Environmental Watch:
We Need Your Help To Save Our Planet
We Need Your Help To Save Our Planet
by Ellen Birkett Morris
With Louisville experiencing high levels of ozone and glaciers melting in Montana, this administration chose to abandon the Paris Climate Accord. One major way to resist is to take your own steps to influence climate change.
With Louisville experiencing high levels of ozone and glaciers melting in Montana, this administration chose to abandon the Paris Climate Accord. One major way to resist is to take your own steps to influence climate change.
A recent article on the Conservation International Blog pointed out
that "as big problems go, climate change is in a class of its own:
maddeningly complex, almost intangible, and bespeaking a kind of dread that
makes you just want to stop thinking about it.”
But before you succumb to fear and frustration, check out these Kentucky groups that are working to help address these issues. You can be a
part of their efforts and help leave a legacy for the generations to come.
LCAN offers free, customized programs
showing ways to reduce Louisville's carbon footprint, and advocate for
smarter public policies to reduce carbon pollution and cut costs. Their
efforts range from information on a how to support a local tree ordinance to
the creation of an EcoDepot that offers information to renters,
homeowners and small businesses on how they can cut their carbon emissions,
as well as their utility and fuel costs.
KAIRE is the Louisville Metro Air
Pollution Control District’s community outreach and education program. The
group’s primary goal is to increase public awareness of the impact individual
choices can have on local air quality. The site includes clean air tips and
teacher resources.
KWA works to protect, restore and
celebrate Kentucky’s waterways. The site includes updates on legislation,
action items and volunteer opportunities.
The well-known national organization has
a page highlighting the work of its Kentucky chapter and conservation issues
important to the state.
The Kentucky chapter of the Sierra
Club highlights national actions and local events.
A free online list
of sustainable businesses, services and
organizations in Louisville including an event calendar and business directory.
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