Resources

Search below for resources covering the intersection of climate engagement, social science and data analytics.

RESULTS

Katrina20

STEPS Coalition
Research & Articles
11-25-2025

Video, Katrina20, is a twenty year look back on Hurricane Katrina and how communities continue to support each other against climate disasters.

Tips & How-Tos
11-19-2025

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.

Bargaining for Green Schools, Good Jobs, and Bright Futures

Oren Kadosh, Labor Network for Sustainability; Eric Holmberg & Chelsea Watson, Building Power Resource Center
Research & Articles
11-01-2025

This document exists to illustrate how educator unions have used the collective bargaining process to fight for contracts that go beyond traditional wages and working conditions to meet critical student, worker, and community needs. Case studies show a strong community-labor coalition is needed to secure these demands and to implement and enforce them throughout the life of the contract. This resource reviews the ability of green healthy school campaigns to link school and community needs together, a breakdown off common good bargaining, recommendations for crafting demands, as well as case studies, best practices, and next steps for union educators.

UPDATED FOR THE SECOND EDITION!

This workbook is meant to help you apply the
recommendations to your organizing practice and culture. Whether you’re currently involved in a multiracial, cross-class climate coalition, thinking about starting one, or evaluating a past coalition, we hope this workbook clarifies for you and your partners the breadth of considerations and decisions you will likely face.

The Power of Engagement: Building Trust and Support for Clean Energy Projects

Natalie Manitius, Annika Harrington, Asa Ackerly, Clean Air Task Force
Research & Articles
08-01-2025

Clean Air Task Force (CATF) developed a series of case studies exploring real-world community engagement efforts across a range of technologies, geographies, and communities. These case studies are based on interviews with project developers, local leaders, and community organizations.

Research & Articles
06-26-2025

Generation180 and Climate Advocacy Lab hosted a one-hour virtual event – “Trusted Messengers: Growing your network of climate advocates” – to discuss how organizations are mainstreaming clean energy and changing the narrative by tapping the power of local leaders and creatives.

Nothing About Us Without Us: Community Conversations About Offshore Wind

People's Action Institute, The New Conversation Initiative, New Jersey Resource Project, Maine People's Resource Center, Climate Advocacy Lab
Research & Articles
06-10-2025

People’s Action Institute worked with member affiliates New Jersey Resource Project (NJRP) and Maine People’s Resource Center (MPRC) to conduct two deep canvassing projects focused on building community support for offshore wind power development. In the Spring and early Summer of 2024, canvassers from these organizations held conversations with over 1,400 local residents in Lacey Township, NJ and the Midcoast region of Maine combined.

Research & Articles
04-30-2025

A report discussing clean energy job trends under the new Administration, with an emphasis on job decline in states and key districts where Inflation Reduction Act investments have been distributed. Climate Power estimates more than 600 jobs have been lost or jeopardized per day under Trump's first 100 days. The end of the first quarter of 2025 marked the first quarter since 2022 that clean energy job creation declined, ending two and a half years of consistent job growth. This report also discusses the harmful impacts of job declines and stalled or canceled clean energy investments, and what's at stake if these trends continue.