These are resources we have collected as we host events discussing climate change and how Alaskans can take action. If you have a suggestion for something we should include, please let us know.
Local Resources
- Alaska’s Changing Environment – UAF International Arctic Research Center
- Anchorage Climate Action Plan Homepage
- Anchorage’s Climate Action Plan – Municipality of Anchorage
- Anchorage Climate Action Plan Annual Report – 2019/2020
- Energy Savers Tips for Alaska – AK Energy Authority & AK Housing Finance Corp
- Cook Inletkeeper’s Climate Action Kit – a guide to community based climate action
Resources sorted by CAP Sector
Events – upcoming or links to recordings
- Alaska Climate-Related Legislative Round-up – Join us November 9, 2023 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at King Street Brewing Company for a discussion of what’s happening with climate related legislation. More information.
- Climate Action Plan Sector Series – hosted by Alaska Common Ground
- Climate, Care, and Community – a series hosted by The Alaska Center. This series and other events can be found here.
- REAP Events – Renewable Energy Alaska Project hosts several events of importance for Alaska climate and energy.
Other suggested articles, websites, books, films, podcasts
- Project Drawdown – “ Drawdown” refers to the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and begin to steadily decline, In Drawdown, climate solutions are detailed by energy sectors, with actions that can be taken now.
- Will Grant on Four Levels of Action – excellent explanation of why it is so important to take action at the community level as well as the individual level.
- Netting Zero – A NYT series of discussions on climate
- Outrage and Optimism podcast – Christina Figueres and others discuss how to take action on climate
- How to save a planet podcast – is a podcast that asks the big questions: what do we need to do to solve the climate crisis, and how do we get it done
- How to solve climate change and make life more awesome – Podcast series discussing climate change on the Ezra Klein show.
- Renewable Energy Alaska Project Library
- Count Us In (count-us-in.org) – Individual actions aggregator
- Divestment-Go Fossil Free, a project of 350.org
- In this series of five short films, learn why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed—and why we have less time than we think
- Our Planet; Too Big to Fail -WWF- a 42 minute film that explores the risks of inaction, the impact of investing-as-usual, and the role the finance sector can play in powering a sustainable future.
Alaska Resources and Organizations
- Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
- The Alaska Center
- Alaska Climate Action Network
- Alaska Electric Vehicle Association
- Alaska Marine Conservation Council
- Alaska Ocean Acidification Network
- Anchorage Climate Action Plan
- Anchorage Public Library
- Audubon Alaska
- Citizen’s Climate Lobby
- Municipality’s Climate Action Plan
- Native Movement
- Native Peoples Action
- Renewable Energy Alaska Project
- SEED Lab – Anchorage Museum
- Yarducopia – a program of Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- International Arctic Research Center – UAF
- Alaska Ocean Observing System
- University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
- Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference
- Alaska Energy Authority
- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
- Anchorage Recycling
- Recycling in Alaska
- Cold Climate Housing Research Center
- Bristol Bay Environmental Science Laboratory
National or regional resources
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Energy Star, a joint program of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Alliance to Save Energy
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- State of Oregon’s Office of Energy
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
