CCL Community Bulletin

Looking to gear up with CCL's trainings for the  CCL's June 2023 Conference and the subsequent Lobby Meetings ?  It's as easy as 1-2-3! 1.  All 2023 Lobby Day participants are encouraged to attend (RSVP below) both of the following trainings. Led by CCL's Vice President for Government Affairs Ben Pendergrass and Senior Director of Government ... more

Citizens’ Climate Education Southeast Region Presents: Building a Secure Energy Future Together Art Show Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2023 Submit work with this form  Show Date: Saturday, March 4, 2023 during the conference   Venue: The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech  Eligibility: All artists!   About ... more

By  Dana Nuccitelli The grand transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a green one is underway. It will involve a fundamental shift in the way we generate and use energy for various purposes. Instead of drilling and mining for fossil fuels, we’ll need to mine for critical minerals to manufacture a whole lot of “clean” technologies like solar ... more

Looking to gear up with CCL's trainings for the CCL's June 2022 Conference and the subsequent Lobby Meetings ?  It's as easy as 1-2-3! 1. If you are planning on joining your local lobby team ( more details here for how they're being planned ) and haven't taken CCL's Climate Advocate Training (2.5 hrs),  sign up here  for the next upcoming sessions this ... more

Looking to gear up for the November 2021 Lobby Days with CCL's trainings?  It's as easy as 1-2-3! If you haven't taken it before (either online or in-person), CCL expects everyone planning on participating in lobby days to attend our  Climate Advocate Training Workshop (2.5 hrs)   via either the November 14th session at 1:00 pm ET or watching the ... more

By Sandy Simon,  Onboarding Action Team  Leader Have you been considering how to increase your chapter’s onboarding team, activate and retain new volunteers, and expand your group’s size and capacity? If so, you’ll want to join the new Community Onboarding Action Team! About the Action Team The mission of the Onboarding Action Team is to provide a ... more

By Caillie Roach, Membership Coordinator, Group Development Coaches Action Team Leader Do you have your eye on a district or area in your state or district that CCL isn’t active in yet? Are you part of an active, stable chapter, but want to support efforts to expand into this targeted area? If so, you sound like a Group Development Coach!  About the Action ... more

By Tamara Staton , CCL Education & Resilience Coordinator and Jeff Joslin, co-leader of the Resilience Building Action Team Many of us are experiencing a full range of emotions following the heavy news and urgency of this week's sixth IPCC report , Congressional activity and daily extreme weather and climate-induced events.   At CCL, we want to be ... more

By Vince Schutt, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Effective Communications Action Team Member Imagine yourself in a conversation with your member of Congress.  You start to share a bit about the science behind climate change and the response your hearing back feels no committal and avoidant.  When you hear these words it raises a bit ... more

Looking to gear up for the June 2021 Lobby Days with CCL's trainings? It's as easy as 1-2-3! If you haven't taken it before (either online or in-person), CCL expects everyone planning on participating in lobby days to attend the June 13th Sunday afternoon workshop of CCL’s  Climate Advocate Training Workshop (2.5 hrs) (register here) .  ... more

By Jonathan Marshall, CCL CA Marin County, Founding Member of the Economics Policy Network Over the past several years, a growing number of critics in the climate activist community have challenged the consensus among policy experts in favor of using market-based taxes on fossil fuels to induce households, businesses, and other institutions to ... more

By Sandy Simon, CCL’s Help Desk Coordinator, National Resolutions Project Coordinator and Print Media Action Team Co-Leader Have you had an idea for an ambitious goal to help CCL pass carbon fee and dividend legislation? If so, CCL’s Project Charter Workshop is for you! The Project Charter Workshop was created to help CCL volunteers transform their ... more