This session brought together fellow framers in this interactive session to kick off NNOCCI week! We met other network members from around the country, received a welcome from NNOCCI’s leadership, and learned about network happenings and how to get involved!

The Board of Directors Welcome was followed by breakout sessions by the new NNOCCI Regions.

Join fellow NNOCCI members, recently trained and experienced alike, to hear climate stories from around the country. We screened video stories shared by practitioners in the field and then discussed glows and grows.

Join us as we discussed the first year of our Accelerating Climate Ambitions grant work funded by the US Embassy of Canada! 

We discussed our goals for this first-of-its-kind Canadian-focused course, including curriculum development, insights from participant surveys, and plans for the next year. 

Join a panel of young climate leaders to hear what sparked their passion in the climate movement and how they got involved.

We shared strategies and brainstorm possibilities for how we and our organizations might better engage young people in climate work.

In this interactive, 90-minute session, we will explore ways to bring genuine, energizing lightness to the heavy topic of climate change. We will focus on zooming in and out of a situation, as well as using every day experiences, to illuminate key dynamics of important issues. And we will belly laugh.

The session is led by Belina Raffy, creator of the climate comedy course Sustainable Stand Up. The Sustainable Stand Up course has been running for over 9 years online and in 10 countries. Past alumni include a NASA climate scientist, several humanitarian workers, environmental phd students, CSR consultants, two sustainable transport experts, and many more.

History & Hope for Climate Action: An Interpretive Toolkit helps communicators explore people-centered connections to climate change. The toolkit uses a three-step process to develop engaging, site-relevant stories that move audiences to awareness and action.

Elizabeth is a climate change communication specialist with the National Park Service, where she focuses on innovative approaches to enhancing climate literacy within the workforce and among the general public.

“Bridging and pivoting” is a strategic communication technique used to respond to challenging questions. This method involves three steps: analyzing the question, bridging with an innocuous phrase, and then pivoting the conversation to focus on values, metaphors, or solutions. This technique is particularly useful to guide discussions towards productive solutions while maintaining a reasonable tone.

NNOCCI member Lisa Yeager previewed an online version of Green House – a cooperative game that focuses on real-life climate solutions.

She also described how it’s being used in the heart of climate training for volunteer informal educators at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo.

While the realities of climate change are real and serious, climate action is all around us. Join us to hear about the positive actions and policies that are providing the hope we need to create impactful climate conversations and climate action around the world.

Adam Ratner, Director of Conservation Engagement at The Marine Mammal Center, presents the latest inspiring news followed by an interactive share-out for participants to contribute more hopeful actions as NNOCCI looks to catalog climate actions that can be used in future communications and resources.