Module 9 Learning Activity

We didn't need a long module for this topic; after all, you know how to vote. Hopefully, you do vote! I would certainly encourage you to vote. I would encourage you to become a climate voter and check out some of the organizations that I've mentioned. They're part of the recommended learning activity; you can also dig a little bit deeper into some of these issues in the Ebook.

Basically, this is sort of like your carbon footprint in the sense of, pay attention to your carbon footprint, pay attention to your vote. But don't forget the other things we have discussed: how you spend your time, how you spend your voice, potentially how you spend your money, how you spend your frustration. Those are avenues where you might want to put more effort on an ongoing basis to amplify your impact for climate outcomes.

In the next module we'll dig into the question of using your money to counter climate breakdown.

Additional Materials

This is the book I mentioned:

2020 Gehl_The Politics Industry How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

To explore some of the conversations surrounding the topic:

2022/4 Want to Elect Climate Champions? Here’s How to Tell Who’s Really Serious About Climate Change
2021/7 Sporadic Environmental Voters Hold the Power to Shift Elections and Turn Red States Blue
2021/2 Environmental Voter Project helped put climate near top of national agenda
2019/12 Turning Skiers Into Climate Voters with the Advocacy Potential of the NRA
2018/11 America Voted. The Climate Lost.
2016/1 The Future is Bright: Millennial Voters Resoundingly Support Climate Action
2015/3 The planet won't notice you recycle and your vote doesn't count
2012/10 Voters back clean energy, climate policies
2018/10 Tia Nelson on How To Create the Climate Voter

Consider getting involved with:

To dig into the relationship of gerrymandering to climate change, and the importance of fixing our voting systems:

And some videos: