Delaney Reynolds

A Young Woman We Can All Be Inspired By

Delaney Reynolds is an amazing young woman who lives in Miami, Florida. At the age 16 of Delaney became very much aware of the danger climate change poses for her, her community and the wider world, and she is not sitting back and waiting for others to take action. Not Delaney.

She is the founder of the Miami Sea Rise, has created an awesome website miamisearise.com, and has published three books for elementary and middle school students on climate change and sea level rise. At age 16, those are stupendous accomplishments. But on the issue of climate change, Delaney is unstoppable.

She has created PowerPoint presentations for young people and delivers them to students in schools, not only in her home state but via video conferencing to students in places like India and Vietnam.

Delaney’s work is being noticed. She recently gave a TED Talk and is also featured in a video alongside scientists, politicians, and authors, Ahead of the Tide, and she was selected as a Youth Leadership Council Member at EarthEcho International, a nonprofit environmental and conservation organization founded by siblings Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau.

This young woman has written a letter on behalf of the world’s children asking each of us to do whatever we can to protect them from the threats of global warming and sea level rise. Please read what she has to say and ask yourself: if she can do this, what can I do to help turn back the rising tide of global warming? Visit The Sink or Swim Project,

ECA Equity Advisory Committee – we’re looking for members

ECA is following through on its commitment to anti-racism, by examining all of its work to assure that it is free of racist and exclusionary practices and indifference

We have pledged to defend Black lives, to protect the oppressed and those whose voices are not heard. We will continue to demand love, truth, a habitable planet, and fundamental human rights for all. We will not stop until change fully comes.

If your commitment to climate justice is solidly grounded in anti-racism, we need you to help us honor our pledge: JOIN THE NEW ECA EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ECA is proud to announce the formation of a new ECA Equity Advisory Committee. We are seeking committed members to join and lead this committee.

This committee will ensure ECA’s commitment to climate and environmental justice through the lens of anti-racism by creating a framework for guiding and evaluating all our organizational efforts.

Committee members will work closely with all ECA committees and initiatives and help identify other like minded organizations for possible future collaborative endeavors. The work of this committee, and all ECA work, is based on the Jemez Principleswhich reflect our commitment to being an inclusive, respectful and grass-roots organization. Committee members should expect to commit about 10 hours each month for various committee meetings and follow up work.

The Equity Advisory Committee is open to ECA members and those from other collaborating organizations.

If you are interested in joining this committee, please complete the online questionnaire. Applications will be screened and approved by the ECA Coordinating Council.

If you’re interested in joining this committee please complete the ECA Equity Advisory Committee Questionnaire

(Click the link above to see the full Equity Advisory Committee Description at the top of the Questionnaire form)

Definitions:

Climate justice is a term used to frame global warming as an ethical and political issue, rather than one that is purely environmental or physical in nature.

Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

Anti-racism can be defined as some form of focused and sustained action, with the intent to change a system or an institutional policy, practice, procedure, behavior, or idea which has racist effects.

Sue Blythe, Elders Climate Action member and creator of the FutureFlash!

FutureFlash! Project Sowing a Culture of Peace with the Elders Climate Network

In this holiday season, when people sing of Peace On Earth, I’m inviting my own family — and yours — to tell what this statement means to them. “Recognize that peace is the wholeness created by right relationships with oneself, other persons, other cultures, other life, Earth, and the larger whole of which all are a part.” – The Earth Charter

I want my six grandchildren to know why I care so passionately about the condition our planet is in. I need for them to know that I believe that we can change climate change. I’m telling them about significant moments in my own journey. And I want them to consider their own part in the unfolding saga of how the human family learned to live together in a culture of peace. Together, we are Sowing a Culture of Peace, with the Earth Charter as a guide.

Elder Outreach Volunteer – Climate Emergency Declaration Project

The Climate Mobilization and ECA seek a volunteer who can spend 5 hours a week providing administrative and outreach
support to an emerging partnership between The Climate Mobilization and Elders Climate Action.

This volunteer’s duties will include:

Working directly with Elders Climate Action to engage the organization’s members in local Climate Emergency campaigns, whether by inviting them to join calls / webinars, sending them informational materials, or doing direct outreach (i.e. holding phone conversations about the possibility of starting a Climate Emergency campaign)
Connecting climate activists with additional support and training opportunities provided by The Climate Mobilization

Qualifications desired for this role are:

Passion for taking action on climate change
Strong phone and email communication skills
Strong interpersonal and persuasive skills
Proficient in computer skills
Excellent organizational skills, including a track record of being able to use time effectively and prioritize among competing demands
Competency or past experiences working with elders is preferred

To apply for this volunteer position please complete the Volunteer form or reach out to us at info@eldersclimateaction.org

ECA Volunteer Chapter Coordinator

Chapter Coordinator may do the following:

Help identify opportunities and provide information/resources to support chapters/teams as they build and engage membership.
Help a chapter create and set up chapter resources, engaging in outreach to potential chapter members, promoting the chapter through media, helping to identify and build collaborations with other climate-activist groups at the local level, and other activities to support ECA chapters in their work.
Focus on a single chapter (as time and need permitted) or on several chapters.
Work with Council of Chapters Chair and Chapter Leaders
Assist Council of Chapter Chair with administrative tasks

Qualifications desired

Passion for taking action on climate change
Computer proficiency
Comfortable with utilizing videoconference
Strong interpersonal skills
Comfortable working remotely
Experience in community organizing and outreach

ONE or TWO ECA Members:: 5 – 15 hours per month.

[Preference would be given to individuals who are already members of an ECA chapter and thus have ECA chapter experience or who have been actively involved in other grassroots groups in the past and bring that experience to our work.]

To apply for this volunteer position please complete the Volunteer form or reach out to us at info@eldersclimateaction.org

ECA Volunteer Marketing & Communications

Communications & Marketing

This committee is responsible for communication with members and the public with the goal of expanding the number of elders engaged with ECA. Our communications focus on three areas: informing, inspiring and engaging elders. This is accomplished through use of social media postings, a monthly e-newsletter, bi-monthly or more frequent bulletins, monthly National Calls with guest speakers, monthly Tea and Talk conversations that create a sense of community and occasional UJoin letters to elected officials. This committee, working with our paid staff person, helps develop, compose and edit all written material for our website, newsletter and all marketing materials including for national events and collaborations. The committee is responsible for responding to media inquiries and presenting the public face of ECA.

Time commitment: 3 hours/month for bi-monthly committee meetings, additional 1-3 hours/month for writing, editing and soliciting of articles, other committee responsibilities.

Duties may include

Attending Communications Committee team meetings
Assisting in planning newsletter content
Participating in planning for national ECA calls
Posting on social media: FaceBook and Twitter
Proof reading documents for distribution
Assisting in writing letters to the editor or letters for members to sign
Developing content for bulletins
Developing web content, newsletter articles

Qualifications desired

Passion for acting on climate change
Computer skills
Comfortable with utilizing videoconference
Team player
Comfortable working remotely
Ability to write and proofread newsletters and other documents