at Home” — from Chef Alison Mountford
Zero Waste Guide to Food and Cooking — from ZeroWaste.org
Recyle Ann Arbor’s searchable “A-Z Recycling” Guide
Food Waste Reduction in Michigan
Michigan Food Waste – MICHIGAN ROAD MAP (November 2023)
EGLE (Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy) – Food Waste and Recovery website
Looking for local food sources?
Farmers Markets in Michigan
Michigan Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA): This link shows you a list of WASHTENAW COUNTY CSAs
ZERO CARBON RESOURCES
Interfaith Power & Light has a posting on rebates, tax credits and savings for going solar.
Carbon Calculators – How big is your footprint?
These carbon calculators are recommended by our Green Sanctuary 2030 congregations
——- UC Berkeley’s CoolClimate carbon calculator
—— Interfaith Power and Light’s Cool Congregations Calculator for Individuals.
The EPA’s Carbon Footprint Calculator.
The Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan provides a. “Carbon Footprint Factsheet.” (Pub. No. CSS09-05) that includes a good summary of how individuals can calculate and reduce their carbon footprint.
Twenty-five [mostly] simple tips for decreasing your carbon footprint
Information from the 2022-23 Ann Arbor Climate Hero Stories Group’s webinars on Reducing Your Carbon Footprint can be found at this link.
OTHER RESOURCES
Pollinators
Download Options for “No Mow May” and How to Help Pollinators.
Music and Climate!
Musicians are inspired by the climate crisis. View & listen to examples.
Find a Local Climate Organization
A Guide to Climate-related Organizations in Ann Arbor, in Michigan and Beyond
Climate Resources for Kids and Families
Videos
Environmental Justice Explained (Grist.org)
Our Climate, Our Future (ACE.org)
Materials
Our Climate Our Future Coloring Activity
Sierra Club Clean Schools Fact Sheet
Sierra Club Clean Schools Toolkit
Earth Guardians: 50 Simple Things
Climate Kids in Action: 10 Things I Can Do to Help
Websites
https://ourclimateourfuture.org
https://ourclimateourfuture.org/
https://www.sierraclub.org/climate-parents
https://www.earthguardians.org/