Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Extended Q&A with Nathaniel Stinnett, Executive Director of Environmental Voter Project

Find out more and get involved at: https://cclusa.org/evp 

Wanted more time with CCL's July 2022 National Meeting Speaker? Join us for an extended Q&A with Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project. Nathaniel shares how his organization is changing the voting behavior of people concerned about preserving a livable climate. The Founder and Executive Director of EVP,  Stinnett is a frequent expert speaker on cutting-edge campaign techniques and the behavioral science behind getting people to vote. He has held a variety of senior leadership and campaign manager positions on U.S. Senate, congressional, state, and mayoral campaigns.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:23) EVP Background & Results
(19:00) Ways to get involved 2022
(25:43) Q&A: Are there studies showing more environmentally friendly politicians are being elected?
(29:03) Q&A: How does EVP know that specific people are environmental voters that don't vote?
(35:40) Q&A: What's your best elevator pitch to phonebank for a friend?
(37:19) Q&A: Where do you find hope?
(41:45) Q&A: Do you reach out to people on social media?
(42:28) Q&A: What about postcards?
(44:08) Q&A: What's the most effective outreach approach (phonebanking, texting, postcards, canvassing, digital ads?)
(50:00) Q&A: Does EVP have internships and which states do you work in?
(54:40) Q&A: When you founded EVP did you ever dream that it would be this big and important?

#climatevoter #climateaction #priceoncarbon #grassrootsclimate

CCL Training: Trees and Forests as Natural Climate Solutions

Join Dana Nuccitelli, CCL Research Coordinator, for a training reviews the need for approaches to remove and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, the role trees and forests can play, and the other benefits that those solutions provide. The training will provide a background on the need for carbon sequestration, how much carbon sequestration is needed, how much carbon sequestration can trees and forests provide, and other tree benefits and the importance of tree equity.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda 
(3:12) Why Forests?
(17:57) Forestry Solutions
(25:17) Forestry Opportunities, Challenges
(28:43) Tree Equity & Benefits 

Trees and Forests as Natural Climate Solutions Training Page: https://cclusa.org/forest-training 
Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/forest-slides 

CCL Training: Preventing Burnout as a Climate Advocate

Climate work can feel heavy and hard - and it's an especially hard time to stay committed to climate work, with everything else that is happening around the world right now. It can be challenging to allow for the depth and complicated mix of emotions and thoughts that arise in the process of climate advocacy and otherwise, while remaining committed to action. This training is an opportunity to learn about burnout, how to prevent it, and practice a few of the steps that can help with recognizing and improving your own experience.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:01) Check-in and Exploring burnout
(9:50) Five Steps to Resilience
(33:23) Practice Ideas

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/preventing-burnout-slides 
More about CCL's Resilience Hub: https://cclusa.org/resilience 

Nathaniel Stinnett | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | July 2022 Monthly Meeting

You may be surprised that not all environmentalists vote. In fact, as a group, they vote at far lower rates than most people. Information on how often constituents' vote is publicly available, and members of Congress prioritize the concerns of those who actually vote. This may explain why some politicians don't prioritize climate change. On this month's call, Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project will share how his organization is changing the voting behavior of people concerned about preserving a livable climate. The Founder and Executive Director of EVP, Stinnett is a frequent expert speaker on cutting-edge campaign techniques and the behavioral science behind getting people to vote. He has held a variety of senior leadership and campaign manager positions on U.S. Senate, congressional, state, and mayoral campaigns.

 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda

(3:24) Nathaniel's Presentation

(22:17) Q&A Discussion

(31:53) July Actions & Updates

 

July’s Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/719233771

More About EVP: https://www.environmentalvoter.org

Nathaniel's Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/evp-july-slides 

Volunteer signup: https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved
July Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet

CCL Training: How to Craft Conservative Climate Op-Eds

Are you a conservative or a constituent with a conservative member of Congress? This training, led by Nate Abercrombie, CCL's Conservative Outreach Coordinator, and Charlotte Ward, State and Local Media Coordinator, covers how to write effective op-eds focused on climate change with conservative framing and talking points. 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:19) Why Write An Op-ed?
(4:14) Planning Your Conservative Angle
(9:30) The Writing Process
(17:01) Ideas & Examples
(22:58) Share Your Success & Writing Circle

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/conserv-op-eds 
CCL Training Page: 
https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/503 

CCL Training: Carbon Pricing and the Oil, Gas and Chemical Industries

Join Bill Bray, former leader of Team O.I.L., for a training on the impact of a rising price on carbon on domestic oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Bill will highlight how carbon pricing policy has the potential to drive massive investments and new job opportunities and provide a manageable transition with opportunities that other industries can also follow.  The training also discusses what the oil industry has expressed on pricing carbon in the past and how to leverage this training's information in your own local strategy outreach with industries in your district/state.

Presentation Slides: https://http://cclusa.org/team-oil-lessons 
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/155 

CCR 73 Beginnings & Transformations with Marshall Saunders, Mark Reynolds, and Steffanie Munguía

We are celebrating the sixth anniversary of Citizens Climate Radio, and a big theme you will hear in this episode is about break-throughs and transformations. From the very beginning, Citizens Climate Lobby’s mission has been to create the political will for a livable world by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power. That was definitely the theme in the very first interviews Citizens Climate Radio’s host, Peterson Toscano, conducted with Marshall Saunders, founder of CCL, and Mark Reynolds, the organization’s first executive director. 

Peterson decided to revisit these interviews, remaster them, and share them with you. Marshall and Mark’s personal stories of transformation are inspiring and at times hilarious, especially when they talk about the first tentative and even ridiculous steps they took to start the organization. Their belief in the power of everyday people doing extraordinary things will move you. In fact, you may want to have some tissues nearby as you listen to Marshall and Mark share their stories, and the story of Citizens Climate Lobby’s beginnings. 

Madeleine Para, CCL’s current executive director was also featured in that first episode. You will hear her original vision for this podcast. 

From the recent past we bring the story forward to today. You will meet one of the newest Citizen’s Climate staff members. Steffanie Munguía is a PhD student researching Coastal Wetlands Management in the Caribbean, her first home. She gives us an update of the many ways the organization has changed over the years all while staying faithful to CCL’s core values of Optimism, Integrity, Relationships, Personal Power, Diversity, and a constant commitment to bipartisanism. These are the  values that draw more and more college, high school, and middle school aged volunteers into the organization. 

The Art House

Jodi Heights is a singer/songwriter. In the sea of singer-songwriters, Jodi stands out.  Not only does she have a classically honed technique that captures a Broadway style in her voice, and contemporary rock in her piano playing, she also writes brilliant lyrics that dive deep into everyday life. Her songs can be playful and heartbreaking.

Recently she was moved to write a song about our world, which is being rocked by the impacts of climate change. In The Iceberg she imagines an alien classroom in the future looking back to the history of earthlings and the lessons they can draw from human error. Jodi tells us about The Iceberg and then performs it for us. 

You can hear standalone version of The Art House at Artists and Climate Change

Good News Report

You will hear about a brand new climate curriculum for schools. It will provide engaging, informed, and action-driven lessons for middle-school teachers and students. Sharon Bagatell, Citizens Climate’s National Youth Action Team Coordinator first announced the completion of the new curriculum at this month’s Citizens Climate International Conference. She tells us about the project and just how special the curriculum will be for teachers and learners. 

If you have good news to share, contact Peterson radio @ citizensclimate.org

We always welcome your thoughts, questions, suggestions, and recommendations for the show. Leave a vall our listener voicemail line: (619) 512-9646. +1 if calling from outside the USA that number again. (619) 512-9646.

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Also, feel free to connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to programs in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitter at @CitizensCRadio.

 

Neil Chatterjee | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | June 2022 Monthly Meeting

It isn't often we have a guest who can cover as much ground on climate and energy as Neil Chatterjee. As the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the Trump administration, it was his job to ensure that energy was delivered, reliably and safely, across the U.S. A vocal supporter of carbon pricing, he took a bipartisan approach to forming energy policy. On this month's call, Neil will share his climate story, why he supports carbon pricing and how we can prepare the grid for the transition to clean energy.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(1:47) Neil's Talk
(28:14) Earth Emergency
(33:02) June Actions & Conference

June’s Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/719233771  
More About Neil: https://twitter.com/FERChatterjee 
June Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet 
Earth Emergency: https://feedbackloopsclimate.com/ 
June 2022 Conference: https://cclusa.org/juneconference 

CCL Training: Motivational Interviewing Basics

Join John Sabin, CCL Great Lakes Regional Co-Coordinator, for a training that will show you how to use Motivational Interviewing to more effectively connect with your members of Congress, local leaders, or even members of your own CCL group.  “Motivational Interviewing” is a communication style that fosters collaboration and offers you as an advocate a package of skills to collaborate with anyone, especially “difficult people.” As a well-regarded professional approach Motivational Interviewing has thirty years of research across many fields and more than 1,000 studies demonstrating its effectiveness.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:23) Origins & Value of Motivational Interviewing
(5:33) The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
(9:17) Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing
(11:37) Reflective Listening: the Core Skill (OARS)
(20:45) Summary &  Demonstration

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/mi-slides 
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/123

CCL Training: Leading Your Lobby Team

This training is designed for those who wish to learn more about leading a lobby meeting with a member of Congress or staff. In this training, we'll review the role of a lobby team leader, how they assign team roles, coordinate practice times and how to handle other special situations. This training is Part IV in the “Working With Congress” training series, designed to help our more experienced volunteers and citizen lobbyists get ready for our June lobbying meetings.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:38) The Importance of Leadership
(9:52) Advance Planning
(22:11) Meeting Planning Suggestions
(29:00) Expressing Leadership
(42:15) After the Meeting

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/lobbylead 
Visit the interactive training for Leading Your Lobby Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/working-with-congress/lobbying-401