CCL Community Bulletin

Dr. Kim Cobb, climate scientist, will be CCL's August Monthly Speaker. August's monthly actions include voter registration outreach and activating your chapter's Monthly Calling Campaigns.  more

Citizens’ Climate is excited and grateful to receive a 2020 Keeling Curve Prize in the category of Social & Cultural Pathways. Share the good news on social media:  Facebook , Twitter , or Instagram ! Share the Press Release with your local media. more

Updates and Bug Fixes include a Recent Activity Block on your profile page, an improved back button function on forums pages, and improved text editing on mobile.  New and Updated Content include new trainings on Sunny Day Flooding & Climate Advocacy and Voter Participation Outreach. more

Think of this episode of the podcast as a patchwork quilt. Host Peterson Toscano has woven together five segments from around the world that each stand alone, but together tell a larger story. Listen to the stories of Olivia Oguadinma, Doerte Wihan, Artist Shane Petzer and Solomon Goldstein-Rose.  Listen Now ! more

After a yearlong process, the majority staff of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released its report on June 30th. The report was a substantial 547 pages long and covered many topics, including carbon pricing. CCL staffer Jerry Hinkle and CCL volunteer David Kline dug into the report and prepared the following summary, which will be helpful to CCL volunteers in interpreting the report and using its findings. It is important to note that the report represents the work of the Democrats on the committee and is not a bipartisan consensus. more

Updates  include new personalized "From Names" for email messages, Email Subset improvements, and autosave design improvements.  New and Updated Content:  Additional Supporting Ask (Growing Climate Solutions Act), and Engaging Students Through Internships, Storytelling, and Planning A Joint Virtual CCL Meeting With Your Member Of Congress training pages. more

Bipartisan legislation to support climate-smart farming methods picked up significant steam in Congress recently. The Growing Climate Solutions Act was  introduced  in the Senate in early June, and last Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a  hearing  on the bill. On Friday, June 26th, an evenly bipartisan group of representatives introduced a House version of the legislation. For more information about CCL's take on the bill and to see a one-page PDF see CCL Community's Supporting Asks resource page. more

 Dr. Renee Lertzman, environmental psychologist will be CCL's July Monthly Speaker and discuss an approach that combines behavioral sciences, social sciences and innovative design sciences to create a powerful approach to engagement and social change on climate change. more

Updates  include a new autosave feature, fixes to forum post formatting and profile photo fields. New and Updated Content:  CCL's 2020 Legislative Plan, Social Media Basics, Communicating with Conservatives & Progressives, and #CCL2020 Conference resources, videos and presentations.  more

Join Host Peterson Toscano for Episode 49 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.  more

By Jerry Hinkle and Rick Knight, CCL's Research Coordinators Given Citizen' Climate University is on summer break for the week ahead and some CCL volunteers may have more time on their hands during social distancing, the CCL Research Department has put together several “curricula” of existing resources you can use to become more expert on topics ... more

CCL's June Monthly Actions, information about our June 2020 Virtual Conference  on Saturday, June 13th, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm ET, and links to share from social media. more