Citizens' Climate Lobby

Joan Blades and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded the political action group MoveOn.org in 1997. In 2006, she co-founded MomsRising.org, dedicated to “bringing millions of people, who all share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America, together as a non-partisan force.” Her latest project, Living Room Conversations, seeks to bridge the political divide in America by encouraging people with differing views to come together for respectful discussions. These conversations increase understanding, reveal common ground, and sometimes even allow us to discuss possible solutions.

Joan Blades and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded the political action group MoveOn.org in 1997. In 2006, she co-founded MomsRising.org, dedicated to “bringing millions of people, who all share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America, together as a non-partisan force.” Her latest project, Living Room Conversations, seeks to bridge the political divide in America by encouraging people with differing views to come together for respectful discussions. These conversations increase understanding, reveal common ground, and sometimes even allow us to discuss possible solutions.

The Carbon Fee and Dividend Calculator is a easy-to-use online tool to estimate the financial outcome of the policy for an individual household under the first-year carbon dioxide fee of $15 per metric ton. It's a way to take the abstract statistical findings of the Household Impact Study down to the personal level.

Join Rick Knight, CCE's Research Coordinator and Ricky Bradley, CCL's IT Director as they walk through this CCL-created powerful new tool for all CCL volunteers.

To use the Calculator, you will need to be able to supply seven key pieces of information: number of adults in your household, number of children, annual household income (nearest $1,000), zip code, what type of car you drive, type of dwelling (house, apartment, etc.), and the type of home heating (electricity, natural gas, etc.). That information will allow the Calculator to compute your household dividend and make a "default" estimate of what the carbon fee will cost a typical household with those characteristics. 

This tool is a handy way to answer questions from friends, family, interested parties at a tabling event or presentation, or potential supporters who need a clearer idea of how the Carbon Fee and Dividend works. It can be used to create case studies for households in a particular Congressional District or town and can also be used to find out how certain lifestyle change will affect your bottom line under our policy.

Join Meighen Speiser, ecoAmerica’s Chief Engagement Officer, to cover the quick overview of ecoAmerica's American Climate Values, Awareness, Concerns and Attitudes about Climate Change and Leadership.

This webinar is the first of two segments, covering ecoAmerica's history and research focuses, ahead of part two covering the specific climate communication techniques that resonate with Americans and motivate communities to engage and act on climate.

Audio Only: Want to learn what other chapters around the country are doing to engage their communities through their online social media and websites? 

Jump into building up your chapter’s Facebook page following, begin personalizing your own chapter website with CCL’s tool or beyond and learn the process of setting up for, promoting, and hosting one of your events with Facebook Live.

Join CCL group and team leaders Breanna Cooke, Nathan Grey, John Gage, and Claire Kennington in a webinar that will allow you to discover best practices that other groups have found in their online campaigns as well as the tips and tricks they have for generating more engagement and what mistakes to avoid.