Your Ideas
A growing collection of ideas shared by the A Team community through the Planetary Action Atlas
Thank you for helping shape a global library of everyday climate and sustainability action. The Atlas grows stronger every time someone shares a tip, a habit, or a small action that works for them. These ideas are local, practical, and often brilliant - clever hacks, community wisdom, and joyful habits that make sustainable living feel personal and possible.
All contributions are shared anonymously. Add yours with your daily Atlas contribution whenever inspiration strikes.
Feel free to upvote any ideas that surprised you or inspired you to take action.
Community Ideas
Explore community-contributed ideas for Awareness, Action, and Advocacy.
Awareness
I love what you're doing with the Atlas! And I told my friends about it.
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I had no idea that the first "R" was Refuse. (I thought there were only three Rs...) I will think about more things I can refuse.
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Learned about a city in Germany that has reduced their single-use waste by 40% by adding a municipal packaging tax, and telling others about this amazing progress. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/tubingen-germany-defied-mcdonalds-dumped-to-go-waste/?utm
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Shared this site with some friends, composted, recycled and continued living in my energy-efficient home :)
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I told a good friend about Possible by Design
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Learning more!
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Committing to learning how zerotracker.net works, loving some of the transparency I see there.
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Researching the carbon emissions in daily life
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I took a CO2 monitor on my commuter train today and learned the level was at 1841ppm, which is nasty because it is healthiest below 1000!
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Listened to podcasts and did the recycling
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Telling friends in other countries about Possible by Design to help the Atlas light up more
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Helping friends who care but have lost hope to find Possible by Design to inspire hope again
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Described the work of Possible by Design to a friend
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Talking about waste reduction with colleagues
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Learned about carbon capability assessment versus carbon footprint, cycle-commuted to the gym, reusable water bottle
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Promoted a program to reduce carbon emissions of buildings
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Thinking about how to reach out to contacts who I went to school with, because they care and I think they would find it helpful to have the hope the Atlas and Possible By Design info provides!
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Learned about this initiative. Went for a bike ride.
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Shared a conversation about understanding carbon footprints
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Action
I rode my bike today!
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I went away this weekend on a girl's trip and brought my own water bottle, so I never had to use a plastic / single use one!
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I brought my reusable water bottle to work
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Kickstarted my vegetable and fruit garden with my kids
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I printed the Food (Protein) page and put it on my kitchen cupboard. (And grabbed a handful of peanuts as a reward snack.)
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I put effort into making sure my café recycles everything we possibly can, uses compostable take out containers and creates as little waste as possible.
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I turned off the power bar that powers my computer when I left the house
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All errands on foot (no car)
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Eat vegetarian, take transit, bike, compost
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Cycled to the gym instead of driving
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Instead of buying prepackaged foods, we’re eating our homemade granola and dehydrated local apples!
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Went for a walk in the local woods. Reduced our waste enough to not need to put out the garbage bin for a month.
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Protein soy milk in my coffee and recycling the carton :-)
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Biking to work, eating vegetarian.
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Put my tissues in the compost...I don't want them to make methane if they go in the garbage!
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Drove someone in my Tesla so they would not get a ride in a gas car
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At a staff lunch, brought my own metal cutlery instead of using their single-use wooden cutlery
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Reduced household waste by replacing disposable paper napkins with reusable cloth napkins.
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Cycle-commuting, recycled coffee pods back to Nespresso, reusable water bottle
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Decided to walk instead of bus or drive, plus recycled soft plastic
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Advocacy
I wrote to my MP requesting the adoption of climate footprint labels and the need for geo certified products
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Writing a letter to my MP about wanting Climate Footprint Labels on all products!
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I'm researching how to talk to my MP about this
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Wrote to Oatly to thank them for their leadership on climate footprint labels
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I used the template on the Advocacy page and wrote to Arc'teryx to ask them to consider putting climate footprint labels on their products.
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Your Feedback
Thoughts, ideas, and suggestions shared through the daily feedback form - helping us improve the Atlas over time.
I read the Agency Architecture and was very impressed by its logic, presentation, and the overall consistency of its argument on how to address and solve the climate challenge.
Mar 16, 2026
The art is lovely! What a nice gift in my in box.
Mar 1, 2026
I looked at the website with curiosity. I made a commitment to think and act differently through the lens of reducing emissions. My work in the school community can have a positive effect in helping students really commit to reducing our carbon footprints.
Mar 1, 2026
This is so cool!
Mar 1, 2026
I read this site, shared it with my partner, continue to use heat pumps to heat and to keep temps in the house to a reasonable level, turn off lights, recycle, etc. And I'm keen on this site and will spread the word!
Feb 24, 2026
This Atlas rocks
Feb 24, 2026