Grassroots
Looking for “hope.”
Now that the amount of carbon in our atmosphere has officially reached 400 parts per million (a level only previously experienced on earth 3 million years ago), what now? Maureen E.
- Meribeth's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
Lenihan on the Need for Governments to Harness the Power of the Public
In a recent interview with The Hill Times, vice-president of engagement at Canada’s Public Policy Forum in Ottawa and author of Rescuing Policy: The Case For Public Engagement, Don Lenihan discusses the growing complexity of public policy issues and need for governments to respond with greater citizen engagement.
- Margery's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
2011 Stonehouse Standing Circle Meeting
Communication experts, psychologists, academics, activists, politicians, theologians, bloggers, scientists and corporate consultants in environment/leadership all came together at the 2011 Stonehouse Standing Circle to take a deep dive into the human mind and motivations behind our failure to get climate back on the public agenda.
- Margery's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
"Here comes the Sun" - Paul Krugman (reposted from NYT)
"Let’s face it: a large part of our political class, including essentially the entire G.O.P., is deeply invested in an energy sector dominated by fossil fuels, and actively hostile to alternatives. This political class will do everything it can to ensure subsidies for the extraction and use of fossil fuels, directly with taxpayers’ money and indirectly by letting the industry off the hook for environmental costs, while ridiculing technologies like solar."
- Margery Moore's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
ClimateAccess.org Launches!
Those in government and nonprofits trying to communicate to the public about climate change say that they often lack the time and resources to digest the latest research and incorporate it into their campaigns. ClimateAccess.org is a bridge between researchers and practioners. It is timely, and already over 100 people have signed up!
- Margery Moore's blog
- 2 comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
Time to ruggedize? Words of Wisdom & Insight from Grist and Cara Pike
"Time to ruggedize: We should talk more about preparing for climate change" is the title of a recent Grist article (www.grist.org) by David Roberts who found both inspiration and hope in a presentation by Cara Pike of the Social Capital Project.
- Margery Moore's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
How to stop global warming - even if you don't believe in it!
Meg Bostrom, co-founder of the Topos Partnership, explains in her Washington Post editorial of November 14th why we should stop debating 'if' global warming is happening and focus on the many energy related bipartisan initiatives already on the table.
- Margery Moore's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
Copenhagen, ClimateGate and the Gulf Oil Spill - Framing the Climate Conversation - Cara Pike
By Cara Pike, June 11th, 2010
- Margery Moore's blog
- Login or register to post comments
- Read more
- 0 votes
Clean Water Action
Clean Water Action works to empower people to take action to protect America's waters, build healthy communities and to make democracy work for all of us. For 36 years Clean Water Action has succeeded in winning some of the nation's most important environmental protections through grassroots organizing, expert policy research and political advocacy focused on holding elected officials accountable to the public.
http://www.cleanwateraction.org/
The Climate Project
The Climate Project consists of 2,600 dedicated volunteers from throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, India, Spain, and the UK, all personally trained by Al Gore to educate the public about climate change. TCP presenters have reached a combined 4 million people worldwide. Our hope is that by raising the awareness of our fellow citizens about this crisis and informing them about potential solutions, all of us, together, can preserve the climate balance on which humanity and our planet depend.
http://www.theclimateproject.org/