Citizens' Climate Lobby

Did you know that three of out the top five most productive U.S. CCL chapters in 2018 are groups nestled within communities with populations smaller than than 1,000 people?

Tune in to learn how our rural-based chapters from Chatuge, Georgia to Birchwood, Wisconsin, from the high plains of northeast Arizona to the breadbasket of Nebraska are uniquely engaging their communities to be effective across all five levers of building political will.

Audio Only: Did you know that three of out the top five most productive U.S. CCL chapters in 2018 are groups nestled within communities with populations smaller than than 1,000 people?

Tune in to learn how our rural-based chapters from Chatuge, Georgia to Birchwood, Wisconsin, from the high plains of northeast Arizona to the breadbasket of Nebraska are uniquely engaging their communities to be effective across all five levers of building political will

Emails getting the better of you?

Join us for a webinar focused on focused on keeping your inbox healthy to learn tools and tips from how CCL groups across the country approach keeping on top of their email communications without it letting take over their lives.

Brett Cease, CCL's Volunteer Education & Engagement Coordinator walks through advice from the field on how to rethink how you use email, create effective structures for organizing it, and how to best apply these examples to our CCL lives and communications.

Audio Only: Emails getting the better of you?

Join us for a webinar focused on focused on keeping your inbox healthy to learn tools and tips from how CCL groups across the country approach keeping on top of their email communications without it letting take over their lives.

Brett Cease, CCL's Volunteer Education & Engagement Coordinator walks through advice from the field on how to rethink how you use email, create effective structures for organizing it, and how to best apply these examples to our CCL lives and communications.

Join Todd Elvins with CCL's Endorsers Program Lead in highlighting successful examples of building support from local faith, business, and community leaders and elected officials in the support of leader's letters as well as how to navigate our Grasstops Engagement Tracker and Action Teams network.Demonstrating to Congress that business and community leaders support our policy is critical. In the words of CCL's Senior Liaison Jay Butera, "Bringing in endorsers with me was a game changer in our relationship with Congressman Curbelo’s office, and played a big role in gaining his signature on the Republican Climate Resolution.”Core Volunteer Training is created to help connect new volunteers with each other from across the world and empower them to achieve their larger goals for climate advocacy.

Led by​ CCL Effective Communication Action Lead Dave Folland, this webinar draws upon the tools and techniques of motivational interviewing and walks through best practices in how to engage in reflective listening, open-ended questions, and the art of engaging in discussions that are effective collaborations. CCL's Volunteer Education Coordinator Brett Cease also highlights key takeaways from climate communications research groups like ecoAmerica, the IPCC, and Yale Project on Climate Communications in finding common ground along with helping walk through some communications exercises for small groups.Core Volunteer Training is created to help connect new volunteers with each other from across the world and empower them to achieve their larger goals for climate advocacy.

Explaining the Science of Climate Change features Citizens' Climate Education board member and climate scientist Dr. Sandra Kirtland Turner.

The training features explanations by Dr. Kirtland Turner on the concepts behind climate change: CO2 traps heat, the concentration of CO2 is rising, and human contributions are driving this rise as well as discussing how to communicate the science behind climate change and where to find additional resources.

How do we leverage our messaging on social media? Aimee Sison, Digital Director with Climate Nexus, works to further the climate change and clean energy narrative across digital and social media platforms. She also works with partners to amplify messages in new, creative ways to online audiences.

Originally from the Philippines, Aimee’s passion for climate change is fueled by seeing her homeland suffer the negative impacts of global warming.

How do we leverage our messaging on social media? Aimee Sison, Digital Director with Climate Nexus, works to further the climate change and clean energy narrative across digital and social media platforms. She also works with partners to amplify messages in new, creative ways to online audiences.

Originally from the Philippines, Aimee’s passion for climate change is fueled by seeing her homeland suffer the negative impacts of global warming.

Many organizations focus on a wide variety of climate and related environmental causes. If you’re interested in working with and building connections with these groups, tonight's webinar will explore how to engage and partner with other organizations in a respectful, understanding and productive way.

Join us on Citizens' Climate University for a webinar with CCL leaders Elyce Klein, Carol Kravetz, Tom Moyer, and Stephanie Doyle and listen to ideas and examples from throughout the country of what chapters are doing to build these essential connections as well as understanding how to best interface with local groups of national green organizations.