Citizens Climate Lobby empowers people around the country (and increasingly, around the world) to engage with their elected officials on climate change. Rachel’s Network Member Marianne Gabel heads one of 200 volunteer chapters of the organization and is helping people embrace their citizen muscle to tackle this big challenge.
Rachel’s Network will gather in Milwaukee in October to learn how we might address serious water challenges as funders and advocates. We are privileged to host some of the top advocates and scholars on water issues at this Fall Retreat. In advance of our Retreat, Rachel’s Network members shared their favorite books on water.
June 8th marks World Oceans Day, finally designated by the UN in 2010 to recognize the needs and contributions of 70% of the planet. Nowhere can we see more clearly the effects of the multiple stressors of a changing planet than in the shifting currents, changing chemistry, and warming waters of our global ocean. Ocean acidification (OA) is the term we have given to the changing chemistry. So what does it mean and how does it happen?
As a mother of two “20-something” daughters in a time of global warming, Rebecca Wodder is deeply worried about their future. Rising temperatures and sea levels, extreme floods and droughts, devastating forest fires and landslides, and other climate-related catastrophes will stress our communities and threaten our society. Given the global magnitude of the problem and the reluctance of our nation’s leaders to take timely action, what’s a mother to do? Rebecca turns to lessons from her 40 years as an environmental advocate and courageous stories from others to find hope.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, one of the world’s top climate scientists, joined Rachel’s Network members by teleconference call in May to share her work on the Third National Climate Assessment, which represents the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of climate change impacts on the U.S. She discussed her efforts to draw attention to the urgency of climate change and gave advice on how to connect with unlikely supporters. We also had a chance to ask her these questions…
