Reduce your emissions from transportation:

The best strategy for reducing your impact: walk, bike, or fill up a seat that's already going your way! Check out this chart that compares emissions by vehicle type.

If you are thinking about giving up one of your cars, or all of them, check out Sightline director Alan Durning's series on living car-less for a year, and our series on how to make biking better in the Northwest.

Here's a list of 10 things you can do to curb your emissions from transportation.

Reduce your emissions from other sources:

You can reduce your emissions from energy use in your home and business with steps like upgrading your hot water heater, recycling, or getting an energy audit.

Here are more energy saving tips, ranked by effort and cost, from easy, free solutions like unplugging appliances to longer-term solutions like insulating your home.

Remember the small stuff:

From organic milk to clotheslines, here's a list of ways to make your summer more climate friendly from Washington Environmental Council.

Check out Sightline's book Seven Wonders detailing
time-honored tools to reduce our impact including the bicycle, the clothesline, and the public library.

What you can urge others to do:

Many of the solutions for climate change will be led by businesses and governments and change the system by design. Read about some of Sightline's solutions for energy here and transportation here, or learn why "ripple-effect" solutions can help us make good choices for the future.

Here's a good list of solutions for every sector, from urban planning to renewable energy, from the Suzuki Foundation.

Contact one of the groups below in your region to find out what's happening in the local legislature and how you can take action.

Resources:

Climate Solutions
David Suzuki Foundation
Washington Environmental Council
Oregon Environmental Council
Nature Conservancy Idaho
Montana Environmental Information Center

Where the Northwest stands now:

Check out Sightline's Climate Policy Project page for the latest research, policy solutions, and news in the Northwest on climate policy.

Read Sightline's blog posts on Northwest climate issues and stay up to date on new developments and research by signing up for Sightline's weekly news updates.

Want to know where your state or province stands when it comes to action on greenhouse gas emissions and other climate policy? Here's a pdf of recent activity in the Northwest.