Our November Monthly Dose of Climate Hope with Climate Action Now CEO Brett Walter was full of hopeful insights on the future of citizen climate advocacy.

Brett shared Climate Action Now’s new advocacy tool, the CAN Action Carousel, and discussed how we can unleash the full potential of the climate movement with scaled-up citizen advocacy.

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The meeting demonstrated the new CAN Action Carousel’s capabilities, and included a call to action for attendees to amplify the climate movement by using and sharing the free CAN Action Carousel within their own networks of climate-concerned groups.

Summary

Climate Movement Strategy Discussion

Liz Bridgwater, Director of Outreach at Climate Action Now, introduced the event and shared an icebreaker poll about how attendees felt about the current state of the climate movement. Kaylee Beam, Director of Content, shared the results of a poll on attendees’ feelings about the climate movement, noting a mix of optimistic and worried responses. Sam Matey-Coste, Editor-in-Chief of Climate Action Now, and Brett Walter, CEO of Climate Action Now, discussed the organization’s work and the need for a clear understanding of what is holding back progress in the climate movement. Brett emphasized the importance of strategy and mobilizing the full power of the climate movement.

Enhancing Advocacy With CAN’s Unique Advocacy Tools

Sam and Brett Walter discussed the effectiveness of the CAN advocacy tools compared to conventional advocacy tools. Brett highlighted that the CAN app encourages users to take multiple actions daily, significantly increasing engagement compared to traditional methods. He emphasized that app users take 29 times more actions than those using conventional tools. Brett also shared a story about an emergency meeting with climate leaders regarding President Trump’s potential executive order to declare environmental groups as terrorist organizations on Earth Day. This emergency meeting led to the development of the CAN Action Carousel.

CAN Action Carousel Demo

Brett Walter demonstrated how the CAN Action Carousel allows users to take climate action through their own group websites, taking just a few minutes to implement and being free for users. Brett highlighted the Carousel’s potential to coordinate mass action across thousands of websites, noting that it could have been particularly effective during the recent lobbying efforts to save the EV tax credits. Brett demonstrated the Action of the Day email feature associated with the CAN Action Carousel. Brett explained that groups without websites can host their Carousels on Climate Action Now’s website.

Take Action for the Climate

Brett Walter emphasized the power of public opinion in combating the influence of the fossil fuel industry and encouraged attendees to use the CAN Action Carousel or CAN app to advocate for climate action. He highlighted the importance of financial support, asking for benefactors to contribute to Climate Action Now to help sustain the organization and enable the expansion of the Action Carousel to more websites. Brett also urged attendees to spread the word about the CAN Action Carousel, recruit volunteers to write actions for each state, and consider purchasing trees to reverse holiday air travel emissions. The conversation ended with a call to action for attendees to amplify the climate movement by using and sharing the Action Carousel.