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Actions for Individuals

See how everyday choices, from what you buy to how you act, can shape a better future.

Actions for a Healthy Planet from the UN

These are changes you can make today to make a real difference in the fight against climate change. The United Nations outlines simple yet impactful actions to reduce your carbon footprint and protect the planet:

Actions for a Healthy Planet from the UN

1. Save Energy at Home – Reduce electricity use with energy-efficient appliances, LED bulbs, and better insulation. This helps cut down carbon emissions significantly.

2. Switch to Renewable Energy – Transition from fossil fuels to power your home. Install rooftop solar panels or invest in solar/wind farms to lower emissions.

3. Sustainable Transportation – Walk, bike, take public transport, or switch to sustainably powered electric vehicles to reduce pollution from traditional gas and diesel cars.

4. Rethink Travel – Cut down on air travel, as it significantly increases greenhouse gas emissions. Use virtual meetings or trains where possible—they’re fun!

5. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – Minimize waste by buying less, repairing items, and recycling to lower emissions from manufacturing and disposal. Join community buy-nothing groups to exchange products.

6. Eat More Plant-Based Foods – Shifting to a vegetarian or vegan diet reduces emissions from meat production.

7. Avoid Food Waste – Only buy what you need and compost leftovers to prevent methane emissions from landfills.

8. Plant Native Species – Support biodiversity by growing native plants and avoiding harmful chemicals.

9. Clean Up Your Environment – Participate in or organize clean-up efforts to protect land and water from pollution.

10. Make Ethical Purchases – Support companies that prioritize sustainability and avoid those contributing to environmental harm.

11. Speak Up – Encourage collective climate action by raising awareness and supporting policies that address climate change. See whether your municipality has a climate group, and if not, create one!

Greenpeace Guides & Challenges

Greenpeace offers practical guides and challenges to help you reduce your impact—at home, in your kitchen, and through your daily choices. Small steps, real change.

Energy Saving Guide from Greenpeace

💡 Want to save energy and cut costs? Click here to get Greenpeace’s free online Energy Saving Guide!

It’s packed with easy, effective tips to reduce your energy use — good for the climate, bad for the fossil fuel industry, and great for your wallet! 📉🌱

Seasonal Vegetable Guide from Greenpeace

🥕 Want fresher, tastier food and a healthier planet? Click here to get Greenpeace’s free Seasonal Vegetable Guide! Discover which fruits and vegetables are in season each month and how to prepare and store them. 🌱📅

Eating seasonally supports local farmers, reduces emissions, and promotes sustainability.

30 Days of Green Living! From Greenpeace

🌿 Ready to make a green impact? Sign up for Greenpeace’s 30 Days of Green Living Challenge!

🌱 You’ll receive fun, inspiring challenges every few days to help you live more sustainably — guided by Green-Life-Guide Lize Korpershoek. 📬✨

Living greener feels good, helps the planet, and inspires others to join the movement. Start your journey today! 💪

Perform Hope

Doing small, environmentally conscious acts every day (using renewable energy, sharing a social media post, trying one of our interactive tools) all add up to a tomorrow full of hope.

Sign the manifesto today.

Use your Consumer Power

Use your power and think about what you buy and who you buy it from.

Call out your favourite brands on social media and ask them what they are doing to reach net-zero. Words aren’t enough – ask them for proof.

Check out our Save the Flavors and Save Chocolate campaigns over on Climate Basecamp.

Use Your Voice

Hold your government leaders and CEOs to account – sign up for updates from the Race to Zero (racetozero.unfccc.int). This global campaign from @unclimatechange rallies leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery.

Use your vote. Use your voice. Use your power.

Join Bill Nye the Climate Activist Guy and take his challenge to fight for the planet.

Join Global Citizen, download their app to find more ways you can take action.

Stay Informed

Get your daily dose of climate news from Climate Risks Daily – a real-time, reliable daily aggregator of global news on climate change.

Be aware of your own carbon footprint (use a calculator like the one at Carbon Footprint).

Try our Climate Calculator and find out how the world has changed since a significant date in your life.

Learn more – visit out our Resources page for more information on why the poles matter.

Explore the Global Climate Risks Platform and find out why the success of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are dependant on the Arctic.

Want more action? – Find out additional things you can do HERE.

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Follow UsSupport us in our mission to speak science to power by following us on social media and engaging with our content.

Interactive ToolsPlay with our interactive tools and share your results on social media.

Visit Climate BasecampHelp us ‘Save the Things You Love’ by saving the flavors and saving chocolate over at Climate Basecamp.

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Actions for a Healthy Planet from the UN

Actions for a Healthy Planet from the UN

Greenpeace Guides & Challenges

Perform Hope

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Use Your Voice

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