Take Action
Today's climate change is a tremendous challenge, but it's also a tremendous opportunity. The challenge spans every discipline; to tackle it, we'll need people from all walks of life - especially yours.
Get informed, connect with others, and contribute in any way you see fit!
Get Informed
There are lots of specific resources throughout this site, but here are a few general resources that will help you learn more about climate change, both locally and globally.
We'd love to hear about new books and reports - please email us!
For a Vermont perspective:
Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World
by Amy Seidl
In this book, a Vermont ecologist explores the effects of climate change on her family in a small Green Mountain town.
Climate Change
in the Champlain Basin: What natural resource managers can expect and do
by The Nature Conservancy
This report focuses on the Lake Champlain area. In particular, take a look at this report if you're interested in the effects of climate change on local fish species.
For a look at the US Northeast:
Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions.
Frumhoff, P.C., J.J. McCarthy, J.M. Melillo, S.C. Moser, and D.J. Wuebbles. 2007. Synthesis report of the Northeast
Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA). Cambridge, MA: Union of
Concerned Scientists (UCS).
This online report looks at past and future climate change in the Northeast, and suggests ways to confront it. More reports and information can be found at this website.
For a look at global climate change:
Climate Literacy: "The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences"
by the U.S. Global Change Research Program / U.S. Climate Change Science Program
This online report covers the key global climate issues. It's useful for communities, educators, and anyone who wants a solid foundation of climate knowledge.
For a kid's view:
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming
by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
In this upbeat book, kids join scientists in uncovering climate mysteries.
Get Connected
Many organizations in Burlington are fighting climate change.
Contact one, pitch in and make friends!
The 10% Challenge Program
A program of the Alliance for Climate Action. Take the challenge and reduce your emissions by 10%!
60 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401
802-658-8487, info@10percentchallenge.org
Local Motion
Emissions from vehicles are Burlington's biggest climate problem. Local Motion works to make the alternatives easy and fun.
1 Steele St. #103, Burlington, VT 05401
802-652-2453, info@localmotion.org
350.org
Founded by a Vermonter, this international group aims to rally people behind climate action, and more specifically behind the number 350, for 350 parts per million:
the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.
2150 Allston Way, Suite 340, The David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA 94704
802-881-2039, vt.earth.institute@gmail.org
Our Climate Action Plan
The City of Burlington has adopted a Climate Action Plan, and we need your help to reach the plan's goals! Visit Burlingtonclimateaction.com to find out how to make personal, local changes that will reduce the effects of climate change.
