***PARTICIPANTS NEEDED***

It’s a call for participation from everyone interested in or working on climate action (adaptation or mitigation) at the local level. We are sending out a survey and conducting interviews to collect information from:

• climate-focused, community-based organizations

• municipalities

• individuals with an interest in sustainability and climate-change

From the Data We Collect

Our goal is to create a comprehensive database (and future map) of community-level players involved in this work. (Nothing similar currently exists, that we’re aware of.)

This will be useful for many including:

• individuals and philanthropists looking to support community-level organizations

• those of us in the field looking for partners and collaborators, and

• state and municipal level planners

Secondarily, we want to better understand common barriers and needs, create resources that we can share, and facilitate funding opportunities. Especially, when the map identifies regions and communities lacking support (i.e., “climate resource deserts”).

How You Can Help

Are you part of a local climate organization? A staff member or leader in a municipality? Or simply someone who is passionate about climate change? We are kindly asking that you:

• take a 5-10 minute survey (if you haven’t already)

• share it with at least three others in your network (via survey link and/or repost this LinkedIn post). 

Remember, by participating we will:
📍Put every local climate group on the map
🔎Make it easier for volunteers, donors, and leaders to connect
😀Share solutions and resources so no one has to reinvent the wheel

Why is Green Community Catalysts (GCC) leading this initiative?

Green Community Catalysts is an impact-driven organization who’s mission is to accelerate climate action on the community level.

We believe that, to significantly impact climate change, we need to engage those that contribute 65-85% of greenhouse gases…us. The daily choices of residents. Whether our clients are working directly with residents or need their support to adapt our communities to the coming impacts of climate change, residents must be engaged.

The best results are achieved when local climate-focused organizations and municipalities work collaboratively (not in silos) to build awareness, plan initiatives and implement projects in the community.

Through our work around the country, we found that there isn’t an easy way to identify like-minded organizations and towns/cities in a given geographic area. Our clients were asking if we knew of local climate groups in their area to collaborate and network with. Often we missed smaller groups and when we found organizations, it required a lot of time. That’s when we realized that sustainability directors and climate organizations would find a database or map very useful.

Therefore, to better serve our clients and to facilitate faster and greater climate impact, we started the Localized Climate Action Initiative.