Title: 6 ways ordinary people can prevent climate change, according to researchers and advocates
Headings: 6 ways ordinary people can prevent climate change, according to researchers and advocates
6 ways ordinary people can prevent climate change, according to researchers and advocates
Understand how climate change will impact you
World has 12 years to prevent climate change disaster, experts say
What can we do?
6 things you can do to combat climate change, according to advocacy groups
1) Waste less food
2) Eat less factory-farmed red meat
Mark Bittman thinks you're bad at eating
3) Consume less energy and water
4) Call and meet with your representatives
5) Open a dialogue and find common ground
6) Volunteer

Content: There are a number of actions you can take to reduce water consumption, according to Chissell, including purchasing low-flow shower heads and sink faucets, taking shorter showers and washing full loads of laundry. 4) Call and meet with your representatives
Constituents who do the extra legwork of calling and meeting with their representatives have a huge influence, according to Flannery Winchester, communications coordinator at Citizens' Climate Lobby, a non-partisan advocacy organization that focuses on national policies that address climate change. “If they’re not communicating with the people who are elected to represent them, then those people are not going to be prioritizing those issues,” Winchester says. Many people believe their elected officials won’t be swayed by their concerns, says Winchester. But when people actively lobby their representatives, she says, change does happen. For example, Winchester says voters influenced both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to come together to create the the Climate Solutions Caucus, a bipartisan group focused on climate change solutions. “Things really are moving,” says Winchester, “and it’s because people are taking the time to talk to their members of Congress.” 5) Open a dialogue and find common ground
While there is major consensus among scientists that climate change is happening, some people may still doubt it’s real, or see climate change policies as “job killers,” according to Winchester. How people talk to others about climate change is important to solving the problem, Winchester says. She says it’s imperative to avoid arguing about climate change as if it is a partisan issue.