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One Tip That Improved My Climate Communications.

2020-10-17T15:49:34+00:00August 18th, 2020|Climate Communications, Environmental Messaging, Reasons for Acting|

Warning: Nerd Alert. Nerd Alert. (But I'll make this easy.) Ever wonder why some of your climate communications work better than others? Some emails get more opens. Some campaigns get more calls to your elected officials. Some fundraising gets more responses? Once you master this secret magic formula, it [...]

Climate Activists: Are You Stuck Fighting the Dominant Narratives?

2024-12-09T17:12:41+00:00July 30th, 2020|Climate Communications, Climate politics, Climate Strategy, Environmental Messaging|

We Need to Pivot to Our Own. I am giving testimony to an administrative law judge on the impact of climate change on Minnesota crops, and why we shouldn’t allow a dirty tar sands pipeline to be built in our state. There are three hundred people in the room. [...]

Reconciliation

2020-10-17T20:43:04+00:00July 5th, 2020|General|

I am talking to Phyllis Young at Oceti Sakowin about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and her thoughts on clean renewable energy. The day is hot and sunny. A dry wind blows through the camp creating dust devils as horses parade down the main dirt road lined with flags [...]

This One Key Element In Your Climate Message Can Change the World

2020-06-22T21:09:50+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Climate Communications, Climate Strategy, Environmental Messaging|

I am heading west. The land is brushed with a thousand shades of khaki and rust. As I rise up out of the Missouri breaks, the sun slides under a reef of clouds and lights the horizon for a thousand miles. Hawks stand witness as they sit on fence [...]

The Language of this Moment in the Streets Will Cause Us to Succeed or Fail

2020-06-20T15:30:16+00:00June 11th, 2020|Climate Communications, Climate politics, Climate Strategy, Environmental Messaging|

Black Lives Matter! I can't breathe. George Floyd. No justice/no peace. Defund the police. Protestors. Looters. Riots. Law and order. Activism is not terrorism. Movements and causes rise and fall based on the language they use. Not only the current events, but the climate and environmental movements as well. [...]

How to Counter False Choice Frames About Climate or COVID-19

2020-05-26T15:22:02+00:00May 25th, 2020|Climate Communications, Environmental Messaging, Green New Deal|

"Do you want to eat your peas with a fork or a knife?" is a well known false choice that parents use with kids. In either choice, hopefully, they will eat their peas. False choices are a particular type of frame. They are used a lot with both climate [...]

Crows Explain Why the Death Toll In Trump’s Pandemic Doesn’t Count

2024-05-22T19:31:46+00:00May 16th, 2020|Climate Communications, Environmental Messaging|

The death toll does matter, but I want to tell you a story. When I was a kid, my father stopped to get gas at a country station. I saw an old man sitting in the shade outside. He was dressed in a torn hunting vest and ragged clothes. [...]

Did We Just Miss the Moment of Renewable Energy Convergence?

2020-05-10T19:27:05+00:00May 9th, 2020|General|

We need some good news during this period of national chaos. There were three news stories this week that could be missed during the pandemic, but together they signal the moment of convergence for clean low cost renewable energy. Convergence means the merging of distinct things. In this case, [...]

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