Resource Type: Tips & How-Tos

The environmental disaster created by corporate greed forces us to reconsider how to restore trust in light of these systemic failings. Our neighbors in Ohio deserve better. This insight we take on the recent Ohio train derailment to uncover the larger systemic issues and raise some insights on how to continue holding institutions accountable.

This Insight explores the linkages between environmental injustice, policing, and prisons. By now, many folks in our movement are familiar with the pitfalls of the current policing and prison systems, but how do we, as climate activists, understand the call for police reform, or even abolition, within our own work?

Maximize impact this legislative session with the Lab’s training on the most effective evidence-based ways to influence legislators and other policy makers.

A good time to be thinking about best practices for educating—the Lab is (c)3—legislators and other policymakers on climate and clean energy. It’s been almost two years since we last touched on this in a Lab newsletter (and created our comprehensive guide). We revisit that guidance in light of the latest research and tools.

Open with a shared value. Reference race in the shared value. State a problem after the shared value. Name villains who use racial scapegoating or division as a weapon that hurts all of us. Uplift victories and/or everyday collective actions that solve problems(s) across race. Focus on tangible outcomes, not policies or procedures. Give a clear call to action. Share what we are for without repeating the opposition’s language. Use simple, everyday language.