Alaska Conservation Solutions

Alaska Carbon Reducing Strategies

Reducing emissions can be much easier than you think, whether you live along the railbelt or in rural Alaska! Click on the links below learn more about Alaskanized conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies. Everyone is welcome to try these Alaskanized strategies but if you are not from Alaska we suggest you visit Stopglobalwarming.org's carbon reduction calculator.

To learn about strategies Alaskan communities are using, please see the interactive Google map, Alaska Carbon Reducing Communities, below.

• Conservation You'll be amazed at all the ways to reduce your emissions and also save you money.
• Energy Efficiency There are three main categories of energy efficiency: efficient appliances, efficient homes and efficient vehicles.
• Renewable Energy Produce your own clean energy and leave the grid behind! Learn how.
• Carbon Offsets If you can’t reduce your carbon emissions to zero you can purchase “offsets,” which neutralize the carbon you have released by funding projects that either provide renewable energy or remove carbon from the atmosphere.
• Business Solutions Some business leaders have already begun to take steps to reduce their greenhouse emissions. Taking action is good for the bottom line.
• Rural Community Strategies This page has numerous links and resources to help solve environmental issues in rural Alaska.

Alaska Carbon Reducing Communities

To learn more about carbon reducing strategies available in specific Alaskan communities across the state, either click on the place name below or click on the various icons on the google map then click on the link inside the callout box.

Anchorage l Barrow l Bethel l Dillingham l Fairbanks l Ft. Yukon l Galena l Kenai Peninsula l Juneau l Ketchikan l Kodiak Island l Kotzebue l Mat-Su l McGrath l Nome l St. Mary's l Sitka