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Civic Engagement 101 -

Climate Change

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We work in:

  • Advocacy to reduce emissions
  • Community education
  • Adaptation/resilience

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Advocacy: Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan

  • What is the Thuston Climate Mitigation Plan?
    • Adopted in 2021
    • Goal: 45% reduction in GHG Emissions from 2015 levels, by 2030, and 85% by 2050
    • Buildings, Transportation & Land Use, Water & Waste, Sequestration

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    • Adopted in 2021
    • Goal: 45% reduction in GHG Emissions from 2015 levels, by 2030, and 85% by 2050
    • Buildings, Transportation & Land Use, Water & Waste, Sequestration

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Advocacy

Home Energy Score Ordinance

Passed by:

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Community Education

Climate Catalyst Forums

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Community Education

Community Groups

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Resilience

Cooling Thurston

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Small Group Work

In groups of 3-4:

  • Select a class civic engagement project, and describe it in one sentence.
  • Define individual student actions, class actions, and desired community actions.
  • List community partners the class will seek help from.

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sample Projects

  • Learn about the Home Energy Score Ordinance, its pros and cons. Prepare and deliver comments to Lacey City Council.
  • Learn about possible energy improvements to your school; discuss with school board.
  • Learn about health effects of extreme heat and visit a cooling center; share ideas for protecting people with a local community group (Lions, Rotary, etc.)

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Community Actions

Class Actions

Personal Actions

  • Xyz city council adopts a new energy efficiency policy.

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  • Research some effects of climate change locally, nationally, world-wide.
  • Contribute to class research on proposed policy.
  • Contribute to class presentation to city council..
  • Learn about the proposed policy, its climate and community benefits
  • Send a class letter to Lacey City Council
  • Send representatives to present research results at city council

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Your Project is:

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Community Actions

Class Actions

Personal Actions

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For this project, we will need help from these community partners:

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Let’s think together!

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This is how we will do it:

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Materials List

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Benefits of our project:

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We can share our project with the community by:

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Questions?