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We have a few different ways we're approaching this. In no particular order we: 1) Work with college republicans to introduce them to environmentalism. We saw

We have a few different ways we're approaching this. In no particular order we: 1) Work with college republicans to introduce them to environmentalism. We saw lots of success here during National Clean Energy Week where we held events and had 20 CR chairs sign on to our clean energy pledge (https://www.acc.eco/cr-clean-energy-coalition https://www.acc.eco/cr-clean-energy-coalition) and we have 25 pilot campuses we're partnering with. We hope to more than double that number next year. 2) Are growing the climate solutions caucus. We've met with members of congress and support those who are pro-environment. 3) Have a policy newsletter with policy research 4) Work with city and county county officials to assist with their environmental policy. (This one has been my favorite to watch take off.) and plenty more.

davidw 9y ago
> 4) Work with city and county county officials to assist with their environmental policy. (This one has been my favorite to watch take off.) This one is so ripe for bipartisanship: https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regulations/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regula...
- barsonme 9y ago
  It's been so awesome to local politicians from across the political spectrum message us and say, "Hey, what we're doing isn't working, do you have advice?" People are so much more invested in their own community and open to tangible solutions.
  - davidw 9y ago
    Are you familiar with Strong Towns? https://www.strongtowns.org/ https://www.strongtowns.org/ They're good people, non-partisan, and also very much in line with "something isn't working": https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/7/americas-suburban-experiment https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/7/americas-suburb...
    - barsonme 9y ago
      I personally am not, but will definitely run it by some people. At first blush this looks really neat. Thanks for sharing!

davidw 9y ago

> 4) Work with city and county county officials to assist with their environmental policy. (This one has been my favorite to watch take off.) This one is so ripe for bipartisanship: https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regulations/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/reforming-land-use-regula...

barsonme 9y ago
It's been so awesome to local politicians from across the political spectrum message us and say, "Hey, what we're doing isn't working, do you have advice?" People are so much more invested in their own community and open to tangible solutions.
- davidw 9y ago
  Are you familiar with Strong Towns? https://www.strongtowns.org/ https://www.strongtowns.org/ They're good people, non-partisan, and also very much in line with "something isn't working": https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/7/americas-suburban-experiment https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/7/americas-suburb...
  - barsonme 9y ago
    I personally am not, but will definitely run it by some people. At first blush this looks really neat. Thanks for sharing!