Simple Living: Climate: A Crisis Averted

Tuesday, August 01, 2006


“Climate: A Crisis Averted” looks back from 2056 and recounts how ordinary citizens in 2006 – realizing that global warming was a scientific fact and not a climatic theory -- take action to demand clean energy and other planet-friendly options. The movie describes how a movement called RenewUS effected real change with an action plan, or ‘call-to-arms’ on global warming.

Accomplishments

Food
- weekly menus, making cheese, seasonal food, garden, grind wheat, homemade bread, food storage, canning, preserving, vegetarian meals, bulk foods, organic/local
Cleaning
- homemade, eco-friendly, decluttering
Transportation
- walk/bike, veggie car, moped, mass transit
Water
- low flow showerheads, reuse water
Energy
- push mower, energy efficient appliances, wood heat, pellet stove, line dry clothing, energy efficient lighting, turn off lights! , turn off tv
Purchases
- no new, thrift stores, use canvas bags, reuse containers
Reduce Waste
- reuse, refuse, recycle, reduce, compost, freecycle, cloth diapers, kitchen towels

Simple Living