Tag: Climate Leaders

Guest Speaker Scott Graham to Discuss ‘The Climate Boot Camp’ Free Online Course

Join us for a presentation by chapter member Scott Graham at the upcoming general membership meeting on Tuesday, April 29, between 7:00 to 8:00 PM.

Scott recently earned a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources and a Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainability from Virginia Tech. He will share a short presentation on the development and expansion of The Climate Boot Camp, a program initially developed in 2021 through partnership with Climate Reality Project and Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment.  Billed as a “Sustainability Leadership Workshop for Climate Leaders”, we will learn how this free online course can help us create effective action within our chapter.

We will encourage chapter members to register for the June Climate Boot Camp sessions so that we can take the course together as the Climate Reality Project Northern Virginia Chapter!

  • June 3 Orientation
  • June 7 Networking #1
  • June 14 Networking #2

For information about the program or to register, please visit https://www.ecoactus.org. If you have any questions please contact: novaclimatechapter@gmail.com.

March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC

From September 15 to 17, approximately 600,000 people around the world took to the streets to demand a rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels. This wave of global mobilizations included the March to #EndFossilFuels in New York City on September 17, where Climate Reality Leaders and chapter members joined nearly 75,000 climate advocates in calling on world leaders to stop fossil fuel expansion and extraction.

Webinar: The Road to True Net-Zero: Climate Reality’s 2030 Vision

For anyone who missed the webinar “The Road to True Net-Zero: Climate Reality’s 2030 Vision”, you can watch the recording here. 

From the meeting description:

During the webinar, former US Vice President Al Gore provided his unique insights and perspectives on the climate crisis, while I shared Climate Reality’s renewed organizational vision and plan – aimed at encouraging the progress necessary by 2030 to reach true net-zero by 2050.

Because the science is clear: At net-zero emissions, global warming can stop in as little as three-to-five years and the Earth can begin to heal. That’s a future worth fighting for. With everything we’ve got. 

On the call, we shared more details about our plans to double the number of trained Climate Reality Leaders, as well as our campaign efforts to halve global emissions this decade, halt the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure destroying our planet, and build a just and healthy tomorrow with clean energy.

This entails:

  1. Reducing Emissions 
  2. Calling out Greenwashing 
  3. Financing a Just Transition 
  4. Strengthening International Cooperation on Climate 

Learn more about these campaigns and take action now on The Climate Reality Project main website.