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).
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.
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.
"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.
Citizen's Climate Lobby: Environmental Voter Project helped put climate near top of national agenda
At Citizens’ Climate Lobby, we often say the solution to climate change is democracy. Well, the first step to engage with our democracy is voting. Research shows, however, that many who are concerned about the state of our climate don’t even take that initial step. In fact, tens of millions of people who identify as environmentalists have been no-shows at the polls on election day.
Living on Earth: Georgia's green voters helped deliver the Senate to the Democrats
Voters most likely to rank the environment as their top priority are young, Black or Latino, and they were key voters in the two recent senatorial wins in Georgia that gave the majority to Democrats.
Voting is a habit, not a series of one-off transactions. And at the Environmental Voter Project, we leverage the latest behavioral science to work year-round in local, state, and federal elections to turn non-voting environmentalists into consistent super-voters. To us, every election is an important behavioral intervention opportunity.
Mother Earth Podcast: Nathaniel Stinnett on how to make our leaders protect the environment
In this second of two special bonus episodes to Season One of the Mother Earth Podcast, we sit down for a timely conversation with Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project.
The Climate Pod: What Motivates Environmental Voters?
This week, Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins the show to answer one basic question: what the hell is going on with environmental voters? Just kidding...kinda.
Citizens' Climate Lobby Guest Speaker: Nathaniel Stinnett
When Nathaniel Stinnett found out that environmentalists, by and large, were staying home on election day, he saw a problem in need of a solution. That’s why in 2015 he launched the Environmental Voter Project, which identifies environmentalists who don’t vote and reaches out to get them to the polls.
Our Daily Planet: Special Super Tuesday Preview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Environmental Voter Project
Nathaniel Stinnett is the Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project that works to significantly increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters.
Climate change emerged as a front-burner issue in every state so far in this Democratic presidential primary season, in ways difficult to fathom only a few years ago.
WGBH News: How Important Is Climate Change In the New Hampshire Primary?
The Guardian: More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?
Environmental issues tend to fall through the cracks in American politics, where they are often ignored, belittled or even denied by politicians. Yet this familiar political climate, much like Earth's climate, is more changeable than it might seem.
Buzzfeed News: Forget About The Climate Deniers. It’s The Climate Liars We Need To Stop.
The international scientific community is shouting from the rooftops that we have just 11 years to act to avert climate catastrophe. Yet it often seems like nobody is listening — climate denial thrives, and politicians are doubling down on fossil fuels in the face of a global emergency.
Huffpost: The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding
Greentech Media: The Environmental Voter Problem