{"id":61,"date":"2023-12-23T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2023-12-23T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:37:52","slug":"actually-actionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/actually-actionable\/","title":{"rendered":"Actually Actionable Items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Reddit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/solarpunk\/?f=flair_name%3A%22action%2FDIY%22\">action\/DIY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi friends! I wrote this list when I saw someone (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/powerspank\/\">u\/powerspank<\/a>) ask about what individuals can do TODAY to be more solarpunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some things that you&#8217;ve done to make the world a better place? things you actually have control over? I&#8217;d love to add any suggestions to this list and help it keep growing and growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level One<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vote<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remind other people to vote<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always join an available union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never cross a picket line. Do not support businesses that have striking employees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cary a sharpie to deface fascist propaganda you find<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop buying fast fashion\/ Buy second hand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research how your local area sorts recyclables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Challenge yourself to cut down your trash output<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go vegetarian\/ vegan (or just consider meat-free meats sometimes, Impossible Beef is usually only slightly more expensive than normally priced beef.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your city doesn&#8217;t have recycle\/composting, write them about it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donate goods to a thrift store instead of throwing them out<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See if there&#8217;s a textile recycling facility around for anything ripped\/not worth donating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wash your clothes less- it not only saves water, but also makes your clothes live longer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch from cows milk to non-dairy milk (but be wary of almond milk, it&#8217;s bad for bees)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research your local zoo, how they treat animals and who they donate to. Consider getting a zoo membership. It&#8217;s good self care to walk around the zoo, and zoos always need the money<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch to more sustainable or compostable products where you can (toothbrushes, cat liter, etc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid businesses like Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A, Kelloggs, Nestle, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research your local land&#8217;s Indigenous People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete your Facebook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit your favorite park\/ beach\/ roadway and pick up trash as you walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See if your area has a Fix-It-Fair, places where people skilled in repair volunteer their services for free and people bring in broken items<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit your local farmers market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check where your company sources products and suggest sustainable alternatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk to your coworkers, neighbors, and family about solarpunk values and how we can work together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave room for ecological grieving. We are all stressed by simply living in this time period. Let yourself feel those emotions and release them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level Two<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/guerillagardening\/\">r\/guerillagardening<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look into repair skills, like soldering, masonry patch-ups, mechanics, sewing, darning, etc. Then you can prioritize repairing items over replacing them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/visiblemending\/\">r\/visiblemending<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phase out single-use items in your household (water bottles, straws, coffee cups, ziplocks, saran wrap etc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider cups or reusable pads for your menstrual cycle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn to mend items so you can keep your clothes and other items longer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk\/Bike\/Bus more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level Three<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Donate to Indigenous Land Defenders and support them in-person when asked<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave notes in the grocery store for calls to action like boycotting Kelloggs or buying a re-usable keurig cup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try and organize a Fix-It-Fair. Start small, even just a sock darning party<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See if your company can encourage walking\/biking to work with things like adding bike lockers for security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage your company to get free bus passes for employees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider (and research!) companies like Loop or Imperfect Produce to reduce food and packaging waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider (and research!) specialty recycling companies like Ridwell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have some kind of pension or 401(k), ask your manager if they can include options for ESG investments\/options divested from fossil fuel companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch from your bank to your local credit union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look into your work&#8217;s recycling and composting habits. Try to start a recycling program if there is none in place. Remember there is also e-waste recycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply for jobs at businesses that have striking workers as a tactic to waste as much of the businesses time and resources as you can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level Four<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get involved with your local city\/town politics, as little as just tuning into the Zoom meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer at a senior center\/ soup kitchen\/ park\/ anywhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write to companies you do love, praise them for what they do well and ask them to do even better<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply to be a poll worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join a community garden if you don&#8217;t have space of your own to grow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact a Union Organizer if your workspace doesn&#8217;t have a union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk to your union about a Green Ban<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organize a strike! You and your coworkers are worth it!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set aside money for bail if your friend wants to sabotage a power plant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join your local MakerSpace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work with your local Food Not Bombs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Apartment Dwellers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Join your tenants union<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you cannot find one, research making one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send a professional email your landlord about solar panels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a free &#8220;thrift store&#8221; in your laundry room. Make sure to clean it up regularly and throw out anything that&#8217;s not worth taking home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a community board\/ Borrow Board for people to post things they want to borrow or other needs they have<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a food drive in your laundry room with a big cardboard box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put voting reminders on your mailbox wall for local and federal elections with due dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Home Owners:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Put up a bird feeder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install solar panels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a vegetable or bee garden in any free space you have<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace your grass lawn with clover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a Little Free Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install a microplastics filter in your dryer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install energy\/water efficient appliances\/shower heads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check your homes insulation! This can save a boat load of energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace all of the machines you own that burn fossil fuels with machines that don&#8217;t (cars, stoves, heaters, etc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to town meetings and advocate for good policy\/zoning reform (Unfortunately, your voice holds more weight than renters. Make sure you use that power!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand the futility of knowing that individuals are a speck when compared to the pollution of corporations, and I know the US political system is broken and feels helpless. But there has to be <strong>some way<\/strong> to help us feel more in control?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s very disheartening when it&#8217;s been proven time and time again that peaceful protests don&#8217;t do anything. That signing petitions doesn&#8217;t do anything. That writing letters to politicians doesn&#8217;t do anything. That speaking up doesn&#8217;t do anything. 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