Community Greening

There are great benefits to planting trees and taking care of plants in parks and common spaces in your community! Trees and plants improve air and water quality, provide shade, lower your neighborhood’s heat in the summer and even help mental health. They also remove harmful carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. In short, trees and green spaces make a community happier and healthier!

Host a Home Energy Workshop

Home energy bills have been rising and are an expensive monthly cost for many families. Reducing home energy use can help meet monthly budgets and provide families extra resources for other important expenses. Using natural gas and electricity, when that electricity is produced using fossil fuels like coal or natural gas, contributes to climate change. Additionally, using natural gas to cook or heat our homes can negatively impact our health.

Host a Fix It Clinic

The next time you are ready to toss something in the trash, pause and ask yourself, “Can this still be useful?” Everything we throw away takes resources and energy to make. The more we can make things last, the less of our precious resources we need to support our everyday activities. Making things last also reduces energy use and our carbon footprint. And, the less we need to buy, the more money we save. Making things last benefits the environment, our health and our budget!