EJ Baker (they/them)  and Rae Binstock (she/her) tell us about Good Energy Stories, a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Their mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted TV and film that reflect the world we live in now —and help us envision a better tomorrow. 

They talk about the kind of stories and approaches to storytelling that move audiences to feel empathy for those suffering and an enthusiasm for solutions that make the world a better place.  

Rae Binstock is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include That Heaven’s Vault Should Crack (The New Group, Lark Development Center, T. Schreiber’s Studios), Land of No Mercy (Landing Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Princess Grace finalist), and WALKERS (The Shelter, O’Neill Conference semifinalist, Jerome Fellowship finalist). Her work has appeared in Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Jewish Plays Project, and the Fresh Fruit Festival, among others. Rae’s pilot Homecoming was selected for the 2020 WriteHer List, and she is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.

Rae is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Rita Goldberg Playwrights Workshop Fellow at the Lark, and a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. She has attended numerous residencies, including the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, PLAYA Summer Lake, and the Ragdale Foundation. Rae served as the Writers’ Assistant on both FX Networks’ FOSSE/VERDON and Apple+’s shows Schmigadoon and IF/THEN. She is also one of the two authors of the Climate Storytelling Playbook, a writing guide for climate change stories published by Good Energy. She lives in Los Angeles with her cat, Black Cat.

As creative director, EJ Baker talks about the unique color palette they chose for the Good Energy website. They explain why you will not find a spot of green anywhere! They are a co-founder of Maybe Ventures, an art and strategy collective focused on envisioning more just, sustainable, and beautiful new worlds. EJ’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Variety, Typewolf, and Fonts in Use. Hailing from the forests of upstate New York, they now live amongst the urban cottontails and sidewalk dandelions of Somerville, MA.

Expanding our outreach to include people from a variety of constituencies can strengthen our organization and improve our effectiveness as advocates. This month, we talk with Bob Inglis and Princella Talley about how they communicate with diverse audiences about climate change. Bob is a former Republican Congressman from South Carolina, and is now the Executive Director of republicEn, an organization empowering conservatives to advocate for market-based solutions to climate change. Princella is a Fellow at Large with the OpEd Project whose writing has been featured in numerous publications throughout the country. She previously worked for Citizens' Climate Education as a Development Coordinator and Diversity Outreach Coordinator.

 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

(0:00) Celebrations & Opening

(1:36) Bob Inglis & Princella Talley with Q&A

(23:20) Legislative Update

(29:51) August Actions & Updates

(34:32) Climate Donors

(36:45) Remembering Our Roots

 

August Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/739086712

RepublicEn: https://republicen.org/

The Op-Ed Project: https://www.theopedproject.org/

Thank your Democrat Member of Congress: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-...

Senator Hickenlooper Thanks CCL: https://vimeo.com/738999227/c30dd7aa29

Help support our work: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/donate/

CCL's Inflation Reduction Act Watch Party: https://community.citizensclimate.org...

Pam Saunders Toast: https://vimeo.com/738725915/84952e5106

CCL's Jim Probst Story: https://vimeo.com/737636838

August Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet

Join CCL Presenters and Schedulers Action Team Leaders Dave Cain, Irene Yang and Abe Mazliach for a webinar that will debut a new presentation slide deck that the Presenters Action team has been prototyping to provide a fresh take on giving an introductory presentation to CCL. We'll explore how to use the associated resources to prepare for your own presentation and demonstrate it in action.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:04) Introductory Presentation Approach(7:58) Breakout Personal Story Elements(10:45) Live Presentation Example(21:45) A Studio You Can Use to Build Your Own(33:38) Supporting You 

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/fresh-approach-presentation Download The Presenter’s Action Team “CCL Introductory Presentation Studio”: https://tinyurl.com/CCLIntroPresStudio Presenters Action Team: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/home/973

Speaking with five different guests, host, Peterson Toscano, takes a deep dive to explore how climate change and extreme weather affect lesiban, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer (LGBTQ+) people. 

Leo Goldsmith (he/him) is one of the co-authors of Queer and Present Danger: Understanding the Disparate Impacts of Disasters on LGBTQ+ Communities. Together with Dr. Michael Mendez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at the University of California, Irvine Vanessa Raditz from Out in Sustainability who is a PhD student at the University of Georgia, they researched the unique vulnerabilities of this community in disaster relief; the myth of gay affluence; how faith-based groups have a history of discriminatory practices in disaster relief; how cohesive is the LGBTQ community and how race is a problem even in LGBTQ groups. Leo also provides practical ways community members and leaders can build stronger, more resilient LGBTQ+ communities that can bounce back from extreme weather events. 

Nokwanda Maseko (she/her/they) is a South African economist who identifies as a Queer Black person. As senior economist at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, she has written position papers about what a just transition can look like, especially for women and the large sector of the Black South African population who because of unemployment and informal employment are not often part of the conversations around just transition. 

Isaias Herandez (he/him) aka Queer Brown Vegan was born in Los Angeles, California, also known as Tongva Land. As someone who grew up in a community that faced environmental injustices, Isaias developed an interest to learn about his environment. Living in Section 8 affordable housing, using food stamps growing up, and witnessing pollution affect his body. Isaias turned his anger and sadness to becoming an environmental educator. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He works on a variety of diversity inclusion work in environmental spaces, academic research, and creative work. Isaias’ work is centered on environmental justice with a lens of localization. Isaias works as a full-time content creator and public speaker on QueerBrownVegan.

The Art House

EJ Baker (they/them)  and Rae Binstock (she/her) tell us about Good Energy Stories, a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Their mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted TV and film that reflect the world we live in now–and help us envision a better tomorrow. 

They talk about the kind of stories and approaches to storytelling that move audiences to feel empathy for those suffering an enthusiasm for solutions that make the world a better place.  

Rae Binstock is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include That Heaven’s Vault Should Crack (The New Group, Lark Development Center, T. Schreiber’s Studios), land of no mercy (Landing Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Princess Grace finalist), and WALKERS (The Shelter, O’Neill Conference semifinalist, Jerome Fellowship finalist). Her work has appeared in Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Jewish Plays Project, and the Fresh Fruit Festival, among others. Rae’s pilot Homecoming was selected for the 2020 WriteHer List, and she is a two-time semifinalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.

Rae is a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Rita Goldberg Playwrights Workshop Fellow at the Lark, and a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow. She has attended numerous residencies, including the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, PLAYA Summer Lake, and the Ragdale Foundation. Rae served as the Writers’ Assistant on both FX Networks’ FOSSE/VERDON and Apple+’s shows Schmigadoon and IF/THEN. She is also one of the two authors of the Climate Storytelling Playbook, a writing guide for climate change stories published by Good Energy. She lives in Los Angeles with her cat, Black Cat.

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Join CCL's Executive Director Madeleine Para, Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter and Vice President of Organizational Strategy Tony Sirna for a briefing on the Inflation Reduction Act -what's in it, why CCL supports, it and how to take action with your chapter to help.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Introduction & Opening Remarks(2:29) Legislative Landscape Update(11:06) Q&A on Legislative Updates(15:23) Taking Action w/ Campaign Details(18:27) Additional Q&A(22:50) Closing Thoughts from Madeleine Para(26:35) A Reminder Of Who We Are

Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/final-reconciliation-slides Action Campaign For Everyone : https://cclusa.org/action  For Volunteers w/ Democratic Senators: https://cclusa.org/senate  For Volunteers w/ Democratic House Representatives: https://cclusa.org/house  Social Share Link: https://cclusa.org/share  CCL's Nerd Corner Analysis: https://community.citizensclimate.org/groups/discuss/viewtopic/1773/1810/25479 Phonebanking Instructions For Chapters: http://cclusa.org/phonebanking-volunteers

Join us for Big Tent Climate Talks, CCL's engaging, quarterly conversation that spotlights leaders in the climate community outside of CCL doing important work in building coalitions around effective climate solutions. 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'll talk to a wide variety of climate leaders outside of CCL to learn more about how we can all work better together.Our July event features a conversation with Robert Glicksman, GWU Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and Kyle Kammien, Manager, Stakeholder Engagement and Government Affairs on the Supreme Court's recent decision on West Virginia v. EPA. 

 

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(0:00) Intro & Agenda

(3:31) Professor Glicksman's Background

(6:40) West Virginia v EPA Summary 

(10:59) Major Questions Doctrine

(24:55) What Can The Biden Administration Do?

(30:55) Q&A From Audience

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.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):(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

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.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):(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

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.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(3:46) Check-in and Warm-up(7:39) Exploring burnout(15:40) Five Steps to Resilience(28:26) Practice Ideas(36:17) Hands-on Practice

Presentation Slides: http://cclusa.org/preventing-burnout-slides

More about CCL's Resilience Hub: https://cclusa.org/resilience

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.

 

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

(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-involvedJuly Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet