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CLIMATE ACTION PLAN<br />
The culmination of the 10,000 Steps to Environmental and Climate<br />
Justice Project is to make sustainable change within your college<br />
campus or community. By completing the steps in Mile 10, you will<br />
compile a list of methods and steps intended to reduce environmental<br />
and climate disruption. Now it is time to create a Climate Action Plan<br />
that will sustain your community long after your work is done.<br />
Why Climate Action Planning?<br />
A Climate Action Plan is a set of strategies intended to guide community efforts for reducing<br />
greenhouse gas emissions; often, Climate Action Plans provide a roadmap to reduce carbon<br />
emissions to net zero and achieve carbon neutrality. These strategies focus on improving<br />
energy efficiency and conservation. How we interact with the built environments dictates our<br />
use of energy, which impacts our surroundings, as well as how resilient we are in the face of<br />
climate change. We must create a plan for our campus or community to reduce our impact.<br />
Models of resilient communities are characterized by local self-reliance, including energy<br />
independence, carbon neutrality, and cooperative use of resources. With the force of the Youth<br />
Councils/College Chapters we can achieve community-wide carbon neutrality.<br />
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