Episodes
Friday Mar 30, 2018
CCL's Founder Marshall Saunders Shares CCL's Beginning
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
CCL's President and Founder Marshall Saunders joins as a special guest to share the story of CCL's humble origins.
Friday Mar 30, 2018
CCL Tutorial: Strategies for Success with Municipal Resolutions
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Join Sandy Simon, CCL's Municipal Resolutions Coordinator in a short lesson on how to communicate and build relationships with local elected officials and work effectively to pass municipal resolutions in support of federal carbon fee and dividend (CFD) legislation.
This tutorial guides volunteers interested in joining the success of nearly one hundred other cities in the steps to take to prepare for passing a city, county, and state resolution urging Congress to pass CFD legislation as well as the steps to take after your resolution passes.
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Friday Mar 23, 2018
Audio Only: Join the CCL Agriculture Action Team for a webinar featuring Jimmy Daukas, Senior Program Officer, and Samantha Levy, New York Policy Manager at American Farmland Trust, a national conservation organization dedicated to saving the land that sustains us.
Jimmy and Samantha present opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to a changing climate including farmland protection, smart solar siting, and improving soil health to sequester carbon. Jimmy provides an overview and Samantha focuses on “Greener Fields,” a recent AFT report on the important role that farmland protection and compact growth play in mitigating climate change.
Monday Feb 26, 2018
CCL Agriculture Action Team Webinar: Investing in Rural America (Audio)
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Audio Only: This webinar features Mike Lavender, the Senior Washington Representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The farming sector has consolidated profoundly over the last several decades, which has had widespread negative consequences on communities across America. Lavender’s talk focuses on how the 2018 farm bill can reverse the downward trend in rural America by investing in all farmers and in local and regional food systems.
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Audio Only: This webinar features Keith Alverson, a board member of the South Dakota Farmer and National Corn Growers Association.
The presentation shares Keith’s experience with farming practices that have sequestered carbon in his farm’s soils, their relation to soil health and the economics of his farm. The discussion will also cover some of the work the National Corn Growers Association is doing on soil health and climate.
Keith also operates a sixth-generation farm near Chester, South Dakota, growing corn and soybeans on 2,700 acres. You can read about his farm at CarbonHarmony.org.
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
CCL Tutorial: Scheduling A Meeting With Congress & Using the Log
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Walk through the process of scheduling a meeting and using the Appointment Setter Log step-by-step. This training is specifically for CCL liaisons or appointment setters scheduling our House or Senate meetings with Congress during CCL's national lobby days. Follow this guide for a streamlined process, while keeping in mind you know your unique relationship with your Congress member and staff and what might work best. For advice on setting up meetings outside of CCL's national lobby days, see In-District Lobbying Plans.
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/263
To skip ahead to a specific section go to the time indicated in parenthesis.
- Intro and Agenda (from beginning)
- Background Terms (0:31)
- Why Use The Log? (5:15)
- Steps To Take & How To Use the Log (8:40)
- How to Get Support & Tips (19:17)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
CCL Agriculture Action Team Webinar: Capturing Carbon with Grazing Management (Audio)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Audio Only: Dr. Jason Rowntree's webinar focuses on the impact of grazing management on soil carbon, and some of the approaches being implemented to monitor soil carbon and other important ecological indicators on farms and ranches. Dr. Jason Rowntree's mission is developing systems to increase the resilience of food production worldwide.
As an associate professor of Animal Science at Michigan State University, he coordinates Lake City and UPREC AgBioResearch and Extension Centers where he addresses economic, environmental and social complexity in agriculture. He studies how grazing livestock can improve land and mitigate climate change by capturing carbon and providing other ecosystem services.
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
CCL Agriculture Action Team Webinar: The Politics of Agriculture and Climate Change
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Join author Chris Clayton, who wrote the book, "The Elephant in the Cornfield: The Politics of Agriculture and Climate Change." He decided to write this book after the 2011 American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting, where it was clear that members were dismissive of climate science and opposed to policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Clayton helps CCLers understand what topics are unifying and divisive in farm country when discussing climate change, and he also suggests positive messages consistent with the idea that farmers can be climate heroes.
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Core Volunteer Training: Welcoming & Empowering Our Volunteers
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Welcome to CCL's Core Volunteer Training! In this training, Brett Cease, CCL Volunteer Education and Engagement Coordinator, reviews how to navigate both of CCL's main websites and then focuses on how newer volunteers can become more engaged in your local teams while highlighting avenues for participation that harness your talent and areas of interest effectively.
Core Volunteer Training is created to help connect new volunteers with each other from across the world and empower them to achieve their larger goals for climate advocacy.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Audio Only: The CCL Agriculture Action Team’s six-week webinar series called “Agriculture at the Table” wraps up with its final session with this webinar. “How Much Should We Invest?” features guest speaker Greg Page, retired chairman and CEO of Cargill.
Over the course of his 42-year career with Cargill, Mr. Page held positions in the United States, Singapore, and Thailand in animal nutrition, poultry processing, beef and pork processing, and financial markets. Mr. Page was elected CEO in 2007 and since retiring has been an active contributor to the Risky Business project.