by Catie Carter | Jul 20, 2025 | Article, Buildings, Education, Minimization/mitigation, Outside, Parents, Teachers, & Kids, Personal Behavior, System Change, Uncategorized
In 2019, the U.S Census Bureau found that students make up 25% of the population ages three and older in the United States. Because such a large portion of the population spends significant time in classrooms, it is evident that schools are an incredibly important...
by Leah Zahniser | Jul 7, 2025 | Article, Communication, Community, Cultural Change, Culture Change, Personal Behavior
“Psychology is the X factor for unlocking action on climate and ecological crises,” says renowned behavioral scientist Dr. Renée Lertzman. Climate change is scary and talking about it to peers, coworkers, and family can be equally as scary. However, behavioral...
by Nilgun Duman | Jul 3, 2025 | Article, At home, Buildings, Energy, Personal Behavior
Design When most people think about climate change, they picture smokestacks, traffic jams, or oil rigs. But one of the most significant contributors to global carbon emissions is much closer to home—literally. It is the buildings where we live, work, and learn. From...
by Krista Kurth | Feb 24, 2025 | Article, Column - Krista's, Songs, Songs, Uncategorized
50 plus climate action poems and songs to support us along the way. Recently both the smoke-filled skies and the news, with all its climate doom and gloom and intellectual discourse on technological and scientific solutions, has been getting me down. I needed...
by Mark Stewart | Aug 29, 2024 | Article, Communication, Economics/Business, Energy, Industry, Investment, Minimization/mitigation, System Change
Communication, Industry, Interviews, Minimization/mitigation, Politics Can we successfully communicate with industry about their greenhouse gas emissions? In May, 2024, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego reported...
by Annette Olson | Aug 27, 2024 | Article, Culture Change, Event, Interviews, Outdoors, Parents, Teachers, & Kids, Personal Behavior, Planning, Politics
Our own Lisa Howard, CSteps’ website designer (YAY!), a good friend, and the California State Coordinator for Citizen Climate Lobby (CCL), is interviewed here in this podcast, and she is Marvelous. The first 30 minutes is about communication about climate...