Gathered here are insights, inspirations and stories that come from One Day / One Action, a community-wide public art project in San José, California that engages this very question. If it is challenging to think about climate change on an individual level, how can we engage, inspire, and mobilize a whole city?

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How do we personally 
& collectively commit to change?

About One Day / One Action

Grounded in community stories, messages of One Day / One Action are evergreen strategies for responding to climate change, and for expanding our emotional well-being to cultivate a healthy future. These stories unfolded live via social media in 2023 from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice. We offer them here for you to explore and share along with other individual and community resources.

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ACTIONS FOR CHANGE

Nourishing Community

Climate change–these two words can carry so much uncertainty. One Day / One Action creates entry points for how we can all be a part of climate solutions–you are not in this alone. Our full toolkit contains resources that encourage a curious mindset, foster conversations, help to form new habits, and build flexibility, even in the midst of an environmental emergency. Among these resources, you’ll find our social media call to action prompts with stories, ideas, practices and definitions that can support your own climate care.

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ABOUT

Planting Seeds for Action

The climate is changing. We know this. What is this experience like for me as an individual, for us as a community? Where and how do we talk about it? One Day / One Action addresses these questions.

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PEOPLE

Growing Meaningful Relationships

Our relationships support us in living sustainably–from home to neighborhood to larger community to city-wide and beyond. One Day / One Action has evolved through building many multilayered relationships through conversations with local knowledge-bearers, community organizations, educators and youth–unpacking our nuanced perspectives about climate change.

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Share Your Story with Us

We’d love to hear how One Day / One Action has inspired you. If you’ve shared our prompts, started a Climate Cafe or recorded a Youth Story, tell us about it!

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One Day / One Action is a community artwork supporting Climate Smart San José's environmental action plan. Supported by the City of San José's Public Art Program and Environmental Services Department. See more @1day1actionsj