Free ACC Sustainable Living Tool

Turn the guide into real-life progress.

Use our free Companion to help apply the Sustainable Living Guide to your own life. Making small changes can make a big difference over time. Work through five guide sections and three real stages, check off 75 useful tasks, save notes, and build from first wins toward bigger verified action.

Five guide sectionsThree stages75 trackable tasks

Guide Goals

See why the Companion is built this way.

The Companion starts with small tasks because steady habits are what make bigger changes possible. Guide Goals shows the larger path, including low-to-high impact ranges and the results of completing Sections 1 through 5.

75 practical tasks5 guide sections3 stages
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Your sustainable action board

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Section 1 of 5

Everyday Foundation

Build the everyday habits that support everything else: prevent waste, buy and reuse more carefully, and connect household choices with community action.

Inside this section Stage 1 of 3 First Wins Low-cost, renter-friendly starting actions.

Phone-ready web app

Save the Companion to your home screen.

Use it like a small ACC app: open the Companion quickly, keep working through your guide sections, and sync with your member account when you are signed in.

Install options appear on supported browsers after the live site loads.

Step 1 of 3 • Choose a guide section

What part of sustainable living are you working on?

Each section covers a different part of the guide and contains 15 tasks. Choose one section now; you can switch whenever your priorities change.

Sections tell you what part of the guide you are working on. Stages show how deeply you are building that part into everyday life.

Current: Section 1 of 5 — Everyday Foundation

SectionWhat you are working on StageHow deeply you are working on it TaskThe action you actually complete

Step 2 of 3 • Choose a stage

Choose a stage inside Section 1: Everyday Foundation.

Every section uses the same three levels. Start with realistic first wins, build repeatable household systems, then take on bigger actions that need planning or verification.

Step 3 of 3 • Complete five tasks

Begin with one realistic task.

The five tasks below match your selected guide section and stage. Mark a task done only after you complete it. You can change it back if you marked it accidentally.

Open the Sustainable Living Guide

Step 3 of 3 • Your five tasks

Section 1: Everyday Foundation • Stage 1: First Wins

Complete these five tasks gradually. A checkmark records progress; it does not by itself claim a measured emissions reduction.

Make the change stick

Keep notes so the habit gets easier.

Write down what helped, what got in the way, and what you want to repeat or improve next.

Notes save automatically on this device.

Optional reminders

Get a gentle nudge to come back.

Turn on local browser reminders for this device. For full push notifications after the browser is closed, ACC will need a later app or server notification upgrade.

Reminders are off.

Milestones

Build from daily habits to bigger action.

Stage 1First Wins

Complete five low-cost, renter-friendly starting actions in each of the five guide sections.

Stage 2Household Systems

Build repeatable routines, compare options, and complete practical household upgrades across all five sections.

Stage 3Bigger & Verified Action

Make durable investments, use verified programs, and build regenerative systems without skipping evidence or safety.