Join CCL's Sr. Director of Programs Elli Sparks for a training that offers tips and suggested strategies for bringing new people aboard CCL so that they acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become empowered volunteers. Evaluate and then advance your chapter’s capacity and process for quickly welcoming and engaging new recruits so that people you meet over the summer become engaged in chapter activities and CCL actions. Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/new-volunteers-engaged CCL Training: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/298

Ramona Liberoff is the Executive Director of PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy).  Her role is to manage the stakeholders within PACE, who include leading corporates, governments, academics and innovators, to achieve the goal of doubling circularity. Prior to joining WRI, Ramona worked at the intersection of global climate, innovation, and finance, at Roots of Impact, as the CEO of SPRING Accelerator, and as COO of the Innogy Innovation Hub, after a career of leading innovation for multinationals such as Unilever and Pepsico.  She has founded several innovative businesses including circular transport and energy, and funded more than twenty, as well as mentoring several hundred impact start-ups. Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:45) Ramona's Presentation(13:18) Q&A Discussion(25:13) Updates from Citizens' Climate International(37:41) August Actions & National Updates Helpful links:Action Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet August Pre-Call video: https://vimeo.com/853796120 August Action: https://cclusa.org/action PACE Circular: https://pacecircular.org/

Extreme weather got people’s attention this summer. when the eastern U.S. was blanketed in smoke from Canadian wildfires and the south was hit with record-breaking extreme heat. Join CCL's Senior Director of Government Affairs Jenn Tyler for a training that will review how to prepare to find and attend your member of Congress's town hall meetings during the August Recess to help make these connections. Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:45) Types of Town Halls(13:55) Finding Town Halls(16:43) Setting Your Objectives(19:01) Tips, Tricks & What to Avoid(25:41) Building Your Questions Presentation Slides:  http://cclusa.org/town-hall-slides  CCL Community Training page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/264

Join CCL's Research Team to dive into an understanding of what Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) are, the importance of accurate carbon content calculations and what the PROVE IT Act does to help the U.S. get a firmer understanding of our domestic industry's lower carbon content advantage.  Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:02) What is a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)?(16:19) How does a CBAM work?(19:39) What’s happening with CBAMs in the USA and around the world?(22:19)  What role does the PROVE IT Act play in developing a CBAM?(29:04) How Carbon Fee & Dividend complements a CBAM Helpful resources: Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/prove-it-cbams Take Action: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/prove-it-act/  Reports:CLC's America's Carbon Advantage: https://clcouncil.org/reports/americas-carbon-advantage.pdf RFF CBAM explainer: https://www.rff.org/publications/explainers/border-carbon-adjustments-101  More about the bills: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1863 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4355 https://www.coons.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/one_pager__fair_transition_and_competition_act_-_117.pdf

Have a question for our May speaker for the CCL call, Dr. Adam Simon? Join us for an extended Q&A to explore your questions further on the topic of transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy with regards to the massive amounts of metals that go into the production of electric vehicles, batteries, induction stoves, wind turbines and solar panels. Do enough of these metals exist to get the job done? Where can they be found and can they be extracted in a sustainable manner that doesn't lay waste to our environment? Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:00) How much can recycling current metals and reducing our energy use realistically lead to reductions in the need to mine new minerals?(5:45) What bipartisan bills are out there that deal with mining this session?(8:10) What are your recommendations on the best ways to engage Native American communities to center decision making with their interests?

As climate advocates, we want to get everyone engaged in some sort of climate action. When it comes to taking on global climate change, people can feel overwhelmed with the scale of the problem, and then they shut down. Brandi Robinson, Associate Teaching Professor in Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State University says, “You don't have to make climate change someone's top priority. You have to connect climate change to what they already care about, and figure out how you can work together on that.” She recommends we begin locally.  Brandi has been collaborating with her colleagues, Dr. Peter Buck, a sustainability and climate change professional, public servant, and educator. Together they co-direct the Centre Region Climate Action Program. Their work focuses on the local responses to global climate change, with specific interest in community-scale climate action planning.  In order to guide the municipality and region to meaningful climate mitigation and adaptation plans, Peter ran and won local office. “When I got elected,” Peter says, “I knew that I wanted to create a climate action plan without actually calling it a climate action plan. Because I didn't think that our region was ready for something that you would call it that. What I started doing was thinking about, okay, where are the things that Ferguson township does? Where can I influence whatever is happening?” The efforts have been wildly successful.  They not only saw the passage of Ferguson Township Resolution 27-14, a commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but regionwide they have multiple climate mitigation, adaptation, and education programs in place.  In this episode they not only share their successes, they reveal the best practices, strategies, and approaches that you can use in your own town and region.  Resilience Corner There is no need to be overwhelmed in your climate work, especially when we use the resiliency tool at hand. In her latest installment of the Resilience Corner Tamara Staton connects our climate work with an emotion that doesn’t often come up–Joy. And speaking of joy, check out the silly TikTok host, Peterson Toscano made with Tamara in Portland, Oregon’s Forest Park.  The Resilience Corner is made possible through a collaboration with Tamara Staton, Education and Resilience Coordinator for Citizens Climate Education. For more tips, strategies, and practices to stay strong and steady in your climate work, visit The Resiliency Hub. Good News  Singer Songwriter Dane Meyers hung out with volunteer climate lobbyists in DC. Together they created the Live, Laugh, Lobby song and music video. Blending the mediums of music, video and climate activism, Dane has a long history of making sustainability feel less like a nightmare and more like a creative adventure. Beginning in 2019, his converted Tesla Model 3 became his home and recording studio for 18 months. The project showcased the unique capabilities of electric vehicles and led to a 17-song album entitled "The New American Dreamers." Eager to connect with others, Dane is gearing up for his next adventure-a series of intimate living room concerts along the east-coast. These performances aim to spark interest in sustainability and inspire audiences to both process the deep losses of environmental devastation while celebrating the adventure into sustainability. Learn more at his website.  Listener Survey We want to hear your feedback about this episode. After you listen, feel free to fill in this short survey. Your feedback will help us as we make new decisions about the content, guests, and style of the show. You can fill it out anonymously and answer whichever questions you like.  You can hear Citizens’ Climate Radio on: iTunes Spotify SoundCloud Podbean Stitcher Radio Northern Spirit Radio PlayerFM TuneIn Radio Also, feel free to connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to programs in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitte

Join us for a training that will review the many training and resources available online to help you and your community explore the climate funding available from the Inflation Reduction Act. We'll be sure to review the primer on what’s available for homeowners, renters, community organizations, non-profits, religious institutions, and local governments. Bring your questions and resources that you've found useful as well! Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(3:00) Inflation Reduction Act Overview(7:27) Resources on CCL Community(10:17) Support on CCL Community(13:41) Outside Resources Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/climate-funding-slides CCL Community Topic Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/topics/inflation-reduction-act

Members of your community are out and about in the summertime attending fairs, festivals, art walks, and other outdoor events. Join CCL's Vice President of Programs Brett Cease for a training that will help you and your team identify, reserve, and schedule summer tabling and clipboarding, bring CCL flyers (including the additions like clean energy permitting reform) and other engaging  materials to the events, and educate, activate and recruit the people you meet about climate action.  Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(1:31) Why Table?(4:20) How To Prepare(11:08) Review of Available Materials(19:17) How To Connect CCL Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/290 Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/summer-tabling-outreach

Sarahia Benn is a dedicated advocate for Black, Brown, Marginalized, and veterans affairs, serving as Executive Director of Policy Foundation of Maryland. She also holds the position of Voices Maryland Executive Legislative Director, playing a crucial role in advancing the interests of underserved and underrepresented communities. She is also the President of Association of Prevention of Sickle Cell (APSCA) which is one of Maryland’s oldest nonprofits advocating for medical justice and equity. With extensive experience and expertise in policy development and advisory, Sarahia is a prominent environmentalist contributing to the drafting and advising of local, state, and national policies in multiple realms. Skip ahead to the following section(s):(0:00) Intro & Agenda(2:53) Sarahia Benn's Presentation (Slides: https://community.citizensclimate.org/content/resources/CCEJ-July-2023.pptx)(22:33) Q&A w/ Sarahia(28:18) Conference Review & July Actions More about Sarahia's work: https://www.rebuildmdcoalition.org/ CCL JulyAction Sheet: https://cclusa.org/actionsheet Pre-call June video:  https://vimeo.com/843499202

You’ve brought a fresh energy to CCL’s work in 2023! Join Elli Sparks for a training that will review how to use this momentum to help raise funds for CCL/CCE. No other organization trains citizens to be heard by their government the way CCL does. Chances are your friends and family are proud of your work and will want to support it. Elli will review how you can use new resources to create any of the following: A Facebook fundraiser: anyone in your chapter can host an individual fundraiser for CCL — an easy and lightweight option.  A donation party: Gather your friends and families together for an in-person celebration, like a backyard barbeque. At the party, share a bit about your involvement with CCL and why it matters, and ask for donations.  An activity a-thon: Set a goal and collect pledges from your friends and family. Your challenge can be anything — number of miles run, games of chess won, mittens knitted, or conversations about climate change. Here’s your chance to get creative! Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Goal Setting (3:38) Facebook (4:56) Donation Party (18:36) Activity-a-thon (21:35) Fundraising Toolkit Presentation Slides: https://cclusa.org/summer-fundraising-slides CCL Community Training Page: https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/343