Mollee Sullivan canvassing for the Environmental Voter Project
  • October 21 2021
  • Blog posts

“I'm going to strap this baby to my chest and go save the world”: An EVP Volunteer Profile

How do you build connections with voters in the middle of a pandemic? According to Mollee, you show up at their door.

Mollee Sullivan, a star volunteer for the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), has spent months canvassing around her neighborhood in Virginia getting to know potential voters. She is a veteran climate activist and volunteer, and is so committed to getting out the vote that she fits canvassing into whichever open scheduling spots she can, including to and from the farmers market or while she picks up her daughters.

GOTV in NC, AZ, NM, GA, & VA
  • September 28 2021
  • Blog posts

Sign up Today for GOTV Shifts Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters to encrouage them to vote in Nov. 2nd elections in Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, and New Mexico.

People cast votes at the Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Office on the second day of in-person absentee and early voting on Oct. 6, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images
  • July 4 2021
  • Press

Inside Climate News: Sporadic Environmental Voters Hold the Power to Shift Elections and Turn Red States Blue

A new report from the Environmental Voter Project claims to have identified a hidden voting bloc in nine states: low-propensity environmental voters.

Protesters hold placards during the Keep the Promise rally
  • April 22 2021
  • Press

WBUR Cognoscenti: So You're Serious About Climate Change: Vote In Your Local Elections

After the trauma of the 2020 election cycle, the American people would be forgiven for seeking a brief break from politics. We lived through a bitter presidential campaign, two runoff elections in Georgia to determine control of the U.S. Senate, and an armed insurrection at the Capitol, all amidst a global pandemic. It should come as no surprise that this has left voters, volunteers and donors with a serious case of election fatigue.

  • April 13 2021
  • Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project Statement on the murder of Daunte Wright

The entire Environmental Voter Project family is deeply saddened and outraged by the horrific police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota.

2020 Impact Report cover
  • March 20 2021
  • Blog posts

Two Special Briefings on EVP's 2020 Results and Plans for 2021

We're thrilled to share our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report with you - and we're even more excited to invite you to two special briefings on the Environmental Voter Project's 2020 results & plans for 2021 (plus Q&A).

2020 Impact Report cover
  • March 19 2021
  • Blog posts

EVP's 2020 Impact Report is here!

We're thrilled to share our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report with you!

LA County Election workers process mail-in ballots - Robyn Beck via Getty Images
  • March 18 2021
  • Press

HuffPost: The ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Growing, And Marching On City Hall

Nathaniel Stinnett launched the Environmental Voter Project in 2015 to resolve a simple but enormously important contradiction. Polls found a vast majority of Americans understood climate change and wanted the government to act. And while millions of those people were registered to vote, many never cast ballots.

Absentee voter vote by mail ballot
  • March 18 2021
  • Press

Our Daily Planet: Environmental Voter Project extends to 5 new states to mobiliize millions

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) has announced that it will be expanding its voter outreach programs into five new states: Alaska, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and New York. With this addition, the EVP will now operate in 17 states to identify inactive environmentalists and equip them with the tools to become lifelong voters.

Volunteer Spotlight
  • March 11 2021
  • Blog posts

"It's important and it's necessary": The Story of an EVP Volunteer

Historic. Challenging. Chaotic. Surreal: Those are just some of the many words that can be used to describe 2020. In a year that required adaptability and patience for almost every aspect of life, one thing that stood out was that over 158,000,000 Americans voted in the 2020 presidential election.

New Green Strategy: Change The Electorate, Not The Election
  • October 22 2018
  • Press

New Green Strategy: Change The Electorate, Not The Election

It turns out that many people who care about the environment never vote. One organization is working to change that.
Environmentalists Have Their Favorite Candidates, But That Doesn't Matter If They Rarely Cast A Ballot
  • October 19 2018
  • Press

WGBH News: Environmentalists Have Their Favorite Candidates, But That Doesn't Matter If They Rarely Cast A Ballot

The Environmental Voter Project uses a surprisingly accurate combination of polls and predictive models to determine who's most likely to identify climate change or the environment as one of their top priorities.
'We Need Some Fire': Climate Change Activists Issue Call To Arms for Voters
  • October 12 2018
  • Press

The Guardian: 'We Need Some Fire': Climate Change Activists Issue Call To Arms for Voters

Campaigners say more than 15m people who care about the environment did not vote in the 2014 midterms -- can they create a 'green wave' this November?
Mobilizing an Army of Environmental Voters
  • October 9 2018
  • Press

Climate Connections: Mobilizing an Army of Environmental Voters

Climate change is a high priority for many Americans. But on election days, many of those passionate environmentalists do not vote.
A 'Jaw-Dropping' 15 Million Super-Environmentalists Don't Vote In The Midterms
  • September 4 2018
  • Press

Think Progress: A 'Jaw-Dropping' 15 Million Super-Environmentalists Don't Vote In The Midterms

The Environmental Voter Project aims to mobilize "the silent green majority."
Inside the Manipulative, Tricky, Devious, World-Saving Plan of the Environmental Voter Project
  • August 30 2018
  • Press

Grist: Inside the Manipulative, Tricky, Devious, World-Saving Plan of the Environmental Voter Project

Relying on tools of behavioral psychology, a get-out-the-vote effort urges environmentalists to the polls -- and barely mentions the environment at all.
Non-profit seeks to propel registered environmentalists to the polls
  • June 14 2018
  • Press

CBS News: Non-profit seeks to propel registered environmentalists to the polls

Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, is striving to get environmentalists to vote in elections. Stinnett joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to explain his goals.
Visionaries: Taking On Climate Change
  • June 1 2018
  • Press

The New York Times: Visionaries: Taking On Climate Change

Nathaniel Stinnett rarely talks about the environment; climate change even less. For the person who runs the Environmental Voter Project, that may sound surprising. To Mr. Stinnett, it’s pretty obvious, even if it’s difficult.
This Year, Earth Day Is On Nov. 6
  • April 22 2018
  • Press

Huffington Post: This Year, Earth Day Is On Nov. 6

This year, if you care about the environment, you should spend April 22 and every other day working toward a more important date ― Nov. 6, Election Day. That’s when we can force policymakers to protect our climate and natural resources. Nov. 6 is this year’s Earth Day, and all of us need to show up.
Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • April 21 2018
  • Press

Yes! Magazine: 13 Climate Justice Leaders Imagined as Comic Superheroes

The Earth could use some climate-change-fighting superheroes right about now. And according to a new comic series by the nonprofit Amplifier, there are a few real-life ones in our midst. Thirteen of them, actually.

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