Climate Action | Climate Justice Resources

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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

[Read more on UUAA’s Food Justice Team web page.]


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

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

Take an “Eco-Tour” of the UUAA property.

Videos

  Environmental Justice Explained  (Grist.org)

  Our Climate, Our Future (ACE.org)

Materials

 Our Climate Our Future Coloring Activity

 Climate Kids Scavenger Hunt

 Climate Kids Coloring Book

 Sierra Club Clean Schools Fact Sheet

 Sierra Club Clean Schools Toolkit

 Earth Guardians: 50 Simple Things

 Climate Kids Bingo

 Climate Kids Activity Book

 Climate Commitment Carrot

 Climate Kids in Action: 10 Things I Can Do to Help

Websites

https://rriseup.org/

https://www.climatekids.org/

https://ourclimateourfuture.org

https://ourclimateourfuture.org/

https://acespace.org/

https://www.sierraclub.org/climate-parents

https://www.climategen.org

https://www.climategen.org/

https://www.earthguardians.org/

https://peoplesclimate.org/

https://ourclimate.us/

https://foe.org/

https://www.imatteryouth.org/


Background Information on UUAA Climate Work