Positive Steps to Understanding and Helping our Climate.
Step 1. Re- Connect to Climate and Sky
So many of us spend our busy lives increasingly insulated from our environment. Its understandable but this makes it all too easy for us to not notice how much we abuse it. So, if you already connect to our environment on a regular basis then skip to step 2. But if you haven’t had time for a while - or if you are a leader in community and want to help others connect - then we encourage you first go outside and experience our stunning world with intention. Try to see it as if for the first time and remember to look up! And while you do, reflect on what climate and sky mean to YOU. We are talking about the air we breathe and the water we drink. Think about all the wonderful things a healthy climate brings us like food and amazing wildlife. What do you see? How does it make you feel?
“Connection leads to caring and caring leads to positive actions in the community.”
Step 2. Learn about how climate functions and what its vulnerabilities are from the most trustworthy scientists. Check out these inspiring SkyDay Resources:
How do we know its us warming the world (and not something else)?
SkyDay Climate Facts SkyDay Science Explainers SkyDay Curriculum Sky Videos
Resources for Teachers
Step 3. Use Your Creativity
Then whether you think you are an artist or not (you are by the way) make some art about your experience. Make a drawing or a painting or write a poem or simply take a sky photo and post it to our international citizen artwork called Airspace. When you do, you will be joining the many thousands across the globe who have already posted to Airspace to show how much they care. Then post it to your own social media and share with your own social network #skydayproject.
“No-one should underestimate the power of art to help move culture forward. ”
Want to create your own Airspace?
3. Learn about how climate functions and what its vulnerabilities are from the most trustworthy scientists. Check out these inspiring SkyDay Resources:
SkyDay Science Explainers SkyDay Curriculum
How do we know its us warming the world (and not something else)?
3. Talk about it:
Did you know that the most important thing any of us can do to help with climate is just talk about it to family and friends? Because when you do people learn from you and are encouraged to take positive action.
4. Get back out there and think about ways you would like to take action.
Maybe take a Sky Walk? And a small pad of paper and ask yourself these three questions :
What you would like to do to help with climate?
What resources you have that you could use to take these actions?
And then - most importantly - which action would give you the most pleasure to do?