Planet-Saving Steps
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Planet-Saving Steps is a great resource for quick, easy steps we can take to help the planet. Look here for green tips, action items, community science projects you can contribute to, and much more.
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This would worsen climate change, endanger drinking water sources, and damage vital wildlife habitat. Destroying old growth forest will greatly increase the risk of wildfires, threatening communities.
We have only days to comment. This link makes it quick and easy: action.nrdc.org/letter/4294-...
We have only days to comment. This link makes it quick and easy: action.nrdc.org/letter/4294-...
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This would worsen climate change, endanger drinking water sources, and damage vital wildlife habitat. Destroying old growth forest will greatly increase the risk of wildfires, threatening communities.
We have only days to comment. This link makes it quick and easy: action.nrdc.org/letter/4294-...
We have only days to comment. This link makes it quick and easy: action.nrdc.org/letter/4294-...
Perhaps you intentionally use AI to write essays, ask questions, or create art. But many times we're using it when we don't even intend to, and this consumes vital water and energy and is damaging to the environment.
July 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Perhaps you intentionally use AI to write essays, ask questions, or create art. But many times we're using it when we don't even intend to, and this consumes vital water and energy and is damaging to the environment.
Are you struggling to communicate the importance and urgency of needed climate action to your community, family, or friends? This book provides fantastic ways to find common, relatable ground to reach even people who have different values than you. It's uplifting and hopeful, and a joy to read.
July 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Are you struggling to communicate the importance and urgency of needed climate action to your community, family, or friends? This book provides fantastic ways to find common, relatable ground to reach even people who have different values than you. It's uplifting and hopeful, and a joy to read.
Researchers need help to restore the Back Bay of Biloxi, MS. Help from your own home by identifying birds on remote cameras. Spend as much or little time as you have available!
www.zooniverse.org/projects/les...
#backbay #biloxims #shorelines #communityscience #habitatrestoration #wildbirds
www.zooniverse.org/projects/les...
#backbay #biloxims #shorelines #communityscience #habitatrestoration #wildbirds
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Researchers need help to restore the Back Bay of Biloxi, MS. Help from your own home by identifying birds on remote cameras. Spend as much or little time as you have available!
www.zooniverse.org/projects/les...
#backbay #biloxims #shorelines #communityscience #habitatrestoration #wildbirds
www.zooniverse.org/projects/les...
#backbay #biloxims #shorelines #communityscience #habitatrestoration #wildbirds
Want to help researchers better understand the distribution of periodic cicadas?
Just go to this link to learn more and to download the free Cicada Safari app and go out and explore. Take photos of adult cicadas and send in your data: scistarter.org/cicada-safari
#cicadas #communityscience
Just go to this link to learn more and to download the free Cicada Safari app and go out and explore. Take photos of adult cicadas and send in your data: scistarter.org/cicada-safari
#cicadas #communityscience
June 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Want to help researchers better understand the distribution of periodic cicadas?
Just go to this link to learn more and to download the free Cicada Safari app and go out and explore. Take photos of adult cicadas and send in your data: scistarter.org/cicada-safari
#cicadas #communityscience
Just go to this link to learn more and to download the free Cicada Safari app and go out and explore. Take photos of adult cicadas and send in your data: scistarter.org/cicada-safari
#cicadas #communityscience
In this engaging book, psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes identifies the five main psychological barriers to climate action and the strategies for how to address these in a way that creates hope, action, and solutions, not further despair.
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In this engaging book, psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes identifies the five main psychological barriers to climate action and the strategies for how to address these in a way that creates hope, action, and solutions, not further despair.
The current House reconciliation proposal includes huge giveaways to the fossil fuel industry that will endanger our health, environment, and endangered species. Rice’s whales, belugas, polar bears, and many more endangered species will be put in far more dangerous risk than they already are.
May 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The current House reconciliation proposal includes huge giveaways to the fossil fuel industry that will endanger our health, environment, and endangered species. Rice’s whales, belugas, polar bears, and many more endangered species will be put in far more dangerous risk than they already are.
Spring is an important growing time for many species, including pollinators and other wildlife. Allowing your yard to grow for longer lets flowers bloom, providing vital nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies and cover for fireflies. #rewilding #yardrewilding #helppollinators #nomowmay
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Spring is an important growing time for many species, including pollinators and other wildlife. Allowing your yard to grow for longer lets flowers bloom, providing vital nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies and cover for fireflies. #rewilding #yardrewilding #helppollinators #nomowmay
Please use this link to send a quick and easy message to urge J.P. Morgan not to back this disastrous move to sacrifice this refuge for fossil fuel profits.
tinyurl.com/7a244f9a
#gulfofcalifornia #marinesanctuary #protectmarinespecies #vaquita #vaquitaporpoise #saveseaturtles #savethewhales
tinyurl.com/7a244f9a
#gulfofcalifornia #marinesanctuary #protectmarinespecies #vaquita #vaquitaporpoise #saveseaturtles #savethewhales
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Please use this link to send a quick and easy message to urge J.P. Morgan not to back this disastrous move to sacrifice this refuge for fossil fuel profits.
tinyurl.com/7a244f9a
#gulfofcalifornia #marinesanctuary #protectmarinespecies #vaquita #vaquitaporpoise #saveseaturtles #savethewhales
tinyurl.com/7a244f9a
#gulfofcalifornia #marinesanctuary #protectmarinespecies #vaquita #vaquitaporpoise #saveseaturtles #savethewhales
Hummingbirds can fall fatally ill from improper sweeteners.
Please use *only* white refined sugar mixed with water that has been purified by boiling. Never use honey, as that promotes dangerous fungal growth. Red food coloring is not necessary and can be harmful. See recipe below:
Please use *only* white refined sugar mixed with water that has been purified by boiling. Never use honey, as that promotes dangerous fungal growth. Red food coloring is not necessary and can be harmful. See recipe below:
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hummingbirds can fall fatally ill from improper sweeteners.
Please use *only* white refined sugar mixed with water that has been purified by boiling. Never use honey, as that promotes dangerous fungal growth. Red food coloring is not necessary and can be harmful. See recipe below:
Please use *only* white refined sugar mixed with water that has been purified by boiling. Never use honey, as that promotes dangerous fungal growth. Red food coloring is not necessary and can be harmful. See recipe below:
Please go to this link to learn more about the Shark Spy program! www.zooniverse.org/projects/sha...
#sharks #communityscience #marinelife #citizenscience
#sharks #communityscience #marinelife #citizenscience
April 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Please go to this link to learn more about the Shark Spy program! www.zooniverse.org/projects/sha...
#sharks #communityscience #marinelife #citizenscience
#sharks #communityscience #marinelife #citizenscience
Use this link to send a quick and easy message to urge your senators to stand up for our national forests: action.wildearthguardians.org/page/81513/a...
#carbonsequestration #fightclimatechange #saveourforests
#carbonsequestration #fightclimatechange #saveourforests
April 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Use this link to send a quick and easy message to urge your senators to stand up for our national forests: action.wildearthguardians.org/page/81513/a...
#carbonsequestration #fightclimatechange #saveourforests
#carbonsequestration #fightclimatechange #saveourforests
You can make your own bug hotel by gathering up sticks and small pieces of wood and placing them inside a small enclosure.
Pre-made bug hotels are available in stores, too!
#bughotel #pollinators #insectconservation
Pre-made bug hotels are available in stores, too!
#bughotel #pollinators #insectconservation
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
You can make your own bug hotel by gathering up sticks and small pieces of wood and placing them inside a small enclosure.
Pre-made bug hotels are available in stores, too!
#bughotel #pollinators #insectconservation
Pre-made bug hotels are available in stores, too!
#bughotel #pollinators #insectconservation
Please use this link to send a quick message to the new EPA administrator, urging him to keep vital environmental health safeguards in place: tinyurl.com/36j25j3t
#cleanwater #cleanair #environmentalprotectionagency #publichealth
#cleanwater #cleanair #environmentalprotectionagency #publichealth
April 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Please use this link to send a quick message to the new EPA administrator, urging him to keep vital environmental health safeguards in place: tinyurl.com/36j25j3t
#cleanwater #cleanair #environmentalprotectionagency #publichealth
#cleanwater #cleanair #environmentalprotectionagency #publichealth
Build a pollinator watering station! You can use colorful glass beads or little pebbles and then delight in the pollinators that come to visit and drink.
#pollinators #pollinatorwateringstation #waterforwildlife #pollinatorgarden
#pollinators #pollinatorwateringstation #waterforwildlife #pollinatorgarden
March 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Build a pollinator watering station! You can use colorful glass beads or little pebbles and then delight in the pollinators that come to visit and drink.
#pollinators #pollinatorwateringstation #waterforwildlife #pollinatorgarden
#pollinators #pollinatorwateringstation #waterforwildlife #pollinatorgarden
Factory farms, where animals are raised on an industrial scale, are a huge source of water pollution, and the EPA does not require them to hold a Clean Water Act permit to operate. Heavy metals, pesticides, antibiotics, and other contaminants end up in our rivers, wetlands, groundwater, and lakes.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Factory farms, where animals are raised on an industrial scale, are a huge source of water pollution, and the EPA does not require them to hold a Clean Water Act permit to operate. Heavy metals, pesticides, antibiotics, and other contaminants end up in our rivers, wetlands, groundwater, and lakes.
It's quick and easy to get started, and you get to be outside, breathing in fresh air, and gazing at clouds!
To learn more, go to this link: observer.globe.gov/do-globe-obs...
#clouds #nasa #cloudwatcher #cloudscape #communityscience
To learn more, go to this link: observer.globe.gov/do-globe-obs...
#clouds #nasa #cloudwatcher #cloudscape #communityscience
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's quick and easy to get started, and you get to be outside, breathing in fresh air, and gazing at clouds!
To learn more, go to this link: observer.globe.gov/do-globe-obs...
#clouds #nasa #cloudwatcher #cloudscape #communityscience
To learn more, go to this link: observer.globe.gov/do-globe-obs...
#clouds #nasa #cloudwatcher #cloudscape #communityscience
The Xerces Society has a handy guide for judging if it's still too early to start yard cleanup and if you should wait a bit to protect pollinators: xerces.org/blog/dont-sp...
#pollinators #gardenwork #rewilding #protectpollinators #insectconservation #yardcleanup
#pollinators #gardenwork #rewilding #protectpollinators #insectconservation #yardcleanup
March 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Xerces Society has a handy guide for judging if it's still too early to start yard cleanup and if you should wait a bit to protect pollinators: xerces.org/blog/dont-sp...
#pollinators #gardenwork #rewilding #protectpollinators #insectconservation #yardcleanup
#pollinators #gardenwork #rewilding #protectpollinators #insectconservation #yardcleanup
Pollinators are vital components of our ecosystems, and 75% of our crops rely on insect pollination. But right now due to habitat loss and pesticide overuse, the world is experiencing an insect apocalypse, with insect abundance dropping by almost 50%, and 27% of species have gone extinct. #monarchs
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Pollinators are vital components of our ecosystems, and 75% of our crops rely on insect pollination. But right now due to habitat loss and pesticide overuse, the world is experiencing an insect apocalypse, with insect abundance dropping by almost 50%, and 27% of species have gone extinct. #monarchs
Recycled toilet paper keeps additional trees from being cut down and makes use of office paper and newspaper that would otherwise end up in landfills. In fact, if every household in America substituted a single 4-pack of virgin forest TP for recycled TP, it would save over 740,000 trees!
March 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Recycled toilet paper keeps additional trees from being cut down and makes use of office paper and newspaper that would otherwise end up in landfills. In fact, if every household in America substituted a single 4-pack of virgin forest TP for recycled TP, it would save over 740,000 trees!
Wetlands are imperiled all over the U.S., and a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court stripped wetlands of fifty years of federal protection, leaving them vulnerable to destructive undertakings.
tinyurl.com/yckhek4b
tinyurl.com/yckhek4b
March 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Wetlands are imperiled all over the U.S., and a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court stripped wetlands of fifty years of federal protection, leaving them vulnerable to destructive undertakings.
tinyurl.com/yckhek4b
tinyurl.com/yckhek4b
To produce palm oil, millions of acres are clearcut each year in Borneo, Sumatra, Africa, and Latin America, causing species like the orangutan, Sumatran tiger, and many more to go into a dangerous decline.
This app allows you to find sustainable palm oil: www.cmzoo.org/conservation...
This app allows you to find sustainable palm oil: www.cmzoo.org/conservation...
March 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
To produce palm oil, millions of acres are clearcut each year in Borneo, Sumatra, Africa, and Latin America, causing species like the orangutan, Sumatran tiger, and many more to go into a dangerous decline.
This app allows you to find sustainable palm oil: www.cmzoo.org/conservation...
This app allows you to find sustainable palm oil: www.cmzoo.org/conservation...
Want to visit a local stream, steep in nature, and add data to a vital study?
Just snap a pic of a stream and answer a few quick questions. It only takes a few minutes. Just visit this site to get started: StreamSelfie.org
#streams #streamhealth #waterpollution #cleanwater #communityscience
Just snap a pic of a stream and answer a few quick questions. It only takes a few minutes. Just visit this site to get started: StreamSelfie.org
#streams #streamhealth #waterpollution #cleanwater #communityscience
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Want to visit a local stream, steep in nature, and add data to a vital study?
Just snap a pic of a stream and answer a few quick questions. It only takes a few minutes. Just visit this site to get started: StreamSelfie.org
#streams #streamhealth #waterpollution #cleanwater #communityscience
Just snap a pic of a stream and answer a few quick questions. It only takes a few minutes. Just visit this site to get started: StreamSelfie.org
#streams #streamhealth #waterpollution #cleanwater #communityscience
If you'd like to help researchers and have fun looking at owls, please visit this link: www.zooniverse.org/projects/san...
#burrowingowls #owls #birdconservation #communityscience #citizenscience #wildlifeproject
#burrowingowls #owls #birdconservation #communityscience #citizenscience #wildlifeproject
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you'd like to help researchers and have fun looking at owls, please visit this link: www.zooniverse.org/projects/san...
#burrowingowls #owls #birdconservation #communityscience #citizenscience #wildlifeproject
#burrowingowls #owls #birdconservation #communityscience #citizenscience #wildlifeproject