Green Ribbon Commission Recommendations: Building Support for Climate Action

GRC Recommendations: Quick Start Actions to Build Support for Climate Action

The actions necessary to move Seattle toward a climate-friendly future that is healthy, safe and prosperous require deep and sustained commitment by the community. We need to understand and communicate the connections between climate action and broader community values. We need your help to choose the most important actions to take to build support in the next three years.

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1. Help set priorities for Quick Start actions related to building support for climate action. Choose your TOP THREE actions to be implemented by 2015 from the list below.

Conduct local values and message testing and develop a compelling climate narrative that connects to what people care about.

Use a compelling climate narrative consistently and frequently in elected official and City department communication.

Build a regional network of organizations and individuals committed to using the climate narrative.

Develop images, info-graphics, and videos to illustrate the outcomes of implementing the Climate Action Plan.

Connect climate change to projected local impacts.

Explore how social media and video game technology can tell the compelling story of climate action.

Use crowd-sourcing and other new technologies to involve the public in designing climate policies and actions.

Host a bright ideas contest to tap into the community’s creativity.

Partner with higher education institutions to engage students and faculty in working on policy, planning, and technical challenges.

Develop neighborhood profile case studies detailing the on-the-ground impacts of climate action in specific neighborhoods.

Develop “strategies in action” profiles that highlight the outcomes of individual climate actions.

Activate a network of leaders to advise and assist the City in implementing the Climate Action Plan, commit to take action, and serve as allies in the community.

Identify new and unexpected messengers, including youth, to spread the word about the benefits of climate action.

Create an ongoing program to support community-initiated climate action projects.

Work with a school-focused community organization on a project that increases student engagement in climate action.

Create or build on an existing social media tool to provide a venue for people and organizations to share the actions they have taken and offer help to others.

Create a feedback mechanism on the impact of collective actions to reinforce the value of each person’s efforts.

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