Register for December virtual
conference: United We Move
One month after the 2020 election, join thousands of your fellow CCL advocates for a virtual conference on Dec. 5, when we’ll lay the groundwork for taking action on climate solutions in 2021. Registration is now open for United We Move, a free event featuring keynote speakers Hahrie Han — a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University who specializes in the study of organizing, movements, civic engagement, and democracy — and John Wood, Jr., Director of Public Outreach at Braver Angels, an organization dedicated to bringing liberals and conservatives together at the grassroots level. In addition to the virtual conference on Saturday, participants can choose one of four seminars happening on Sunday, Dec. 6. One of these seminars — Bridging the Divide on Climate Solutions with Braver Angels — will be limited to 200 participants. Following the virtual conference and seminars, volunteers will hold virtual lobby meetings with their representatives and senators Dec. 7-10. Those meetings will be scheduled by congressional liaisons. Check with your group leader if you would like to participate. The conference is open to the public. Invite your friends to attend by sharing our Facebook event.
Other news: Have you tried CCL’s new Action Tracker? CCL’s IT team has built a cool new tool for you to record your climate actions with CCL, and to see what your fellow volunteers are up to. Our new Action Tracker allows everyone to file, read and track an expanded range of actions. Watch a short overview of this exciting new tool and take the training to learn how to use it. Austin’s carbon price making a difference: Back in the spring, Austin CCL volunteer Matt Weldon made his case for carbon pricing at the local level, and the city implemented a $4-per-ton levy on CO2. Since then, carbon emissions have dropped 30%, avoiding 480,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions. Read the backstory of how it all happened. Major power company moves to renewables: Vistra, a Texas-based power provider, recently announced it would shut down all of its Illinois and Ohio coal plants between 2022 and 2027. The utility plans to add more solar energy and storage in the coming years with the aim of having net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Share the good news! CCL Colombia addresses violence: Colombia is a dangerous place to be a social justice or environmental activist. Laura Morales, the leader of CCL Colombia, is helping to put global pressure on the government to do more about it. The campaign is called #TakeActionForLife - #OJOaLaVida. At CCL, we say democracy is our solution to the climate crisis. You can't have democracy if voices are stifled by the threat of murder. Sign up here to ask the government of Colombia to do more about it. |
