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🥷 Save more, waste less, and make smarter choices

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🤯 Stay on the cutting edge of our cleaner, cooler future

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🔮 Get tips on next-gen gadgets to improve your life

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🥰 Beat doom and gloom with hope and progress

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TCD has partnered with Palmetto to help readers unlock up to $5,000 for money-saving home upgrades — solar panels, HVAC, battery storage, and more — by earning rewards for taking simple, easy actions in your everyday life.


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Help Yourself While Helping the Planet — Straight From Your Inbox

At The Cool Down, we're all about making it easy to help yourself while helping the planet.

Yes, the climate crisis is real, but there are real solutions to our problems, and the solutions are going to make all of our lives better — they're going to make us safer, richer, healthier, and happier. All we have to do is make the choice to act. 

Our newsletters deliver good news, useful advice, and easy hacks straight to your inbox — and we hope you'll let us be your guide in building a cooler future for yourself and your loved ones.

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💡Explore the TCD Guide


The TCD Guide makes it easier than ever to help yourself while helping the planet.

Join us in exploring over 100 ways to save more, waste less, and improve your life — everything from upgrading your home to eating better food to making money on your old stuff.

Whatever your goals, we can help you make smart choices and connect you to trusted partners.

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