Citizens' Climate Lobby

Doria Brown | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | February 2023 Monthly Meeting

In the realm of climate communication, social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram loom large as a means to reach people, especially younger people who are most concerned about the world they will inherit in the future. Joining this month's meeting is Doria Brown, a social media influencer known as The Earth Stewardess on TikTok (72,000 followers) and Instagram (22,500 followers). Doria is an environmental scientist and the youngest municipal energy manager in New Hampshire, working for the City of Nashua. Her social media posts focus on energy science, sustainability, and science communication. Doria will speak with us about how she reaches a wide audience with her short, creative videos.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

• (0:00) Welcome & Opening
• (1:46) Doria and Ashley: Social Media & Climate Advocacy
• (15:10)  Q&A Discussion
• (27:00) CCL February Actions Overview
• (31:03) Highlights from Citizens' Climate International
• (38:30) June Conference Registration Details

February's Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/797509465 
February Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet 
Register for the conference here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-change-conferences/summer/ 
Follow Doria at https://www.instagram.com/theearthstewardess   https://www.tiktok.com/ @earthstewardess1747   

CCL Training: Growing Your Conservative Membership

Ahead of CCL's March 28-29 Conservative Conference (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-change-conferences/conservative/) join Conservative Outreach Director Andrew Eyerly for a training that will provide ideas and resources for all members of CCL to recruit conservatives. Regardless of your political affiliation, the ideas in the training to engage with conservatives concerned about climate change that also may be interested in joining a supportive community in Citizens’ Climate Lobby.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:44) Background
(9:11) Who To Reach Out To
(15:34) Generating Conservative Interest
(26:14) Having A Conversation
(35:51) Putting It All Together

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/growing-conservative-membership 
Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/364 

CCL Training: Exploring CCL’s Policy Agenda

Join CCL's Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a training that will explore how Citizens’ Climate advocates for an array of policies, including carbon pricing, that are effective in reducing net emissions and building bridges both in Congress and in our communities. Citizens’ Climate’s mission is to create the political will for a livable world, and we won’t stop working until we have a healthy and stable climate.  

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Our Policy Agenda
(2:09) Carbon Pricing
(9:24) Clean Energy Permitting Reform
(21:29) Building Electrification & Efficiency
(27:29) Healthy Forests

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/policy-agenda-cvt  
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/ccl-policy-agenda 

CCL Training: Braver Angels Action Team - Opportunities for Mindful Bipartisan Communication

In this webinar, CCL Braver Angels Action Team co-chairs, Beth Malow and Bruce Morlan, along with Leadership Team member Arlene JM Grant, will highlight a national organization, Braver Angels, that is dedicated to healing our political divisions. The training will review how Braver Angels’ techniques and skills can serve our organization’s mission of bipartisan solutions to climate change. A research article summarizing one of the Braver Angels/Citizens' Climate Lobby workshops will be highlighted and participants will be provided with actionable opportunities for their local groups. 

Join Braver Angels here:  https://braverangels.org/ 

Join the CCL Braver Angels Action Team here:  http://cclusa.org/BAactionteam 
 
Register for our next BA/CCL Depolarizing Within Workshop on Sunday afternoon, January 29, 2023 here:  
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/braver-angels-depolarizing-within-communications-workshop-tickets-465366051387 

Read the Research Article on our Bridging the Divide on Climate Solutions workshop here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100177 

Watch the Connecting During Lobbying Meetings Video here: https://vimeo.com/771224806 

CCL Training: CCI’s Recap of COP27

Join CCI Executive Director Joe Robertson and fellow staff for an update on what took place in Egypt and Citizens' Climate International's role in the ongoing negotiations.

CCL Advanced Training on Building Electrification & Efficiency

Join CCL Research Coordinator Jonathan Marshall for an advanced training about Building Electrification & Efficiency (as part of CCL's policy agenda) reviews the need to electrify and weatherize American buildings, why it’s important and answers frequently asked questions on the topic. Please also see our Introductory Training on this topic.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:44) What does “Building Electrification and Efficiency” (BE&E) mean?
(5:22) Why is it important for climate policy?
(13:15) How can it save building owners money?
(20:02) What policies support BE&E?
(25:11) How will CCL engage?

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/advanced-electricity-slides 
CCL's Policy Agenda: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/495 
Introductory Training: http://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/514 

CCL Training: Engaging New and Returning Members of Congress this Spring

Connecting with a member of Congress or their staff in the local district is an essential element to building relationships with Congress. Join CCL Senior Director of Government Affairs Jennifer Tyler and CCL's Legislative & Constituent Engagement Manager Kesten Bozinovic for a training that walks through the process of planning and setting up a successful activity with your member of Congress back home in your community. 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):
(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:14) Legislative Strategy for Spring 
(10:30) Planning the Activity
(16:46) Examples of Activities
(26:27) Scheduling the Activity
(38:54) After the Activity
(42:12) Conclusion

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/spring-activities-2023 
In-District Lobbying Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/267 

CCR 80 Unleashing Our Imaginations for Climate Change Solutions

As climate advocates, we need to articulate what it is we are fighting for. What is the world we want to create? Engaging our imagination is essential to stirring up the kind of hope and excitement that inspires others to action. 

In this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, three guests join us to help unleash our imagination potential: Hannah Pickard from the National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation; Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, a leader in environmental health research and board member of Citizens’ Climate Education and Physicians for Social Responsibility; and Sean Dague, a software engineer by day, a CCL group leader, and an En-ROADS Climate Simulation tool ambassador. 

These three guests conduct a thought experiment: Can you imagine a world without fossil fuels? What will it look, smell, sound, and feel like? 

You will also hear three new voices who have joined the Citizens Climate Radio team. Ruth Abraham, Lila Powell, and Zach Torpie are each recent college graduates. They share their reactions and responses to what Sean and Hannah have to say about engaging our imaginations in our climate change work. 

You can imagine this, too! Share your answers with host Peterson Toscano. Leave a voicemail at 518.595.9414. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.) You can email your answers to radio @ citizensclimate.org

Dig Deeper

• Video of Sean Dague’s Thought Exercise: Imagine a World without Fossil Fuels
• Hannah Pickard CCL International Call March 2020
• Peterson Toscano’s Citizens Climate Virtual Conference Breakout Session: Telling a New Kind of Climate Story
• Citizens Climate Radio Ep 39 Envisioning and Communicating Climate Success
• Climate Change and the Imagination by Kathryn Yusoff and Jennifer Garbrys (PDF)
• Imagining a world without fossil fuels | BBC Ideas. Study Guide. 

Resilience Corner

Once we are able to notice, accept and get help where we need it, we are more able to take action in ways that support our well-being.  Which brings us to our focus today on the next step: Practice.

Tamara Staton is the Education and Resilience Coordinator for Citizens Climate Education, and in this installment of the Resilience Corner she helps us to ask for the help we need.  

Get more tips and resources by visiting The Resiliency Hub. 

Women in the Wild

If you are a woman who has spent time alone camping, hiking, or in nature, the Citizens Climate Radio team would  like to hear from you. What was that experience like? What insights and advice do you have for women who want to explore natural places alone? If you have something to say, email us radio @ citizensclimate.org. 

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CCL’s Big Tent Climate Talks - January 2023 w/ Rewiring America

Join us for CCL's Big Tent Climate Talks, an engaging conversation that spotlights leaders in the climate community outside of CCL doing important work in building coalitions around effective climate solutions. 

Our January 2023 event features a conversation with Kyle Kammien, CCL Senior Business Relations Representative and Rewiring America's Senior Advisor Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres

At CCL, we know solving climate change requires a variety of policies and perspectives. That's why we do this work under a big tent that includes folks from the right, the left, and every spot in between. In our Big Tent Climate Talks, we talk to a wide variety of climate leaders outside of CCL to learn more about how we can all work better together.

These talks will take place quarterly for 40-45 minutes on the last Thursday of the month at 3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT.
Register For Next Quarter’s Episode: https://cclusa.org/bigtent 

Join CCL: https://citizensclimatelobby.org 
More about Rewiring America: https://rewiringamerica.org/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewiringamerica  + https://twitter.com/citizensclimate 

Andrew Jones | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | January 2023 Monthly Meeting

What will it take to keep global warming below dangerous thresholds? Thanks to Andrew Jones and his team at Climate Interactive, we have answers to that question. They developed the climate simulators, C-ROADS and En-ROADS, that make it easy for users to see how combinations of various solutions will affect global temperatures. As Citizens' Climate Lobby explores legislation to address climate change, these simulators can show us how to get the biggest bang for our buck. (Spoiler alert: Pricing carbon has the greatest impact.)

In addition to being the director and co-founder of Climate Interactive, Andrew has worked at the Rocky Mountain Institute and Sustainability Institute. He currently teaches system dynamics at MIT Sloan and the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.