What You Can Do
Kim McKay, Director and CEO, Australian Museum
1. “Make a commitment to reduce your consumption. How you shop; how you use energy. Can you use public transport? Change your own behavior. It starts with you,” according to Kim.
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Join the gift economy. Find your local “Buy Nothing” group on Facebook, then post about what household items you want----and what you hope to give away.
2. Lobby your politicians. “Don’t give up. Keep on it. They will only react if they keep hearing from constituents day in and day out on these issues.”
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3. “We’ve got a lot of power in where we invest our money. My investments are not going into fossil fuels. Consider ethical investment funds.”
“Ethical investment funds” include ESG funds (Environment, Social and Governance) funds, and are sometimes called Sustainable or Green or Responsible Investments. Check out some climate investments.
Some firms have programs that focus only on climate investments.