Meaningful personal climate action is a daily commitment, and having a quick guide handy each day to help you take the right steps can be very useful. Download a PDF of our Climate Pledge Card, and keep a copy somewhere you can refer to easily. If you’re printing your Card, each sheet has another one you can give to your spouse, roommate, friend, neighbor, anybody!

The Climate Pledge:

I, ________________________________________________, pledge to continue taking each of the actions I’ve checked/filled out below, from now on. 

Producing beef creates 20x more carbon emissions than vegetable proteins 

⬜ Make ___ more of your meals meat-free each week 

It’s easy to consolidate errands and take short trips on foot or by bike 

⬜ Take ___ fewer car trip(s) each week

The average American has a carbon footprint that is ~4x larger than is sustainable 

⬜ Calculate your carbon footprint (use a calculator at nature.org, epa.gov, etc.) 

Producing products has a huge carbon footprint, we can all live more simply

⬜ Donate products, especially clothes, you don’t use 

⬜ Buy used products when possible 

⬜ Don’t buy things you don’t REALLY need 

Personal actions alone can’t solve the Climate Crisis, we need systemic change 

⬜ Support Pro-Climate legislation 

⬜ Take a picture of this Pledge and share it with #ClimatePledge 

⬜ VOTE 

We’re better at achieving goals that are written down and seen consistently 

⬜ Tape this Pledge to your mirror or someplace you will see it every day