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Green home

When it comes to climate change, we’re inching dangerously close to the point of no return. This is what the world’s climate scientists have been saying for more than a few years. But since the problem is so vast, it’s easy to blow it off, burying your head in the sand and hoping it goes away on its own. So we wanted to offer some helpful tips on what you can do in your daily lives to put a dent in the climate change crisis. We hope to shed some light on the urgency of the problem through thoughtful deep dives that explore the systems and industry practices that exacerbate the problem and explore their social and ecological impacts. Within the series, you might also find some inspiring ways you can start to help make Earth more green and, hopefully, begin to turn back the clock on climate change.

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Climate change is not a hoax. It’s not even a controversial notion. Almost two-thirds of Americans believe that solving the climate crisis should be the top priority of the federal government. Protecting our planet is not a problem we can leave for others to solve. As we’ve learned in recent weeks, Earth-shattering, Earth-saving change starts with each of us, and one of the most impactful changes the average person can make is to address climate issues at home.

Literally in your own home.

“When it comes to climate change, most people don’t know that buildings are responsible for 39 percent of the carbon emissions that lead to global warming,” says Melissa Rappaport Schifman, author of Building a Sustainable Home: Practical Green Design Choices for Your Health, Wealth, and Soul. “Our homes are probably our biggest carbon footprints.”