Audience: Environmental 'Base'

For this newsletter, I wanted to share some of our favorite reads of the year; I hope they will keep you company in the coming winter months.

I think it’s clear our democracy is not in a good place. While it has never been perfect (to say the least), I know many of us are increasingly worried about its fate. Based on key indicators of authoritarian behavior, like selective prosecution of opponents, the Trump administration has become increasingly autocratic.

This tipsheet gives a definition of mutual aid, shares examples of mutual aid for the climate crisis, and shares resources for finding your own local mutual aid networks.

Explore how communities can take care of each other’s needs equitably during a changing climate future.

Mutual Aid for Climate Justice 101: in this interactive workshop, learn how community can take care of each other’s needs equitably during a changing climate future.  Learn a definition of mutual aid, cover contemporary and historical examples of mutual aid for social change, brainstorm how mutual aid can be a response to the climate crisis, and begin to think about your own networks of support.

Join us for our final Clean Energy Deep Dive of the year, featuring Clean Virginia– a group on the frontlines of the fight for a just and equitable clean energy transition.

In this week’s edition of our Lab newsletter, I want to take a moment to reflect on the power of community – what it really means to show up, connect, and build together. I was honored to have attended so many transformative events in 2025, from RootsCamp to Netroots. Below are some takeaways from these spaces that can be implemented for successful community-building, both in advocacy and in your personal life, as well as a list of upcoming conferences to keep an eye on.

The session focuses on transforming disagreements into opportunities for building trust, fostering collaboration, and driving positive change.

This tipsheet synthesizes information from the webinar Mastering Facilitation: Transforming Tensions and Conflict Management.