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My DIY climate hack

My DIY climate hack is a series about everyday people across the US using their own ingenuity to tackle the climate crisis in their neighborhoods, homes and backyards

10 June 2024

  • Melrose Learning Academy students (L-R) Lyra Modersbach, Augie Balquist, Juliette Sanchez, Lucy Downed, Yuji Hong, & Jayden Tern successfully petitioned the Oakland Unified School board to decommission their school's gas broiler and replace it with a heat pump. Photographed in the broiler room at Melrose Learning Academy in Oakland, California May 16, 2024.

    Adults doubted us. We found a way to shrink emissions at our middle school anyway

    Heating and cooling our school had a huge energy cost. So we successfully researched, planned and proposed a heat pump on campus

3 June 2024

  • Neil Wiesblott at his tool library on Vashon Island, Washington on May 3, 2024

    Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools

    Our 1,500-tool library is like the best neighbor you ever had. I’ve learned to build and repair all kinds of things – and live more sustainably

27 May 2024

  • woman in wedding veil

    Wedding without waste: how I got married without the usual 400lb of trash

    Big events generate big waste, and weddings are among the most egregious offenders. Cindy Villaseñor found a way to do things differently

20 May 2024

  • DIY-CLIMATE-GREGORY<br>CLIVE, IOWA - APRIL 20, 2024: Jim Gregory poses for a portrait with his pedal-powered work station at his home in Ames, Iowa on Thursday, April 25, 2024. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Guardian

    I invented a pedal-powered home office. Now I exercise – and save energy – at my desk

    An Iowa cyclist wanted to stay active while spending all day at his desk. He found the perfect solution

15 May 2024

  • Los Angeles, California— Beverly Lofton poses for a portrait in her garden in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, April 26, 2024. Mrs. Lofton turned her front yard into a microfarm with the help of Crop Swap LA, a local group that creates edible food gardens to combat food insecurity and food apartheid. Photographs by Gabriella Angotti-Jones

    I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood

    The 67-year-old’s switch was a bold move in a city ruled by cars and concrete, and where the impact of extreme heat and water shortages are acutely felt

13 May 2024

  • Climate Heroes Radical Clothing Swap 1

    Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!

  • side by side images of computer equipment, a sign on a clothing rack saying 'ropa gratis', and hands holding radishes

    Why we’re publishing a series on DIY climate solutions

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