Planting Native Plants
Planting native plants in your home or community supports our native ecosystems. These resources can help you get started:
Volunteering
Volunteering in your community is a great way to contribute to the work already being done to fight climate change! These resources can help you find an organization:
Clean Transportation
If everyone committed to using clean transportation for just half of our trips under a mile, we could save $900 million and 2 million tons of C02 every year! These resources can help you find your new favorite way to travel around your island:
Low Carbon Diet
Changing your diet is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Whether you eat less meat, choose local ingredients, or switch your diet to vegetarian or vegan, your actions will be both delicious and impactful. These resources can help you get started:
Renewable Energy
Hawai‘i is aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2045 and every bit of renewable energy generation matters. These resources can help you get started:
Reducing Food Waste
Hawai‘i throws away 237,000 tons of food per year or 26% of the available food supply. Your actions can help prevent this waste and protect our environment. These resources can help you get started:
Reducing Energy Usage
Hawai‘i is aiming to save over 4,000 gigawatt hours of electricity through energy efficiency by 2030. Saving energy not only helps to protect our climate but it also can help you save money on your energy bills. These resources can help you learn how you can save energy this year:
Reducing Water Usage
Climate change threatens the availability of freshwater in Hawai‘i. Your actions to reduce your water usage will help us preserve our freshwater resources and protect our environment. These resources can help you learn how you can save water this year:
Reducing Consumption
One of the easiest ways to be climate smart is to reduce your consumption of goods. A significant amount of greenhouse gasses are released during the creation, transport and disposal of goods. You can help fight climate change by refusing items and single use plastics you don’t need and only buying the necessities. These resources can help you get started:
Talking with Family and Friends
Starting the conversation about climate change can be difficult but it remains an important action to take in addressing the climate crisis. These resources can help you get started:
Advocating for laws can help combat climate change on a systemic scale, There are many ways you can get involved with your lawmakers on the federal, state, county, and local scale. These resources can help you get started:
