Community Engagement Resources
Materials for Engaging Citizens at Your Event
National Conversation on Climate Action Discussion Guide: This discussion guide gives sample worksheets and discussion activities that you can use to ensure an action-oriented and engaging event.
Citizens Guide to Local Climate Action: This guide to citizen action, designed specifically for you to distribute to citizens at your National Conversation on Climate Action event, is a simple primer on how everyone can be a part of local climate action. Choose from the ready-to-print version or the customizable version, which includes space for you to let your citizens know about what programs you have locally for them to get involved and reduce their emissions at home, at work and in their civic and religions organizations.
National Conversation on Climate Action Welcome Video: All National Conversation events should feature this welcome video, designed to inspire participants to action and highlight the significance of being a part of a truly National Conversation. The video (approximately 6 minutes in length) will be available for all participants download in early April.
List of ‘Easy ways to fight climate change’: Common questions from climate change discussions are: “What can we do about this as individuals?” “Will our efforts really make a difference?” You can distribute this one pager from Together, which provides simple actions individuals can do - that when added up - can save millions of tons of CO2.
Other fact sheets and educational materials: The “Additional Resources” page of the www.climateconversation.org website contains a number of fact sheets and informational resources that you may be interested in making available to those who attend your event.
Tools for Keeping Your Community Engaged
We are currently working with our allies to create tools for keeping your community engaged long after your National Conversation event on April 22nd. Stay tuned for more information on exclusive trainings for National Conversation participants on how to use these tools to engage your community.
Climate Culture Household Emissions Calculator: Climate Culture provides a way to interact directly with your community members, to see what your citizens are doing to reduce their energy usage, and to help them measure their own carbon emissions footprint and save money on their energy bills.
Climate Crossroads: Learn more about Climate Crossroads and how you can use this powerful tool to connect with your community and as part of the National Conversation.
ICLEI Outreach and Communications Guide: ICLEI’s Outreach and Communications Guide is a tool to help local governments effectively communicate climate information to their constituencies. The Guide contains an array of steps and methodologies for communication and outreach efforts, as well as a compilation of best practices from around the United States.