Climate action & clean energy
Grassroots

Market-based and grassroots solutions

Encourage bottom-up progress: community solar programs, city climate emergency declarations and policies (like LA’s fossil-free buildings ordinance), youth-led initiatives, and divestment from fossil fuels.

Encourage bottom-up progress: community solar programs, city climate emergency declarations and policies (like LA’s fossil-free buildings ordinance), youth-led initiatives planting trees or promoting transit. Promote divestment from fossil fuels by universities and pension funds.

Why this works

Demonstrates demand and creates facts on the ground (every EV bought and coal plant closed counts); maintains momentum even when federal action stalls.

League of Conservation Voters

Advocacy
lcv.org

Electing environmental champions and advocating for climate action

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is a prominent environmental advocacy and political organization founded in 1969. LCV works to turn environmental values into national priorities by influencing elections and policy: it publishes the National Environmental Scorecard rating lawmakers’ votes, lobbies for strong environmental protections, and through its affiliated PACs supports pro-environment candidates. LCV and its state affiliates mobilize voters, run issue campaigns on climate and conservation, and have helped secure victories such as passing stronger clean air and water laws and defending public lands.

Mechanism

How League of Conservation Voters uses funding

About Grassroots
  1. Recruit and support local leaders to pursue specific, winnable policies and programs.
  2. Coordinate actions that build sustained participation rather than one- off moments.
  3. Build coalitions that connect community benefits to climate outcomes.
  4. Translate local wins into narrative and pressure that supports state and federal action.
  5. Track progress and share lessons so approaches replicate across places.

Partner notes

Partner notes coming soon.