What Can You Do?
What can my family, friends, and I do in our everyday lives to combat climate change and create a more resilient Montgomery County? Use the interactive image below to determine what you can do about climate change.
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint and Take Action ( Versión en Español)
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint and Take Action ( Versión en Español)
What Can Businesses Do?
- Benchmark building energy use
- Electrify business fleets with zero-emissions vehicles
- Encourage employees to telework, bike, carpool, walk, or take public transit to work
- Finance energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades to commercial properties
- Obtain a Green Business Certification
- Use renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, and fuel cells)
- Visit the Montgomery County Green Bank (Commercial Programs) for affordable and flexible financing for clean energy or climate resilient projects
What Can Residents and Homeowners Do?
- Adopt energy efficient best practices
- Commit to making your next vehicle electric
- Plant a tree
- Support a green business
- Switch to renewable energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal, and fuel cells)
- Telework, bike, carpool, walk, or take public transit
- Visit the Green Bank - Residential Programs
- Visit the Montgomery Energy Connection or My Green Montgomery websites to take learn more about becoming energy efficient and to find renewable energy options
What Can Students Do?
Climate Education For Youth
Climate Art Contest
Check out the winning entries for the Climate Art Contest (PDF, 4.34MB). Climate Art Contest Winning entries are also published on Flickr.
