Citizens' Climate Lobby

Audio Only: Join Dr. Danny Richter, CCL's VP of Government Affairs, to review his analysis of the 500+ meetings with our members of Congress and staff during our 2017 June CCL visits on the Hill.

This week's CCU previews the June Analysis, how to use it in a meeting with a Member of Congress, and will share the 1-page leave-behind.

Danny will also review updates to the top topics tool we use to prepare for meetings with members of Congress and their staff, the media, potential endorsers, and the larger community.

Join Jad Daley, Vice President at American Forests, for a webinar about the powerful role of forests and forest products in naturally absorbing and storing 14% of U.S. carbon emissions each year.

This “negative emissions’ power of forests is at risk due to the stresses of climate change and other factors. Jad discusses what we can do to keep forests working to slow climate change.

Jad Daley has worked on forest conservation for more than two decades, including authoring federal legislation to benefit forests and co-founding the Forest-Climate Working Group (FCWG) in 2007. Jad is a graduate of Brown University and Vermont Law School.

Audio Only: Demonstrating that businesses and job creators support federal action addressing climate change is some of the most important support CCL volunteers can provide our members of Congress.

Join Business Climate Leaders (BCL) champions Harold Hedelman, Steve Hams, and Bruce Hagen in discovering the history behind the Business Climate Leaders and what BCL does as part of CCL’s Action Teams. Harold, Steve, and Bruce explore the many pathways that volunteers can use to engage businesses in their own chapter’s efforts and in CCL’s efforts nationally.

Demonstrating that businesses and job creators support federal action addressing climate change is some of the most important support CCL volunteers can provide our members of Congress.

Join Business Climate Leaders (BCL) champions Harold Hedelman, Steve Hams, and Bruce Hagen in discovering the history behind the Business Climate Leaders and what BCL does as part of CCL’s Action Teams. Harold, Steve, and Bruce explore the many pathways that volunteers can use to engage businesses in their own chapter’s efforts and in CCL’s efforts nationally.

Audio Only: Join CCL’s Executive Director Mark Reynolds and Madeleine Para, VP of Programs, to walk through the final details and process of preparing for your Congressional Education Day meetings with your member(s) of Congress.

The webinar highlights a powerful outline for your own meetings as well as Mark and Madeleine’s recommendations on best practices and how to conduct effective communication during your meeting.

Join in to listen to Mark and Madeleine’s own reflections on their role as citizen advocates along with time at the end to practice discussing key skills and messages.

Join CCL’s Executive Director Mark Reynolds and Madeleine Para, VP of Programs, to walk through the final details and process of preparing for your Congressional Education Day meetings with your member(s) of Congress.

The webinar highlights a powerful outline for your own meetings as well as Mark and Madeleine’s recommendations on best practices and how to conduct effective communication during your meeting.

Join in to listen to Mark and Madeleine’s own reflections on their role as citizen advocates along with time at the end to practice discussing key skills and messages.

Audio Only: Join Sean Babington (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry) in exploring how of the confirmation process for executive branch nominees, as well as through the drafting of the 2018 Farm Bill, Senator Stabenow and other members of the committee are looking for opportunities to accelerate Climate Smart Agriculture practices across rural America.

Sean Babington is a Senior Professional Staffer on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, where he handles committee business pertaining to energy, climate change, forestry, and pesticides. Prior to joining the Committee, Sean worked for U.S. Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado, most recently as Bennet's Senior Policy Advisor for Energy and Natural Resources.

Audio Only: Join Tom Driscoll (National Farmers’ Union) in a discussion that highlights salient points that farmers may respond especially well to, or are particularly important to their operations, regarding climate change. It will also identify opportunities to adapt to and mitigate climate change, and the advantages to be achieved by doing so. Tom Driscoll is the Director of the NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy. He works to mobilize farmers for beneficial climate action and to inform policymakers of how best to work with farmers to secure the food system as the climate changes.

 

 

Show host, Peterson Toscano traveled to the island of Manhattan and met with someone engaged in hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. Ofelia Mangen, an Educational Designer and Technologist  at New York University, talks about climate change and Resilient Power Puerto Rico. This NY-based project has brought emergency solar power to the Puerto Rico. In addition, they are engaged in a project to provide long-term solar production. Ofelia talks about her own experiences in Rockaway, NY during Superstorm Sandy, and useful lessons she learned about resiliency. 

Art House

Peterson shares three books that look back at Hurricane Katrina. Learn about a graphic novel, a work of non-fiction, and a book of poetry

A.D New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith

Puzzler Question

We hear your voicemail answers to last month's puzzler question regarding Larry, who thinks windmills are downright ugly.  

This month's puzzler

You are chatting with a neighbor. Let's call her Joan. Joan has family in Florida who were affected by Hurricane Irma. You start talking about climate change and the connections you see to these current weather events. Joan interrupts you, "No you are wrong. Climate change has nothing to do with these hurricanes. They have always had hurricanes. Scientists make it clear that there is no way you can say climate change has anything to do with these storms."

So, is Joan right? How can you effectively and accurately talk about these weather events and climate change?

 Get back to Peterson by November, 15, 2017. You can also email your answers to radio @ citizensclimate.org or leave a voicemail of 3 minutes or less at 570.483.8194. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.)

Dig Deeper

A More Climate Resilient Puerto Rico? Yale Climate Connections

Love for Puerto Rico: fundraising album by Nickodemus and Friends

The Disturbing Numbers on Puerto Rico A Month After Maria Time Magazine 

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As CCL looks to build relationships across race and culture, our October guest is Barbara, Professor Emeritus of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She taught graduate classes on foundations of social justice education, design development and facilitation skills, and on self-awareness for social justice educators and liberation workers.

She is recognized globally for her work on organizational and societal transformation and on issues of diversity, inclusion, and liberation. She directs the Black Liberation and Community Development Project of the International ReEvaluation Counseling Communities. Her publications appear in a variety of journals and anthologies and focus on personal, organizational, and societal transformation and strategies for liberation.