A regional resource for Cape & Islands climate activists
December 22, 2020
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What is the Climate Emergency?
Climate Collaborative's Faith Communities Environmental Network members invite you to a 4-part discussion
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Town Council adopts climate resolution 'An emergency demands action'
By Bronwen Howells Walsh, The Barnstable Patriot, November 25, 2020
A passionate group of students and residents like Jim Wolf of Cape Air helped sway the Barnstable Town Council to vote 9-2 and pass a Climate Emergency Resolution, strengthening the town’s commitment to sustainability.
"I hope Barnstable will be a leader in fighting climate change," said Allen Sundelin, a 7th-grader at Cape Cod Academy, who testified during public comment on Nov. 19. "In a matter of decades, my house could be underwater (due to rising sea levels). Action is needed now, before it is too late."
"Your decision on this matter will affect my life and future generations to come," echoed Sundelin's classmate, Jay Cornwall. Read more here.
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Teens Fight For New Climate Change
Curriculum in Mass. Schools
Every week, more than a dozen student activists from around Massachusetts call into a Zoom meeting. Behind them are glimpses into their lives – superhero posters and hot pink bedroom walls.
“OK. So do we want to start off today's meeting with an agenda?” asked Nico Gentile, the 17-year-old climate organizer running today's meeting.
The Sandwich teen isn’t new to managing groups. Last year, Gentile helped bring together 100 students from 10 schools for the first-ever Cape and Islands Youth Climate Action Summit.
“Through that, I was able to see how beneficial and how important learning about climate change is, mostly because it kind of sparks a fuse to create action within your community,” Gentile said in an interview. “And I asked myself the question, ‘Why don't we do this more in our own schools?’” Read more or listen here.
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Zinn Education Project documentary teaches climate advocacy and activism through film
This film takes up gripping questions at the heart of the fight to save the planet. As activists increasingly call for acts of civil disobedience and federal and state laws impose criminal penalties for pipeline activism, how do concerned citizens decide whether to join the resisters? What are the legal considerations and consequences of engaging in direct actions to stop the pipelines and oil trains? And how do regional activists form alliances across potential divisions, including race, gender, nationality, and class, in responding to the climate emergency?
For educators: Necessity is still a work in progress, but is available for classroom use by request and with the agreement that you will send feedback. A list of feedback questions will be provided to you when you request the film. Read more here.
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Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber honored by UN
Boston executive receives UN’s top environmental award
Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe, December 10, 2020
A Boston executive has been picked for the United Nations’ top environmental award, the “Champions of the Earth.” Ceres chief executive Mindy Lubber is one of six recipients from around the world this year, the UN announced on Thursday.
In the announcement, the UN said Lubber is being recognized in the “Entrepreneurial Vision” category for her commitment to mobilizing investors and companies to become more environmentally friendly. The UN also cited the work Lubber did to catalyze business support for the carbon emissions accord known as the Paris Agreement five years ago.
Lubber leads a nonprofit whose mission, in part, is to make the business case for climate action and sustainability. This year’s “Champions” were selected from more than 1,500 nominees submitted during an annual public nominating process.
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Net Zero 2020 keynoter receives global award
The Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative was honored to welcome Ceres CEO and president Mindy Lubber as keynote speaker at our Net Zero 2020 conference in October. Long prominent in the pantheon of climate thought leaders, Ms. Lubber has scaled new heights with this global award.
We salute Mindy Lubber for her much- deserved award and indefatigable work on behalf of the planet.
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Missed Net Zero 2020? Don't despair!
Check out recordings of all sessions below.
Watch 30+ videos and learn from experts around the region, state and country.
Join the conversation and get involved!
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Mass., Conn., RI, DC sign transportation climate pact
Theoharides: Protections included to rein in gas price hikes
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MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia signed on to a pact Monday to put a price on the carbon contained in vehicle fuels sold within their borders and leverage the revenues gained and the resulting higher price of gasoline to cut transportation emissions 26 percent by 2032.
The group of initial participants is far smaller than Gov. Charlie Baker had been hoping for, but officials said other states in New England and down the East Coast have committed to staying at the table and possibly joining the so-called Transportation Climate Initiative in the future. Read more here.
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A Transportation & Climate Initiative Primer
Not sure what the Transportation Climate Initiative is or how its goals will affect our region?
Listen to Kate Fichter, Assistant Secretary for Policy Coordination, MA Department of Transportation, who provided a wonderful overview of the TCI at the Collaborative's Net Zero 2020 Conference on October 23.
Like what you heard? We have 29 more sessions like that!
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DID YOU KNOW? The Natural Resources Committee of the League of Women Voters of Falmouth has prepared a video on Falmouth's Progress Towards Sustainability. The video, about 28 minutes-long-- describes the town's Green Community designation, solar power installations, planning for climate change and other topics. It also provides links to many other primary information sources for detail on specific topics.
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Massachusetts Legislative Resources
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The Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to reach carbon neutrality—or net zero—on Cape Cod and the Islands of Massachusetts by enhancing communication, collaboration, and activism among organizations, programs, and individuals committed to mitigating the climate crisis. We depend upon the generosity of our stakeholders to conduct our work.
All donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
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