United we Fight It!
- Run For Something .net "Throw everything you know about politics out the window. You’re qualified to run for local office – we’re here to help."
- States Project .org "If you want to fix our country, work with us in the states."
- Let Us Vote .org "Independents Are Finding Our Voice"
- Open Primaries .org "Open Primary Campaigns Across the Country"
- Vote Forward .org "Increase election turnout. Write letters to voters."
- Lead Locally .org "Let’s Elect Local Climate Champions!"
- Book: Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps book
- Protect Democracy .org "We know the playbook authoritarians use to come to power. And it’s being followed play by play."
"Our strategy" - "But we can stop it. Here’s how:" - "We can preserve democracy in the United States with a unified and cross-ideological strategy."
- Represent .Us "Demand Accountable Government." - "100% of your donation will fuel anti-corruption, pro-democracy campaigns in cities and states across the country."
- Citizens for Ethics .org - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
"CREW sues to block Trump’s illegal plan to fire government workers" - "Five key ways Congress can ensure accountability during a lawless era"
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Below is the "Victory 2024!" postcard I'm sending out. The front stays the same, the back is always evolving.
My postcard project is now into its 9th year, 4th postcard design, and somewhere
north of 3,800 postcards sent or given out with something more than 900 and less than 1,000 of design #4 left to go.
Featured Off-Site Content
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell - (YouTube Channel)
We WILL Fix Climate Change! (2022)
The authors argue that while it seems like the climate change catastrophe is rolling on unchecked, governmental and international action are insufficient, and corporate power continues to hold back progress, the incredible advances that have been made since 2010 have already taken the direst scenarios of 4-8 degrees centigrade of warming off the table. They argue that if this is what could be accomplished in 10ish years with market, individual, NGO, and community forces and technological advances, now that governments (and some businesses) are gettng more serious (and technology continues to drop prices and raise efficiencies), far more progress is in the near future. Hence "We WILL fix climate change!". Not to say that there won't continue to be damages, but we are well on the way to taming their expansion and repairing some of them. There is an extended discussion of doomism and despair and how that really only helps the biggest emitters and fossil companies who benefit if people are too disengaged or depressed to do anything about it (they may even promote it...).
GeoGirl - (YouTube Channel)
Causes & Effects of Ocean Warming, Acidification, Anoxia, & Sea Level Rise | GEO GIRL (2024)
GeoGirl has a lot of interesting stuff which include slides and infographics, not just a talking head. She has posted several in recent months on oceans and climate change, and other climate change aspects. I am only including one here for simplicity, but definitely check out the others, if that's your kind of thing. She also has a website at geogirlscience.com and is on Instagram and LinkedIn.
GeoGirl says:
Hi! My name is Rachel, I post educational geoscience videos. Whether you studying for an exam, or just someone interested in geoscience and related fields, there is something for you on this channel!
About me: I earned my PhD in geoscience at UTEP and now work as an NSF postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina!
The books and references I use for my videos are always linked in the individual video descriptions :)
Cornell University Press
Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators (2018)
by Anne K. Armstrong, Marianne E. Krasny, Jonathon P. Schuldt
Free ebook from Cornell Open Access (or buy the paperback)
Free PDFs from JSTOR (no account or sign in required, 1 chapter per PDF)
Book Info (Official Blurb):
Environmental educators face a formidable challenge when they approach climate change due to the complexity of the science and of the political and cultural contexts in which people live. There is a clear consensus among climate scientists that climate change is already occurring as a result of human activities, but high levels of climate change awareness and growing levels of concern have not translated into meaningful action. Communicating Climate Change provides environmental educators with an understanding of how their audiences engage with climate change information as well as with concrete, empirically tested communication tools they can use to enhance their climate change program.
Starting with the basics of climate science and climate change public opinion, Armstrong, Krasny, and Schuldt synthesize research from environmental psychology and climate change communication, weaving in examples of environmental education applications throughout this practical book. Each chapter covers a separate topic, from how environmental psychology explains the complex ways in which people interact with climate change information to communication strategies with a focus on framing, metaphors, and messengers. This broad set of topics will aid educators in formulating program language for their classrooms at all levels. Communicating Climate Change uses fictional vignettes of climate change education programs and true stories from climate change educators working in the field to illustrate the possibilities of applying research to practice. Armstrong et al, ably demonstrate that environmental education is an important player in fostering positive climate change dialogue and subsequent climate change action.
