One of the tried and true rules of thumb about dieting is that slimming down is most successful when you do it with a friend. Community builds a sense of common purpose and provides support and when needed, a bit of peer pressure, to keep you on the right track. So, before you embark on your carbon cutting journey, join an individual or group that is already trying to take responsibility for their impact on the climate. The Climate Diet provides a number of strategies for connecting and building energy-efficient and climate conscious families and communities that reinforce our quest for a better planet. The Climate Diet includes discussions on:

• Finding fellow carbon cutters (churches and environmental groups can be good places to start).
• Building environmentally friendly communities, one step at a time (learn why Vancouver, BC is so much more energy efficient than its Puget Sound neighbors to the south).
• Environmentally friendly investment (invest your hard earned money in new technologies that can both save the climate and become engines for future growth)
• Carbon offsets (if you cannot cut emissions as much as you would like, consider paying someone else to do it for you)
• Voting and political activism (elect politicians who share your environmental values)

We all love on the same small planet.. So let's work on solutions together: as individuals, families and communities to heal our world.