Citizens' Climate Lobby

In this update to the original Household Impacts Study lesson, CCL's Science and Legislative Director Danny Richter discusses the datasets used to fine tune the results and the resulting updated charts. The Household Impacts study estimates the impact our policy would have zip code by zip code, congressional district by congressional district, state by state, and for the nation as a whole. It breaks down what % of constituents in each geographic unit end up ahead by economic quintile, by race, and by various other useful distinctions.

In this lesson, we introduce the concept of total motivation and adaptive performance and discuss how to work them into your CCL team culture locally. Additionally, you'll hear from folks several CCL folks about what they are doing locally to create the conditions within which teams can motivate themselves.

The concepts and framework discussed in this lesson are based on the research of Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi (not CCL volunteers) in their book Primed to Perform: How to build the highest performing cultures through the science of total motivation.

 

Tabling 301 provides examples of best practices in connecting with people, listening, and effective communication skills while tabling.

Join Tamara Staton, CCL Education & Resilience Coordinator for a training all about tabling and how to get started. Tabling is one of the best ways to educate and encourage people to take action, or you might be able to find some folks interested in joining CCL. Additionally, tabling is a low-risk, non-threatening way for newer volunteers to develop quickly their listening skills and practice their storytelling about CCL and climate solutions.

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/cvt-grassroots 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/290 

To skip ahead to a specific section go to the time indicated in parenthesis.

Intro and Grassroots Outreach Review
(from the beginning)

Tabling Basics: What, Where, When
(3:35)

Preparing to Table
(8:35)

Connecting With Attendees
(13:20)

Author, teacher, consultant and public speaker Renee Lertzman was the guest for CCL’s April 2016 call. She teaches Psychology of Environmental Education and Communication in the MA program at Royal Roads University in British Columbia. Ms. Lertzman’s work focuses on the intersection of psychology, environment and culture to help organizations, governments and businesses devise communication and engagement strategies for the uniquely challenging nature of environmental work. Her latest book is Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement.