What You Can Do

Three easy things you can do:

1) Reduce your carbon emission

2) Contact your elected officials

3) Spread the word about the effects of global warming

How?

Reduce Carbon Emission:

There are countless ways to conserve energy, and most of them will save you money as well as reducing your carbon footprint.

• At home:
• Replace incandescent bulbs with compact-fluorescent bulbs
• Purchase energy efficient appliances
• Weatherize and insulate your house (Learn more about the Home Energy Rebate and Weatherization programs that the State offers to help you become more energy efficient here).
  
• Install a programmable thermostat
• Turn down your water heater
• More energy saving ideas...

• When traveling:
• Check that the tires on your car are properly inflated
• Try carpooling, biking, or riding the bus
• When flying, consider airline travel offsets.  

• Offset your remaining carbon emissions (and support renewable energy in Alaska) with Denali Green Tags

First, calculate your carbon emissions:

http://www.alaskaconservationsolutions.com/acs/akcalculator.html

Then, offset some or all of your carbon footprint by funding renewable energy projects here in Alaska by purchasing Denali Green Tags:

Green Tags (also call Renewable Energy Credits) fund renewable energy projects that feed into the grid.  This clean energy supply supplants the demand from other polluting energy sources; every kilowatt fed into the pool from a clean energy source (e.g. wind power) translates directly into one less kilowatt produced from a traditional polluting energy source (e.g. coal-fired power plant).  Learn more about the process here: https://www.greentagsusa.org/GreenTags/index.cfm

Contact your elected officials:

Let them know that you’re concerned, and that you want action. Visit the Policy webpage for more info.

Spread the word:

Tell your friends and family.  Write a letter to newspaper.  Form a citizen’s group on Global Warming. In Anchorage, a group of citizens meets monthly at Kaladi Brothers in the REI mall to work on solutions (typically the 2nd Wed. of the month at 7pm). Contact Clare at clare.stockert@gmail.com for more information. Similar groups meet in Fairbanks and Sitka.