100 CLIMATE ACTIONS

100 Climate Actions, ranging from individual daily activities to large-scale advocacy, were gathered in collaboration with local residents in Hackney and experts, including climate scientists, a climate economist, council staff, designers, artists, and young students. Some may seem to contradict ideologically, while others share similar approaches, mapping the complexity of possible routes we can take in collectively deciding our future.

Each climate action card visualises the potential impact if carried out individually and collectively. Actions that are quantifiable show their carbon savings at individual scale, among a hundred people, and at borough scale, while non-quantifiable ones such as advocacy actions draw on scientific research to convey their scale and impact when carried out collectively. Each card includes a quote from a climate scientist highlighting its broader environmental significance.

100 Climate Actions was first presented on 100 recyclable cardboard stools used to create the installation Harvesting Climate Action, and later deconstructed at Hackney's Low Carbon Banquet, where 100 members of the public each ‘harvested’ a stool to sit on, learn more, and embody a climate action while feasting at the Finale Banquet that concluded Hackney's Low Carbon Chinatown. They then took the stools home as a reminder of the evening and of the actions they had embodied.

Find out more about each climate action below by hovering over or clicking to expand. You can also see how many participants voted for each action in terms of its impact and daily uptake. Take part in the project by sharing your opinions on climate actions through this survey.

With contribution from:
Dr Alice Garvey at Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
Climate Team at Hackney Council
Catherine Chong at C.L.E.A.R
Rachel Bronstein at Design Council
Alexie Sommer at Design Declares
Usman Haque
Students at Gainsborough Primary School
Dr Peter Walton at Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
Dr Andy Yuille at Lancaster University