Climate Updates

Climate Week, New York, 2023 runs September 17-24, and kicked off with headliners including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kevin Bacon, and Ethan Hawke, along with 75,000 climate protestors. Their main goal? To be heard. 

Insulation helps buildings retain heat—around the sides of the building and the roof. But what about the floor? Even with insulation, heat extends through the floor into the earth, and that is the heat we can reuse. In the most densely populated areas, heat from below the area could be harvested annually to supply 25% of the heat used by the area’s buildings. This kind of creative approach can help us make use of the heat we generate, instead of contributing to global warming and climate change.

Jonathan Foley, a sustainability superstar, gave a lecture at UWL about hope and science-based solutions to climate change.

Wisconsin Connection to Earth Day!

The first earth day, April 22, 1970, began through the efforts of former Wisconsin Governor and U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Gaylord Nelson. Nelson, working to build on the environmental movement that began in the late 1960s, worked with Harvard graduate student Denys Hayes to launch the event.  The Wisconsin tradition of protecting our planet is now celebrated around the world. Join Climate Alliance for the Common Good at the La Crosse Earth Day Fair on 4/30/23. The fair runs from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. at Myrick Park, We hope you stop by our table at the fair!

Major tire manufacturers, including Bridgestone, are funding research into a plant that can be used to create sustainable tires to replace conventional tires, each requiring 14 gallons of petroleum to produce a standard tire

A pilot project has been underway for seven months, so far successfully, generating enough energy to power 250 homes, and is being assessed in terms of wildlife safety

New, more climate-friendly battery technologies are coming along quickly and can replace batteries that pose environmental issues and require significant resources