This week:
• What climate change means for insurance
• Pregnancy and the COVID vaccine
• Food insecurity in America
• What wildfire smoke means for air quality
• Internet blackout in Iran
What we can do
• Understand your flood risk with Flood Factor (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/h1_F8Wtc7lOEot2zuJ67rzzta85slHeGeEj9S03GDSqq3cZAFXXvuhFnCc6q02lEZZPTblwd8YvtI2X4T5aTJw/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h17/PHYXIoqLLu1H_lFsi0WFFKa-f1qzWy1mtBbCTDnYOKU), a free tool to learn if your property has flooded in the past, is currently at risk, and how that risk changes over time.
• Stock up on masks, get your boosters (https://www.vaccines.gov/), and bring your parents, your kids, and your friends with you
• Feed people tonight (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiY580dHrZ6T3QiAztNKa-4Afzm9vHCDSl4EkxxeX-HwH/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h34/CFDa9mpopnS054rQ-_Ub0TNpR-7PvW8Ns9e9S-SuLBQ) (and every month, with a recurring donation) with our friends at Feeding America.
• Obviously numero uno is decarbonize everything everywhere all at once, but also: Know your daily risk. I use Purple Air (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiUMfh3H2iRsivrErO-BzhqgYryk41YQUDukgD8h5_dh2/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h48/XpcLbba2juar4OScwgwobQSgscVOxPpIba2BVBDexqY) outdoor monitors
• Follow, amplify (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1AtzCtNEyHeAb_WuKPEZaDbr9sVi-kadpMLmA7Zoqm4E5H/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h54/eYXnNZjfspMKivzuNLAyXufxIN4MBOLb2znVqKkueas), and donate (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/CiAEmsbg01KFwFb8ewGLS5PuRn0j3AsZoOfTXG8ARFs1h04CONgok8RH0CTsd0IK/3q3/sjZpiImjRsiz0o0Bx8o94g/h55/x_08c1XMO0dZGBV7u9K69eGGIDlVyYoaq364R9hChMM) to the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a collection of journalists, researchers, lawyers, activists, writers, multimedia specialists and advocates based around the world who work to support the basic rights and freedoms of the Iranian people
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