The Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC) and the Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability (DANS) created this initiative (see the video and materials below) to empower people to advocate for climate change solutions. HEASC also put together great resources about how to help young adults register to vote and get out the vote.

GET OUT THE VOTE RESOURCES - A webpage put together by a large coalition of young adults highlights these get out the vote resources for all to use.

Act now to help remove barriers to climate solutions!

1. Get the Climate Policies We Need Now.
   Be A Climate Hero!  
2. To volunteer with the youth sector of the US Partnership
   (under 35 years of age),
   send an email to
   coreteamctc (at) gmail.com
   You could be a National Climate Fellow!
   
   

Also see below for easy actions you can take.

TIPS ON COMMUNICATION...

You don’t have to be a climate expert to make a difference. Contact elected representatives today! Here are some tips for making effective calls:

- Phone calls are best
- Be brief.
- Introduce yourself
- Be polite! Anger and rudeness will not leave a favorable impression
- You can call policy makers even if you do not live in their districts!
- See above for a great script you can use and a suggested list of who to contact.

Top Policy Resources

Want more information? Sign up on the links below. But don’t just read - TAKE ACTION! Click on the link below the video above. The following organizations provide up to date energy policy information that you can use to communicate your support for climate solutions to policy makers. Get involved at both the national and state level. There is a lot of policy activity at the state level! The federal level is very active too. Check out Solutions for Pollution for up to date national opportunities.

Additional Information - Key Energy Facts

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Renewable Electricity Futures Study (2012) and its updates show that clean energy is a key solution to climate change. It finds that:

• 1) Renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, in combination with a more flexible electric system, is more than adequate to supply 80% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2050 while meeting electricity demand on an hourly basis in every region of the country.

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• 2) The abundance and diversity of U.S. renewable energy resources can support multiple combinations of renewable technologies that result in deep reductions in electric sector greenhouse gas emissions and water use

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• 3) Significant expansion of renewable generation beyond the current levels (about 13% of total generation) could be achieved with little or no increase in electricity prices with continued advancements in renewable technologies.

For additional information about teaching about clean energy, see the Call to Energy Literacy and related resources. You can have conversations to find common ground about clean energy across the political spectrum by using the materials at Community Energy Conversations.

Interested in learning more? The links below provide helpful background. Don’t forget to take action with the information above too!

Additional Project - The Shoreline: 
Find inspiration to be a changemaker from these short videos about people from nine countries who are confronting environmental, economic and social climate problems with persistence and imagination.