Below are links to some of our favorite Web sites related to climate change activism, lifestyle changes, and understanding. We’ve used these sites to inspire our own transformation. Feel free to contact us at parentclimatepledge@gmail.com if you have other suggestions!

Where to start?

Climate change policies that work

David Roberts, climate writer at Vox

Simplest explanation of global warming ever

OPB on understanding the difference one person can make


Advocacy

Advocacy Groups – List

350.org

Citizens Climate Lobby

The Climate Reality Project (Al Gore)

Climate Parents

Climate Solutions

Drawdown.org

GreenPeace

iMatter

Moms Clean Air Force

Mothers Out Front

NextGen Climate

Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI)

Sierra Club

Sunrise Movement

Union of Concerned Scientists

          

Air Travel

Climate math of flying versus driving

NY Times on airplane pollution

      

Buying an Efficient Vehicle

Electric or plug in hybrid?

most-fuel-efficient-hybrid-vs-electric-cars

Hybrid gas or electric?

Electric car costs

US News: cars with best gas mileage

The Verge: how to buy an electric car

6 questions to ask before you buy an electric car

California.ca on PEVs

Electric vehicle tax credits

PHEVs eligible for federal tax credit

     

Estimating Your Carbon Footprint

VOX climate change and individual choices

50 ideas for shrinking your carbon footprint

Global Stewards on reducing footprint

Huffington Post: 7 ways to reduce footprint

Smithsonian: buy offsets for flying

Cotap: Reduce Carbon Emissions

Forest Trends: Users Guide to Carbon Offsetting

Arcadia Power: renewable energy sources

Greenhouse Gases Equivalencies Calculator

WRI fact sheet

Climate Stewards

     

Food and Nutrition

Greeneatz: foods and their carbon footprint

5 ways going organic can affect climate change