February 19, 2019
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for details.
January 15, 2019
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for details.
December 18, 2018
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for details.
Prof. Huisingh generously shared his PowerPoint
presentation with us. It's a big file, but worth downloading and viewing. A PowerPoint
application or free viewer app
(
) will be needed to see the videos and animations.
November 20, 2018
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for details.
June 19, 2018
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for details.
May 15, 2018
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for details.
April 17, 2018
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March 20, 2018
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February 20, 2018
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agenda
for details.
January 18, 2018
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November 20, 2017
October 16, 2017
September 18, 2017
The Greater Knoxville Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby
September meeting was held on Monday, September 18, 6:30 – 7:45 PM
at the Bearden Public
Library, 100 Golfclub Rd, Knoxville TN. The agenda was posted
in the September
Newsletter, and minutes were posted in the October
Newsletter.
Climate Advocate Training Workshop
August 12, 2017
RSVP at EventBrite. All you need is an e-mail
address.
Come to a free Climate Advocacy Training led by CCL. Trainers from CCL
will teach techniques to use in lobbying Congress on climate change and
building public political will for climate action.
Our consistently respectful, non-partisan approach to climate education
is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action
across all geographic regions and political inclinations. By building
upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our
supporters to work in keeping with the concerns of their local
communities, we work towards the adoption of fair, effective, and
sustainable climate change solutions.
All are welcome to attend, and attendance is not a commitment. The
location is on the University of Tennessee Agricultural Campus,
2500 EJ Chapman Drive,
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Sciences Bldg, Room 268. There is free
Parking in Lot 66. Here is a local map that you can view on your
device, or print in advance to help you find your way
once on campus: [UTK
Institutue of Agriculture Map]
October
2018 Newsletter
September
2018 Newsletter
August 2018
Newsletter
July
2018 Newsletter
June 2018
Newsletter
April 27,
2018 Newsletter
April 8, 2018 Newsletter
March
5, 2018 Newsletter
February 6, 2018 Newsletter
August 28, 2017
August Reports
August 11 Community TV Climate Event. Dr. Joanne Logan, of the Greater Knoxville CCL Chapter and our Advocate Workshop leaders, national CCL representatives, Don Kraus, Field Development Coordinator, and Jim Tolbert, Conservative Outreach Director, joined Renee Hoyos, Executive Director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network, in a climate related television program, that was broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. Friday August 11 on Community TV of Knox County. The video recordings of the program can be viewed at
August 12 Climate Workshop Event. Saturday, August 12, the CCL Climate Advocate Workshop, was a fantastic, participatory experience for the Greater Knoxville CCL Chapter. The training, conducted by two national CCL representatives, Don Kraus, Field Development Coordinator, and Jim Tolbert, Conservative Outreach Director, provided excellent guidance and instruction on the function and goals of our chapter. It emphasized Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s philosophy and details of how its solution, Carbon Fee and Dividend, works. We had 29 very impressive attendees, whose backgrounds covered a range of scientific and professional interests, all of who vigorously joined into the workshop happenings. Thanks to all for your contributions to the workshop and to chapter members who provided venue, refreshments and cleanup.
September Commentary
We plan to be an active, all inclusive, total participatory Chapter of CCL, where each member contributes according to her/his desire and time available. The advantages of being associated with CCL are many, including helping solve the critical global problem of climate change, having a tangible impact on a significant issue; recognizing that if we complete our designated mission, we have achieved the single goal of our Chapter and the Citizens’ Climate Lobby; and, last, but certainly not least, becoming friends with concerned citizens, who are united on climate change. Thank you for your interest and help directed towards maintaining a sustainable health of our environment. The Greater Knoxville Chapter of CCL needs and welcomes you, your talents and your expertise!
September Chapter Meeting
September 18 Meeting. The Greater Knoxville Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby monthly meeting will be held on Monday, September 18, 6:25 – 7:45 PM at the Bearden Public Library, 100 Golfclub Rd, Knoxville TN. Chapter preliminary activities will begin at 6:00 pm and end at 8:00 pm, with the meeting formally starting at 6:25 pm. The meeting, devoted to education and organization, is hopefully structured for efficiency; we recognize time is cherished, and thank you for spending some on climate change. The educational components will consist of a report about the CCL September call; then, we will be treated to a talk by Dr. Scott Painter, of the Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN, who will speak about topics his research area, Climate Change and Hydrology.
A tentative Agenda for Monday, September 18, 6:00 – 8:00pm is
- 6:00 – 6:25 Set up, Greet, Team Signup
- 6:25 – 6:30 Welcome and Meeting Outline
- 6:30 – 6:40 Highlights of CCL Monthly Saturday Call.
- 6:40 – 7:05 Dr. Scott Painter, Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN will speak about Climate Change and Hydrology.
- 7:05-7:40 Organization and Reports of Chapter Teams (timing below approximate)
7:05 – 7:15 Chapter Business (Teams. October 16 meeting)
7:15 – 7:25 Team Planning
- 7:30 – 7:40 Team “Laser” Reports
- 7:40 – 7:45 Closing
- 7:45 Clean Up
Clarification of Team Formations and Reports
Please note, we are requesting brief information reports from Chapter Teams following a very short Team Planning session. This is an unusual and ambitious request; first, because we have not had a meeting of the group, and, second, you might not even know that you are, or will be on a team. A reason for starting so energetically is our work is critical, becoming more essential every day, and hopefully this will get our members communicating, so that meetings need not be spent on organizational items, but on production. Also, some of you have already started discussions, and this provides an opportunity to proceed.
The teams, cluster topics, suggested goals, and team members are provided for guidance and are only tentative, all certainly subject to change. The team members are suggested by reading of the workshop interest sheets, those turned in at the end of the workshop. If you did not attend the workshop, or if you attended and did not fill out the interest form, you are not listed in a team; however, you may be added to a team of your choice. Please join a team during the Set Up and Greet portion of the meeting. Again, you need not stay in the team in which you are suggested, this is only a preliminary suggestion based upon minimal data. All the suggestions below are preludes, given only to provide nominal guidance, and subject to the interests of the team. Clusters are to emphasize more specific task areas than the team classification, and may consist of only a few individuals… a few may be one, if that is all required or interested in the task. Please be thinking about what you can do for GKCCL.
The Teams:
1. Team Outreach
Clusters: Community, Federal, Educational
Suggested Goals:
- Liaisons with Cities of Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Maryville.
- Liaisons with Representatives Duncan, Fleishmann
- Liaisons with Senators Alexander, Corker
- Educational outreach to schools
Suggested Team Members: Not listed on this site for privacy
2. Team Media
Clusters: Information procurement, LTE, Op-Ed
Suggested Goals:
- Write letters to editors, opinion articles.
- Write to members of Congress, City and State governments.
- Follow developments related to climate change and share them with Chapter.
Team Members: Not listed on this site for privacy
3. Team Chapter Development
Clusters: Meeting Logistics, Speakers Procurement, Coordinators for meetings
Suggested Goals:
- Find members to provide refreshments, set up and take down meeting room, see that presentation media is working.
- Find speakers for Chapter monthly meeting.
- Determine national CCL information to be presented to Chapter monthly meeting.
- Greet, welcome and encouragement of new members.
Suggested Team Members:
Not listed on this site for privacy
4. Team Chapter Leadership
Clusters: Organization, Communications, Coordination
Suggested Goals:
- Organize and maintain chapter activity.
- Provide for member communication.
- Coordinate chapter activities.
Current Team Members:
Not listed on this site for privacy
August 6, 2017
July Event Report. Thanks to the talented group of folks that
attended the Meet and Greet session on July 19, at the Earth Fare in
Turkey Creek. The 27 people there appreciated the introductory
information provided by our speaker, Don Kraus, CCL Field Development
Coordinator, who drove in from Asheville for this occasion. Thanks,
Don, we welcome the encouragement and useful suggestions you made about
activities of our Chapter. A encouraging event occurred when a meeting
of a faith group, who were in an adjoining room, ended while we were
still in session. Some came in, pulled up chairs, and were a most
welcome addition.
August 11 Community TV Climate Event. Our Advocate Workshop
leaders, national CCL representatives, Don Kraus, Field Development
Coordinator, and Jim Tolbert, Conservative Outreach Director, will join
Renee Hoyos, Executive Director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network, in
a climate related television program, that will broadcast at 7:30 p.m.
Friday August 11 on Community TV of Knox County. Cable channels for
Community TV of Knox County: Comcast Channel 12; Charter Channel 193;
Wow! Channel 6; ATT U-verse Channel 99.
August 12 Climate Workshop Event. Probably the most essential
meeting of the year will occur on Saturday, August 12, The CCL Climate
Advocate Workshop. The meeting time of the workshop is 9:00 am - 12:30
pm at The University of Tennessee, Agricultural Campus, 2500 East J.
Chapman Drive, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Sciences, Room 268. There
will be free parking in Lot 66 and snacks will be provided. The training
will be conducted by two national CCL representatives, Don Kraus, Field
Development Coordinator, and Jim Tolbert, Conservative Outreach
Director.
The Workshop will include a brief introduction to climate change
basics, Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s philosophy and details of how its
solution, Carbon Fee and Dividend, works. We will identify the primary
political levers necessary to help reduce the impact of fossil fuels on
our environment – including lobbying, media relations, grassroots
outreach, grasstops outreach and chapter development. Please be thinking
about where your strengths will serve this worthy cause the best and be
prepared to join a team that will focus on one of these political
levers. Participants will learn and practice how to lobby, engage the
media and give short “laser talks” on climate change solutions.
This workshop is open to all interested in the health of our
environment. Please join us if you are curious about what you as an
individual can do, or about what a group of concerned people can
accomplish. You are also welcome if you just need something to do on a
Saturday morning, but we would like to know if you are coming. If you
have not yet RSVP’d for this important program, please
RSVP here
or go to: http://bit.ly/2h01I6u.
Please share this with those in your network who you believe should
attend. If you cannot be there, then please come to our September
meeting that will be on the 18th, 6:30 – 7:45 p. m. at the Bearden
Public Library, where we will welcome new members who have joined us
because of this training workshop.
September 18 Monthly Meeting. The Greater Knoxville Chapter of
the Citizens’ Climate Lobby September meeting will be held on Monday,
September 18, 6:30 – 7:45 p. m. at the Bearden Public Library, 100
Golfclub Rd, Knoxville TN. Agenda will be in the September
Newsletter.
July 15, 2017
For those interested in improving the health of our environment.
If we individually strive to minimize our carbon footprints, we will
have an influence. Regrettably, because all individuals will not, or
cannot, minimize for numerous reasons, the totality of individual
impacts probably will not significantly change our environment. To begin
a rigorous attack on the problem, our population, the aggregate of
individuals, must be offered an alternative to carbon utilization, one
that is economically viable. The U. S., as the
number
2 carbon emitter
in the world, must constrain fossil fuels before they arrive at the
buyer level, and concurrently provide a fiscally responsible, achievable
replacement. This is exactly the approach and single goal of our
Citizens’ Climate Lobby. CCL has a solution, now the work begins,
respectfully persuading skeptics and generating support. Please check
out our website, knoxccl.org, connect
with us, and help solve the carbon pollution problem.
July Meeting. Just a gentle reminder that the Citizens’ Climate
Lobby will have an
informal
Meet and Greet gathering on Wednesday, July 19th, 7 pm, at the
Earth Fare in Turkey Creek,
10903 Parkside Drive, Knoxville. Even if
you cannot arrive at 7, please join us for a brief discussion, led by
Don Kraus, CCL regional development director, probably starting about
7:30.
IMPORTANT. August News Item. A Climate Advocate Training
workshop will be offered by the Greater Knoxville Chapter of the
Citizens’ Climate Lobby on Saturday, August 12, 9:00 am – 12 noon, on
the University of Tennessee Agricultural Campus,
2500 EJ Chapman Drive,
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Sciences Bldg., Room 268. The session is
free and will teach citizens the intricacies of building political will
and affecting change in positive, constructive ways. Citizens’ Climate
Lobby (CCL) has a unique approach of achieving change through building
positive, respectful relationships with lawmakers and focusing on
specific market-based, consumer-friendly solutions that have received
support from conservatives and liberals alike. The workshop will include
a mini-lobbying training.
