Citizens' Climate Lobby

CCL Training: Mining Your Chapter Roster

Join Elli Sparks, CCL's Field Development Director, for a training that will highlight new ways of engaging your chapter roster to build a thriving local chapter filled with engaged volunteers focused on roles and tasks they love. Elli will review new resources to help our chapters like a template for a virtual signup sheet (3rd bullet) and an organizational chart Jamboard to identify volunteer opportunities within your chapter. Elli will also review how to build a leadership team, determine which roles you would like to fill in your chapter next, and access the Volunteer Opportunities Emails for template emails you can send to your chapter roster to recruit for those positions.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:41) Virtual Signup Sheet (Action Sheet)
(11:44) Chapter Organizational Chart
(17:46) Volunteer Opportunities Emails
(22:56) Empowering Your Requesting
(28:20) Action Tracker - Recent Actions

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/mining-roster-slides
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/147 

Keishaa Austin | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | April 2022 Monthly Meeting

Join us for CCL's April Monthly Speaker: Keishaa Austin, Head of Engagement and Partnerships at Rewiring America.

#ElectrifyEverything is the hot hashtag of late, especially in light of the invasion of Ukraine, the sanctions against Russia and the need to end our fossil fuel dependency. Joining us this month is Keishaa Austin from Rewiring America, which is working to launch a movement to electrify everything, starting with our nation's 121 million households. Their latest policy brief, the Electrify for Peace Policy Plan, calls for ramping up American capacity to manufacture and install heat pumps in Europe and the U.S. 

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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(2:48) Keishaa's Presentation
(17:16) Q&A Discussion
(28:16) April Monthly Actions 

CCL's Stand With Ukraine Campaign: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/499 
CCL's April Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet
April Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/676599489 
More About Rewiring America: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ 
Register for CCL's June 2022 Conference: https://cclusa.org/juneconference 

CCL Training: Introducing CCL’s Stand With Ukraine Campaign

Join CCL's Marketing Manager Ashley Hunt-Martorano and Vice President of Organizational Strategy Tony Sirna for a training that will introduce CCL's Stand With Ukraine Campaign. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine we’ve all seen the calls to “drill, drill, drill”, and the President and some members of Congress pushing back on that with a clean energy agenda. We want to make sure the President and members of Congress know there is support from their constituents for prioritizing clean energy as a way to achieve real energy independence and reduce the power of autocrats and dictators like Putin.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:26) Campaign Background & Objectives
(5:32) Creative Choices We Made
(10:18) Volunteer Resources 
(16:50) Tabling Event Ideas & Talking Points

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/ukraine-slides 
Training Page on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/499 
Main Ukraine Action Campaign: https://cclusa.org/ukraine 
Ukraine Graphics: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ukraine-graphics/ 

CCL Training: Running Engaging Online & Hybrid Meetings

Join CCL Education & Engagement Director Brett Cease and Education & Resilience Coordinator Tamara Staton for a training that will review recommendations and tips for chapters interested in running engaging online & hybrid (with both in-person and online attendees) meetings. The training will highlight resources you can use to deepen engagement and connectivity with your meeting and review some of the basic technical details for setting up your hybrid meeting.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:03) Facilitation Tips
(9:51) Three Steps to Make Your Meeting More Engaging
(21:24) Need Ideas? Resources
(24:22) Basic Hybrid Tech Overview
(33:30) Advanced Hybrid Recommendations

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/engaging-hybrid-meetings 
CCL Community Training Topic Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/group-meetings/ 

CCL Training: Growing Your Local Group

With Earth Month coming up around the corner, join CCL's Field Development & Membership Director Elli Sparks for a training that reviews how to find, recruit and talk about CCL to potential new supporters. Supporters are the backbone of CCL! People want to help, be part of a team and exercise personal power, but they also have to balance their lives. To keep vibrant groups Elli will highlight many ways your local team can look for opportunities to add new volunteers.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:37) Info Session Data
(7:41) Four Basic Tools
(11:04) Presentations & Printed Materials
(15:31) Online & Media (Print, Radio, TV)
(21:09) Other Organizations & Your Events
(26:10) Practicing Your Pitch & Follow-Up

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/growing-local-group 

CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/146 

CCR 70 Comedy, Climate, and Chihuahuas with Esteban Gast

Even when he is being serious, comedian, storyteller, and podcast host, Esteban Gast is hilarious. And for climate advocates looking for some hope, perhaps the sweetest spot in the climate change podcast scene right now is Esteban’s new show, Comedians Conquering Climate Change. Only 15 minutes each episode, he features fellow comedians who learn along with the listener. The show is made in collaboration with Generation180.

 

Comedians Conquering Climate Change is the funniest, friendliest, and shortest podcast addressing today’s critical climate and clean energy topics. Join comedian, writer, and teacher Esteban Gast as he enlists the help of fellow comedians to single-handedly save the planet.

 

Esteban joins Citizens Climate Radio host, Peterson Toscano, for a lively conversation about the podcast, Esteban’s personal journey into climate communication, and creative ways to engage people who are aware of climate change but do not know where to start. You will also hear excerpts from Esteban’s podcast.

 

You will laugh, learn, and feel more connected to others taking on climate change. 

 

The Art House

 

Inspired by Esteban’s comic storytelling, Peterson Toscano shares his own comic story as he grapples with The Weight of Carbon Dioxide and Chihuahuas. He even tries to figure it all out by using his limited math skills, which may be a mistake. How many chihuahua does it take to make a gallon of gasoline? And how can we help people see what is invisible? His math might be a little off, but when it comes to putting a price on carbon, Peterson makes total sense!

 

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

 

Good News Report

 

Lori Byron a co-chair of the Citizens Climate Health Team,The team has hundreds of CCL health care professionals, along with Robert Byron and Lisa Delbuono. Lori serves the point person between the American Academy of Pediatrics and the AAP Chapter Climate Advocates.

 

If you have good news you want to share on the show, or if you have an idea for the art house, email Peterson. Radio @ CitizensClimate.org. 

 

Or leave a message our NEW listener voicemail (619) 512-9646

 

You can hear Citizens’ Climate Radio on:

• iTunes
• Spotify
• SoundCloud
• Podbean
• Stitcher Radio
• Northern Spirit Radio
• PlayerFM
• TuneIn Radio

Connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to episode in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitter at @CitizensCRadio.

CCL Training: Campaign Season Activities

Join CCL's National Action Director Todd Elvins for a training that will review CCL's recently updated advice on campaign season activities this midterm election year. One of our goals is to make sure climate action is taken to reach the science-based target of reducing our emissions by 50% below 2005 levels in 2030. We also want to encourage emerging candidates to generally support strong bipartisan national carbon pricing legislation and continue building local community support for meaningful climate action.

 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda

(3:21) Working With Incumbents

(6:14) House & Senate Guidelines

(12:19) Staying Nonpartisan & Bipartisan

(17:44) Tips & Recommendations

 

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/campaign-season-slides 

Campaign Season Activities Training on CCL Community: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/265 

Dr. Jennifer Carman | Citizens’ Climate Lobby | March 2022 National Meeting

If politicians are paying more attention to the climate issue than ever before, perhaps it’s because their constituents are more concerned than ever before. Earlier this year, a survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication showed that those who are “alarmed” now represent the largest segment of Yale’s “Six Americas.” Our guest this month is Jennifer Carman, a postdoctoral associate with the Yale Program, whose research focuses on identifying and supporting behaviors that individuals and communities can take to adapt to both short- and long-term climate change impacts. She joins us for a conversation on how opinions and attitudes have shifted in recent years, lending more urgency for politicians to take action on climate change.

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(0:00) Introduction & Agenda
(2:30) Jennifer's Presentation
(22:22) Q&A Discussion
(28:44) Recent Updates w/ Conference &  March Fundraising
(36:32) CCL's Reflections on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Register for CCL's June 2022 Conference: https://cclusa.org/juneconference 
CCL's March Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet  
March Pre-Call Video: https://vimeo.com/676599489 
More About Yale Program on Climate Communication: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/ 

CCL Training: Engaging Community Leaders to Champion their Support to Congress

As Congress continues to negotiate the budget reconciliation package into 2022, making sure that strong climate legislation, including a price on carbon remains our highest priority. Since local leaders have extra clout with members of Congress, join CCL Action and Endorsement Coordinator Sabrina Butcher for a training that will walk through how to ask your community leaders (endorsers and non-endorsers) to personally call their members of Congress and identify themselves as a community leader when they call. Local elected officials, business executives and faith leaders can be especially persuasive.

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(2:17) Why now? Which community leaders?
(6:51) How to contact the president? What they should say?
(9:51) Success Stories
(18:41) How else to highlight support?

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/community-leaders-champion  
CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/420 

CCL Training: Highlight Your Local Climate Impacts With Regional Slide Decks

Join CCL's Research Coordinator Dana Nuccitelli for a special training on Dana's work assembling region-specific climate impacts presentation slide decks

These slide decks detail the most important climate change impacts for each of the seven regions in the continental United States.  Each slide includes the scientific source references in the notes, which are primarily the 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment Report and the Working Group I of the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.  These are the most comprehensive and authoritative assessments of the latest and greatest climate science research pertaining to the United States and world, respectively, but other individual papers are referenced in the slides as well.  

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda
(3:15) Overview & How To Use The Slides
(6:50) Background Research 
(10:04) The Southeast
(14:51) Southern Great Plains
(18:23) The Southwest
(22:00) The Northwest 
(25:15) The Northern Great Plains
(29:14) The Midwest
(33:28) The Northeast

Regional Climate Impact Slide Decks: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/104 
This Video's Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/local-impacts-training 
CCL Community Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/52