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Band-Aids vs. Faucets

Community First, Climate First Decision Making.

In every sector. At any age. Four key principles anchor community first, climate first decision-making:

Partner with the earth instead of dominating it.

Prioritize the most vulnerable people, species, and places.

Build community and connectivity to build climate resilience.

Use the prevention of climate change as the North Star for decision-making.

Scalable Solutions

Solutions for individuals, home, school, neighborhood, business, city, state, country, hemisphere, planet. Scalable, flexible, adaptable to multiple sectors, create positive ripple effects, and counter compounding negative impacts.

Decarbonize: eliminate fossil fuel and natural gas from your home, workplace, grid.

Percolate: Direct water down into the soil. Capture rainwater, de-pave surfaces, use grey water.

Deplastic: Remove as much plastic as possible. Plastic is a petroleum product and the handmaiden of the fossil fuel industry. It is toxic to people and the planet.

Plant Native Plants. In a pot, in your yard, at your business, at school, all over the city for pollinators and local biodiversity that benefit us all.

With any solution, ask yourself if it puts community and climate first, if it increases community and connectivity to build resilience, prioritizes the most vulnerable people, places, and species for the benefit of all, and uses climate change as the North star.

Band-Aids vs. Faucets

Flowcharts, memes, and infographics to help us ask ourselves...

"Is the solution a band-aid or does it turn off the faucet?"

How to use this activity in a classroom or at home:

Review the graphics and discuss which ones are band-aids or faucets. Then create a list of solutions to environmental problems and in your area and see if students can move band-aids to faucets or vice versa. What about in between?