Yes!!, I would!!! :DD ok, well, seeing as I'm the one who suggested that in the first place, duh of course I would, but... still? :)

I actually did some research a few days back (pro of self-isolation at lunchtime: you Get Things Done with the time that would have been used for socialization) and... it's actually pretty interesting. There's way more controversy surrounding Taylor Swift than I'd originally thought. And, I think we can all agree that she is doing things to help others, but the question is/was- could she be doing more? But yeah, I'll come back with notes later :) tysm for making this @Peri!!

oh and btw, more about the club itself: we could all take a pledge to help save the environment! Every little bit counts! I'll come back with some ideas too if you all want :) :)

yes! Joining! 

@Celine, good idea with the shower! I generally take, mm, 13 minutes? Sometimes more, so I definitely should stick with the 13. 

@Peri, the writing letters sound like a solid idea, and I hope someone does do it ;) Um... but not me, lol

Lights! If you have a streetlight outside your house, and it goes out, ask your parents NOT to replace it. It's not really a necassary, and it causes light pollution. And ofc, turn off lights if you aren't in the room! Or if it isn't dark out, just open a window, letting natural light. And maybe any outside lights you have on your house, turn them off? I mean, if your parents can list some reasons to leave them on, whatever, can't really do anything (especially if they're solid-ish ideas)

That's all I have for now... 

Oh! I actually have a tip on the shower thing. I've heard of people making short playlists of music to listen to while they shower, so they can keep track of time. Ideally it would be a five minute playlist, but even ten minutes is better than thirty.

I too need to get better at taking short showers :/ Maybe I will make a shower playlist…

As for the letters to Taylor Swift, here's some things we can consider asking her to advocate for climate change on social media, to publicly (or privately, but doing it publicly can help inspire others) donate to good charities that fight climate change, and to help pay for things such as planting more trees. We can also consider pointing out that flying in her private jet is not good for the environment. While she's so famous it's probably unsafe and hard for her to simply fly on a regular airline, she could, in theory, plant more trees, making her carbon neutral (I think that's how it works?), or if there's such a thing as a jet that doesn't pump dangerous gases into the air, use something like that. I'm not sure.

I'm so glad to see another thread about the environment :D Short showers... *sighs and shakes head* I never can take short showers. Yayy writing to Taylor Swift/other influential people would be a good thing to do; I'd propose mentioning the emissions caused from flying, because although I think it is difficult for celebrities to fly on normal flights, the best thing would be to just not fly at all as much as is possible. Also, I think it would help if she publicly endorsed electric cars and anti-climate change causes - if people see that someone like her is involved in stopping climate change, or even just acknowledging its existence, I think it might have a large effect.

Yess! I prob need to cut down my shower time haha 

At my school, the fourth graders write essays every year about whether the cafeteria should serve bugs or not. I think at some point we should actually make it happen. Has anyone else eaten bugs? (not related to Earth Club)

Ooh and we could also ask Taylor Swift to consider writing a song about climate change! That might help :)

*gasp* Origami says <awtwo>! Yes, Origami, that's two words! Good little captcha.

Ooh, writing letters to influential people would be a great idea! Maybe we could suggest to Taylor Swift that she endorse, and travel on, trains. I think trains are a really good method of transportation, especially high-speed ones, because they can carry so many people, they can be made electric, and they're really fun to ride on lol :)  We could also remind her that climate change is something that is very important to her fanbase, so if she wants to retain their support, advocating for climate action would help. Probably the two most important proposals, in my opinion, would be: a) ask her to reduce her carbon emissions by hook or by crook, both for her fans and for her own sake and b) ask her to advocate more for things like electric cars, reduction of harmful practices like constantly flying on unnecessary trips, reduction of consumption and especially consumption of foreign products,  a shift to solar and wind energy rather than coal and oil, reduction of fracking and mining, the end of military intervention in other countries, and reduction in pesticide use (ohhhhh my gosh if Taylor would just speak up and say "Stop using pesticides because it's ruining the health of humans and the environment!" I would be so happy) I could draft a letter and post it on here if y'all would like that, just to get us started?

I also just had the idea of writing to senators and representatives, who are after all the ones who govern the country (or try to). My mom is always sending off letters to our representatives, but unfortunately we only live in one state and can't really influence anyone except our particular Congressmen/women - but since CBers are scattered all over the US, it would have a much greater effect if all of us did that! Again, we could basically demand of them that they enact policies to support all the things I listed above (electric cars, solar energy, etc). We could even get our parents to send off letters too, as they're the ones who actually wield the Power of Votes. There's so much our government needs to be doing, and so much that people need to do to make sure it carries out its duties. Interestingly I think politics is a two-way street, especially in democracy. Democratic govenments can really have enormous potential, but citizens need to put in some effort too.

Anyway, those are my ideas!