Climate Change
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ysabetwordsmithThe Angera Declaration for Methane Action
Methane is the second most significant contributor to warming, after carbon dioxide. Methane is responsible for 30% of current warming and its atmospheric concentration continues to rise. Absent rapid and sustained reductions, methane emissions will drive faster warming in the coming decades, intensifying climate risks such as more frequent and severe droughts and heatwaves; more rapid ice-sheet loss; sea-level rise; and risks of triggering destabilizing climate tipping points.
Reducing methane emissions not only reduces climate risks, it also almost immediately improves air quality by decreasing ground-level ozone, which improves public health by reducing respiratory illness and premature mortality while preventing crop losses from ozone exposure thus strengthening food security.
Because methane is so powerful a warming agent and so short-lived in the atmosphere, its reduction offers the biggest bang-for-buck on climate action. The vast majority of that action relies on government and industry efforts, but there are a few things that individuals can do with real impact...
* Reduce or eliminate use of ruminant products. Animals like cows produce methane as part of their digestion. Slow or stop buying those products, farmers will produce less, and that slice of emissions will drop.
Regrettably rice paddies also emit a lot of methane. As rice is a staple crop, reducing use would be difficult, but shifting methods can lower methane somewhat.
* Reduce or eliminate use of fossil fuels. Their production and use gives off methane, so switching to green energy and/or human-powered transportation (walking, biking, etc.) will lower those emissions.
Even if you rely heavily on fossil fuels, you can help by agitating for developments that support car-free or car-light living, or by supporting folks who already live such a lifestyle. I live in rural territory so every trip must be by car, but I can shop in Amish territory which contributes to their car-free lives.
* Reduce waste as much as possible, especially food and other organic waste, and route as much as possible to aerobic rather than anaerobic decomposition. Save the world, start a compost pile!
Backyard Composting: Waste to Resources
Learn some "shut up and eat it" recipes that can use up random bits of food before they spoil.
"Bring Soul to the Recipe" poem and its notes including an algorithm for red rice
Grandma's Mixed Pickles Or End Of The Garden
How To Make Quick Pickles (Any Vegetable!)
How to Stir Fry Anything in 5 Simple Steps
How to Stop Food Waste: Easy Recipes to Use Up Every Ingredient
Paella: The No Waste Dish + An Easy Recipe
"To Feel Safe and Warm" and its content notes with an algorithm for high-burn soup
Methane is the second most significant contributor to warming, after carbon dioxide. Methane is responsible for 30% of current warming and its atmospheric concentration continues to rise. Absent rapid and sustained reductions, methane emissions will drive faster warming in the coming decades, intensifying climate risks such as more frequent and severe droughts and heatwaves; more rapid ice-sheet loss; sea-level rise; and risks of triggering destabilizing climate tipping points.
Reducing methane emissions not only reduces climate risks, it also almost immediately improves air quality by decreasing ground-level ozone, which improves public health by reducing respiratory illness and premature mortality while preventing crop losses from ozone exposure thus strengthening food security.
Because methane is so powerful a warming agent and so short-lived in the atmosphere, its reduction offers the biggest bang-for-buck on climate action. The vast majority of that action relies on government and industry efforts, but there are a few things that individuals can do with real impact...
* Reduce or eliminate use of ruminant products. Animals like cows produce methane as part of their digestion. Slow or stop buying those products, farmers will produce less, and that slice of emissions will drop.
Regrettably rice paddies also emit a lot of methane. As rice is a staple crop, reducing use would be difficult, but shifting methods can lower methane somewhat.
* Reduce or eliminate use of fossil fuels. Their production and use gives off methane, so switching to green energy and/or human-powered transportation (walking, biking, etc.) will lower those emissions.
Even if you rely heavily on fossil fuels, you can help by agitating for developments that support car-free or car-light living, or by supporting folks who already live such a lifestyle. I live in rural territory so every trip must be by car, but I can shop in Amish territory which contributes to their car-free lives.
* Reduce waste as much as possible, especially food and other organic waste, and route as much as possible to aerobic rather than anaerobic decomposition. Save the world, start a compost pile!
Backyard Composting: Waste to Resources
Learn some "shut up and eat it" recipes that can use up random bits of food before they spoil.
"Bring Soul to the Recipe" poem and its notes including an algorithm for red rice
Grandma's Mixed Pickles Or End Of The Garden
How To Make Quick Pickles (Any Vegetable!)
How to Stir Fry Anything in 5 Simple Steps
How to Stop Food Waste: Easy Recipes to Use Up Every Ingredient
Paella: The No Waste Dish + An Easy Recipe
"To Feel Safe and Warm" and its content notes with an algorithm for high-burn soup
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