I think coops and democratic ownership of property is important and I ' m glad you brought it up . In the U . S . at least the rent is too damn high . If we could possibly create a network of ecominded coops which would expand and teach environmental literacy and climate change and be a force for good that would make a huge difference . If the rent was so affordable that people would not necessarily have to participate in the ratrace that would also be a great asset . In NY buildings account for 60 % of energy use . Unfortunately still though the top 1 % of emitters in the U . S have a carbon footprint over 2 , 500 times greater than the bottom 1 % worldwide . So it is the wealthy and a handful of huge companies causing the vast majority of GHG emissions . Ideally , we would end fossil fuel subsidies , nationalize the oil companies and refocus their workers on a green new deal rebuilding infrastructure and installing wind , solar , geothermal and maybe even some district heating . It seems like all it would take is a little help and expertise to get the ball rolling for people on this . Solarize campaigns here in NY are used to drum up support for solar installations and usually the installer selected gives a discount . Now you either have to install solar on your roof or sign a PPA so that leaves out the lower income people . Community solar should fix that but you still need initial capital .