We influenced climate policies in over 40 states...
Climate Changemakers
A modern climate advocacy network equipping busy productive people to advocate for systems-level U.S. climate solutions.
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the last few months, we have influenced climate policies in over 40 states. The #wins-shoutouts channel in Slack shows?exactly how it happens, and if you want a mood booster, it's the best place on the internet to scroll and be inspired. A few of my favorite Slack screenshots also?live here. This is what it feels like to take action and see real results! Can't wait to see what all of us accomplish this week. Let's get after it!
Exciting reminder: our new Madison, WI Hour of Action starts TODAY (Tue, Jan 16) — please drop in if you're in the area! This will be the 4th recurring IRL Hour of Action, joining Brooklyn, Kansas City, and Washington DC.
Also, on Tuesday and Thursday this week, Madeline is hosting the final two?Write Your Climate "Why" Advocacy 101 workshops ! Keep scrolling for a pic from last week, along with great climate news, a new Action Playbook, the progress report on our three community campaign goals, and more.?
For a better world
– Rah Riley , Head of Hype?
NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS
?? New year, new Action Plan
Electrify the fleets in our streets!?Local governments operate fleets of vehicles that ought to be electric, but most aren’t. Now there is federal funding available to make the switch! YOU have the power to help your city replace your snowplows, garbage trucks, buses, police cars, firetrucks, and maintenance trucks. As constituents, we can urge our local elected officials to get ahead of the curve and invest early in electric municipal fleets using these new federal incentives.
Take action anytime on your own time or by joining an Hour of Action ?
?? New Action Playbook
Contact your county officials: Local officials at the county level are influential — and accessible. As their constituent, YOU can have a uniquely outsized influence over your county's climate policy when you reach out to county officials directly.?Tell them that the fleets in your streets ought to be electric!
?? Community advocacy goals
We set 3 collective goals for this?climate advocacy campaign:
After one week, we are making PROGRESS.?We are off-track to hit the outgoing personalized emails goal but ahead of schedule on social media amplification. These are collective goals that will be achieved through lots of folks stepping up. Let's do it!
These campaign goals are strategic and ambitious.
? Personalized emails get results.
??Letters to the editor?have huge potential reach.
?? And relational organizing is the #1 way more people get involved on?climate action.
We're striving for impact and well on our way to hitting our marks!
End date is February 9th. Four weeks to go....
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?? Join an Action Workshop
Sharing a pic from the workshop last week! A mix of new members and long-time changemakers. Shout out to you! We did a Zoom poll at the end of the hour and 100% of attendees left the workshop feeling confident contacting an elected official!
Crafting a climate "why" makes us more confident?communicators and?more influential advocates. Climate Changemakers co-founder Madeline Dyke is hosting 3?action workshops in January?to help all of us articulate our personal reasons for caring about?and acting on the climate crisis.?Unleash the power of your story!? Sign up:??JAN 12?DONE! |??JAN 16 ??|??JAN 18 ?|??Learn more +?RSVP.
?? Press: 2024 Predictions
We're in the news! Climate Changemakers' cofounder and advocacy director, Gabrielle Jorgensen , was just featured by CleanTechnica! CleanTechnica is the world’s #1 source for clean tech news and analysis. It entertains and informs approximately?6 million monthly global readers?along with?hundreds of thousands of social media followers.?The article includes additional insights from Dr. Mark Z. Jacobsen, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and Peter Weiner, a?regulatory attorney?focusing on renewable energy law.?
?? Climate Win
Let’s start 2024 with an incredibly tangible win. For the first time ever in America, we now have offshore wind turbines sending electricity to the grid. In December 2023, the first offshore wind turbine off the coast of Long Island generated electricity for New York. And on January 3, the first wind turbine off the coast of Cape Cod sent power to the Massachusetts grid. These are huge milestones! This technology has been deployed at scale in Europe for decades now, and despite this year's hiccups, it still promises to be a major source of clean energy here in the U.S. — as soon as we can get the wind farms built and turbines manufactured. We’re officially kicking off 2024 with the?wind at or backs!?
ICYMI! In 2023 we advocated for some big bold climate policies – and had some big policy wins. See five of our favorites, along with other top highlights, in the 2023 Climate Changemakers Advocacy Wrapped here! ?
?Effective climate advocacy requires consistency: a steady beat of the climate-solution drums and a sustained demand for change. It's essential to recognize and celebrate meaningful progress when it happens — it's why we do what we do!
??? Hour of Action schedule
LET'S GO! This is the place where climate action happens. No prep needed; show up as you are, and the host will facilitate the rest. We take action in the company of fellow climate-concerned, solutions-focused people. We always leave having accomplished something meaningful — and that's an incredible feeling. Hope to see you on Zoom or in real life this week!
Want to host your own Hour of Action? Let's talk! Never been to one of our meetups??Read more about what to expect. ?
TONIGHT IN MADISON!? Join fellow changemakers every other Tuesday at 7:30pm at Working Draft Beer Company for an hour of climate action.
Learn more +?RSVP! Just show up with a laptop and a friend or two, grab a drink, and we'll have everything you need to take bold and effective climate action.
Shoutout to changemaker Eric for stepping up to build this Madison changemaker community and host this new Hour of Action!