What can one person do about climate change? Part 5: Shop smart

• Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania
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  I report on energy and the environment for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF.
  
  My work focuses on responses and solutions to climate change in the state legislature and communities around the state. I trace my interest in these issues back to my time as a Girl Scout and this episode of Rocko’s Modern Life.
  
  I look forward to winter just for the chance to ski a few times each season. I try to keep myself from doom-scrolling on my phone by keeping my hands busy knitting and learning to play the piano.
  
  I grew up in Cambria County, Pa. and graduated from Temple University. I started at WITF just after Christmas in 2014.

Refillism in York is an eco-friendly store that allows customers to refill their own bottles with a variety of products such as soap, body wash and shampoo. Jeremy Long - WITF News

The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates the stuff we buy – from clothes and furniture to haircuts and healthcare – accounts for about a quarter of our personal emissions.

Buying fewer things, shopping second-hand, and repairing what you can all help reduce your impact on the climate.

Find the rest of the series:

• What can I do about climate change? An introduction 
• Part 1: Start at home 
• Part 2: What we (don’t) eat 
• Part 3: Dig in the dirt 
• Part 4: Getting around 
• Part 6: Upgrade your home 
• Part 7: Speak up

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