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You don’t have to be an activist or a scientist – anyone can help protect the Earth’s last great wilderness. Get started today.
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What happens in Antarctica affects all of humanity – and your actions at home can help protect Antarctica.
Vote for the climate
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This is the single most important thing you can do to protect Antarctica. As the climate crisis continues to escalate, Antarctica is changing in ways that will impact all of humanity. We need action on a global scale.
Choose leaders who pledge to take rapid, decisive action on climate change. If you are too young to vote, talk to your parents about their choices. Do it for the penguins! Tell them how important it is to you to protect Antarctica, and ask them which leaders will do the most to reduce carbon emissions and slow the climate crisis.
Reduce your carbon emissions
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We need to make deep cuts to our carbon emissions to slow the progress of the climate crisis, and protect Antarctica from runaway climate change. The world is transitioning to a carbon neutral economy, but it’s not happening fast enough.
While global action is needed, individual action can help pave the way for change by sending the government and industry a clear message that we are ready for change. There are countless small actions you can take to reduce your personal carbon footprint – it’s like giving Antarctica a hug from afar!
Depending on your personal circumstances, you might like to try:
Take public
Take the train or bus instead of private transport.
Carpool
Don’t drive alone – share the ride with friends!
The 5 Rs
More things? Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair & recycle!
Plant
Planting trees is a simple way to reduce carbon.
Fly less
Holiday locally, and attend work meetings online.
Get informed
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One of the best ways to create change is to educate yourself. Find out more about how Antarctica is changing, and why it has never been more important to take action to protect Antarctica.
Tell your friends and family
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Celebrate the wonder of this incredible continent that belongs to us all, and bring Antarctica into your daily life in a way that feels fun and meaningful to you.
Throw an Antarctic movie night or an Antarctica theme party with penguin party hats! Host a fundraising dinner with a late-night screening of an Antarctic documentary. Create an Antarctic book club to discuss the extraordinary adventures of Antarctica’s greatest explorers. Draw, paint, make sculptures and write about Antarctica, and share your work with your friends and family. The more everyone understands and cares about Antarctica, the better we’ll be able to protect it.
Planet (and penguin!)-friendly diet
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You don’t need to become a vegan, or even vegetarian for your diet to make a difference to Antarctica: even a small change can have a big impact.
Start by eating more locally produced fruit, vegetables and proteins. If you have a growers market nearby, pay them a visit and support your local farmers and food producers.
If you enjoy the occasional fish dish, avoid farmed salmon. Not only are they raised in controversial conditions, but they are fed wild Antarctic krill harvested in the Southern Ocean, where they are a keystone species and essential food source for penguins, seals, and whales. The most marine-friendly type of fish depends on where you live. Consult your local sustainable seafood guide to help you decide.
Planet (and penguin!)-friendly diet
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If you eat meat, try to buy animals raised in pastures rather than industrial settings – not only will you reduce the environmental impacts of meat production, but it’s better for the animals, and your health as well. You might also consider reducing your meat intake – experiment with one meat-free day per week or one meat-free meal per day.
Start making small changes today – every little bit makes a difference!
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Support our work
Support our Antarctic conservation work and be part of positive change. You can make a one-off gift, commit to monthly top-ups or join ASOC as a member of the 60 South Society or the Coalition itself.
AND REMEMBER…
“Antarctica still remains a remote, lonely and desolate continent. A place where it’s possible to see the splendours and immensities of the natural world at its most dramatic and, what’s more, witness them almost exactly as they were, long, long before human beings ever arrived on the surface of this planet. Long may it remain so.”
David Attenborough