Self-Climate Justice

🌿 Step 1: Reflection — Understand Your Carbon Story

Before we can change, we must see clearly.
Sit down with your journal or download our Carbon Footprint & Feelings Worksheet. This simple tool helps you reflect on:

• The year you were born and your lifetime carbon impact

• How has your lifestyle been shaped by modern systems?

• The emotions that arise when you face that reality

• The small, powerful steps you can take right now

This is not about shame. It’s about truth and compassion.
Every one of us has been part of a system that damages the planet — but every one of us also has the power to live differently.

📊 [Download the Worksheet →]
(Excel and Google Sheets versions available)

💚 Step 2: Choose Your Path of Climate Justice

Once you’ve reflected, explore the choices that feel right for you.
Your path may include personal, community, or global actions. Each one matters.

Personal Changes

• Walk, bike, or take public transport when you can

• Shift toward local, organic, or plant-based food

• Reduce consumption and celebrate simplicity

• Spend quiet time in nature to reconnect

Community Involvement

• Volunteer with local climate and mental health groups

• Support neighborhood gardens or reforestation projects

• Join a climate action or policy advocacy campaign

Financial/Material Support

• Donate to trusted climate-justice organizations

• Offset part of your footprint through verified projects

• Sponsor a youth climate advocate or regenerative farmer

You’ll find ideas and organizations on our upcoming Volunteer & Partner page.

🧭 Step 3: Take the Self-Climate Justice Survey

After creating your plan, take a short 5-minute survey to reflect on what you learned — and to inspire others by sharing your insights.
When you complete the survey, you’ll be entered into our monthly Self-Climate Justice Raffle, where we give symbolic gifts like books, tree plantings, or small donations in your name to a climate-healing project.

🎟️ [Take the Reflection & Raffle Survey →]

🌍 Step 4: Join the Movement

Healing the planet begins with healing ourselves. When you make your plan, you’re not alone — you’re part of a growing movement of people reclaiming their relationship with the Earth and themselves.

You can:

• Join our email community to receive updates and new tools

• Read stories from others on the journey of self-climate justice

• Explore volunteer and partner opportunities

📬 [Join the Self-Climate Justice Community →]

✳️ Why This Matters

When we reconnect with nature, we reconnect with our humanity.
For centuries, stories and systems have taught us to dominate the natural world — and that separation has created both environmental destruction and emotional suffering. But a new story is emerging: one of connection, compassion, and courage.

“Healing ourselves is the first step to healing the Earth.”

Your Self-Climate Justice Plan is your first act in that new story.
Together, we can replace guilt with empowerment, fear with creativity, and despair with purpose.

🌍 Step 5: Embrace Active Learning

Engage with new resources, films, books, and podcasts that expand your knowledge about the climate crisis, its causes, and the most effective solutions. Education is power, and understanding the full picture can help guide your actions.

• Read: Dive into books like Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer or The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells.

• Listen: Tune into podcasts such as The Climate Reality Project or How to Save a Planet.

• Watch: Documentaries like Our Planet or The True Cost offer insights into how human systems affect the Earth.

Taking the time to learn empowers you to act with intention and awareness.

🌱 Step 6: Cultivate Sustainable Habits

Look at your everyday life and find easy ways to reduce your environmental impact. Shift daily choices to habits that align with your values. This might include:

• Energy: Switch to renewable energy sources or energy-efficient appliances.

• Waste: Start composting, reduce single-use plastics, and shop with less packaging.

• Water: Use water-saving devices, reduce consumption, and be mindful of water waste.

Small shifts can lead to big changes when practiced consistently.

🌳 Step 7: Build a Support System

Surround yourself with like-minded people who share your commitment to climate justice. Create or join a group to exchange ideas, discuss progress, and hold each other accountable. A collective effort is more powerful than working alone.

• Find your tribe: Join local sustainability groups, online forums, or participate in local events and actions.

• Attend Climate Events: From marches to webinars, these opportunities foster learning and solidarity.

• Support and Inspire: Share your journey with others, so they, too, can take steps towards climate justice.

🌍 Step 8: Advocate for Climate Policy

The personal changes we make are crucial, but systemic change is necessary for lasting impact. Start advocating for policies that address climate change and environmental justice.

• Get involved: Write to local representatives or participate in climate advocacy campaigns.

• Support climate-friendly policies: Vote for leaders who prioritize the environment, and support policies that encourage green energy, clean air, and water protection.

• Collaborate: Join groups that influence policy, such as youth climate organizations, environmental NGOs, or climate action networks.

Your voice matters, and collective political action can create the systemic changes we need.

🌿 Step 9: Measure and Reflect on Your Impact

Every few months, take a moment to reflect on the actions you’ve taken and how they align with your goals. Revisit your Carbon Footprint & Feelings Worksheet and track your progress.

• Celebrate: Acknowledge the positive changes you’ve made — they matter.

• Adjust: Identify areas where you can improve or go further in reducing your impact.

• Share: Let others know about your progress — it could inspire them to take action too.

Celebrate small wins, but keep pushing for bigger changes.

✊ Step 10: Amplify and Pay It Forward

You’ve made changes and embraced the path of climate justice. Now it’s time to amplify your voice and your actions, and help others take their own steps.

• Mentor: Help others begin their journey by sharing your story and resources.

• Fundraise: Support climate justice projects or start a campaign to fund initiatives like tree planting, renewable energy, or conservation efforts.

• Create: Start your own local climate action group, create art, or launch a blog to amplify the message of climate justice.

The more we share our journeys, the more we empower others to take action too.

By following these steps, you’re not just changing your own life — you're contributing to a global movement of people committed to climate justice and healing the Earth. Each step is part of the collective healing process for both ourselves and the planet.

🌱 Ready to Begin?

Download your worksheet. Reflect honestly.
Choose one small action.
Celebrate your courage.

Because when you heal your heart, the Earth feels it too.