Citizens' Climate Lobby

Join media consultant and trainer Aaron Huertas, former Communications Manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists in a skills-building webinar preparing volunteers to be interviewed on radio and television.

Learn how to prepare​ for and respond to interview​ questions,​ ​keep the interview on track, and learn effective dialogue skill​s with journalists.

Joining Aaron, CCL’s Action Coordinator Todd Elvins and CCL’s Communications Coordinator, Flannery Winchester, introduce the new CCL Broadcast Media Action Team,​ which is focused on preparing CCL volunteers ​to be interviewed on radio and TV.

Audio Only: Join media consultant and trainer Aaron Huertas, former Communications Manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists in a skills-building webinar preparing volunteers to be interviewed on radio and television.

Learn how to prepare​ for and respond to interview​ questions,​ ​keep the interview on track, and learn effective dialogue skill​s with journalists.

Joining Aaron, CCL’s Action Coordinator Todd Elvins and CCL’s Communications Coordinator, Flannery Winchester, introduce the new CCL Broadcast Media Action Team,​ which is focused on preparing CCL volunteers ​to be interviewed on radio and TV.

Audio Only: Join Alyssa Charney, policy specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) in Washington D.C for the second installment in CCL's Agriculture Action Team's series. Alyssa’s talk covers the basics of the farm bill, opportunities to address climate change in the next farm bill, and relevant proposals that NSAC is advocating for in the 2018 Farm Bill.

Join Ashley Hunt-Martorano, CCL's Director of Marketing and Events, in a webinar geared at enhancing your chapter's use of Facebook and Twitter. This webinar will help you learn how to recruit new members, inform and engage the public, motivate action and connect with other organizations—both online and in real life.

Audio Only: Join Ashley Hunt-Martorano, CCL's Director of Marketing and Events, in a webinar geared at enhancing your chapter's use of Facebook and Twitter. This webinar will help you learn how to recruit new members, inform and engage the public, motivate action and connect with other organizations—both online and in real life.

Join guest speaker Connor Stedman of AppleSeed Permaculture, an ecological designer and educator, specializing in applying carbon practices to grow resilience and profitability on working land.

In this new six-week webinar series, learn how farmers can implement these practices, what policies they need to scale up the process, and how you can help. These online presentations are hosted by the CCL Agriculture Action Team, for a six-part series called “Agriculture at the Table: Land Use Practices that Extract and Store Carbon.”

​Audio Only: Join CCL Board Member and Bank Economist Jerry Hinkle in exploring more in-depth policy details behind the implications of CCL's Household Impact Study and how its findings can speak to many of the current concerns from our members of Congress.

In the second part CCL member Dr. Phil Harding, Linus Pauling Chair at Oregon State University, leads a discussion about the role carbon fee and dividend plays in catalyzing innovation to provide the price signal for investors, engineers, and scientists to seek out opportunities that correspond to customer needs and market opportunities.

​Join CCL Board Member and Bank Economist Jerry Hinkle in exploring more in-depth policy details behind the implications of CCL's Household Impact Study and how its findings can speak to many of the current concerns from our members of Congress.

In the second part Dr. Phil Harding, Linus Pauling Chair at Oregon State University and CCL member, discusses the role carbon fee and dividend plays in catalyzing innovation to provide the price signal for investors, engineers, and scientists to seek out opportunities that correspond to customer needs and market opportunities.

What do people of color concerned about climate change and environmental impacts to their communities want white climate advocates to know? What roles do climate organizations with mostly white members play in environmental justice work? How do you define "the environment," and what is climate justice? Today we take on a big story. Bigger than any single extreme weather event, we explore the topics of environmental justice and climate justice. We look at how injustice in society, particularly in the USA, deepens suffering during a time of climate change. Peggy Sheppard, the co-founder and executive director of WE ACT For Environmental Justice and Dr. Beverly G Ward, Field Director for Earthcare for the Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, talk about their work pursuing environmental and climate justice. 

Art House/Puzzler

We did not want to rush the conversations with our guests, so we do not include an Art House segment or a new puzzler. Peterson will share the answers from last month's puzzler on Ep 17. You still have time to send in your answers. 

Puzzler Question

You are chatting with an acquaintance, let's call him Larry. Somehow you get to talking about windmills and the rapid advances in renewable technology. Larry is sympathetic but bothered by something. He says to you, Yeah, I understand that these windmills can help to get us off of coal and gas, but they look so ugly! I hate how they are destroying the countryside.

So What would you say to Larry? Try to think of something that will open up the conversation and get him to better understand climate change. Get back to Peterson by October, 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

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Environmentalism Was Once a Social-Justice Movement by Jedediah Purdy

WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Hip Hop Caucus

Our Warm Regards podcast: People Power: The Fight for Environmental Justice in the Age of Climate Change

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Dr. Robert Bullard, Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas

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Audio Only: Join CCL's board chairman and trade law specialist Dr. Ross Astoria to explore more in-depth policy details behind the trade legality and practical aspects of border carbon adjustment implementation and constraints.