We are the Weather ⛅

Cutting through the paralysis of meaningful climate action with 4easy personal actions we can all take toward saving the planet. If every human did this, we would singlehandedly meet the targets set in the targets for greenhouse gas emissions set forth in the Paris Agreement.

Bar chart of effect of lifestyle changes on carbon reduction in tons of CO2. Donating $1000 to charity amounts to 100 tons of reduction, while all other measures aside from having a child amount to less than 10 tons. Source

Give what you can. 💝

The most significant personal action you can take for climate is to donate effectively. Donating is more than 6X as effective as the next top 10 measures combined. Source

No meat before dinner 🥩

Depending on how you do your accounting, animal agriculture accounts for 24 to >57% of greeenhouse gas emissions. Cut down your beef consumption, save the planet.

Two flights a year ✈️

You could stop recycling for 15 years, and it wouldn’t equal the carbon reduction of taking one less transatlantic flight per year. A single flight emits more CO2 than a single person in Uganda does in a year. This is a tough one to kick for me. I’m currently limiting myself to 3.

Bar chart in tons of CO2 of emissions reductions of various lifestyle changes. Living car free amounts to 2.5 tons of CO2 reduced, but simply skipping one transatlantic flight has an effect of 1.7 tons! Source

Ride a bike. Share a car. 🚲

Live like the rest of the world. The average per capita emissions of someone in the US are 8–20 times larger than someone in India (14 tons per US resident in 2020). We need to get to 3 tons as a species to meet our client targets.