+ July 23 rd, 2012 MAKING A MORAL CALL TO CLIMATE ACTION

CARA PIKE panelistsmoderator Rev. JIM BALLBOB DOPPELT JACQUELINE PATTERSONBILL BRADLEEFr. PAUL MAYERDAVID WASKOW respondents

+ 1. Engage a full range of moral values. 2. Focus on the burdens that can be avoided by addressing climate change. 3. Motivate action through messages that generate positive emotional responses. 4. Link climate action to intrinsic motives. 5. Highlight the goals and values of those impacted by climate change. 6. Emphasize widely-shared, positive social norms. strategies for communicating about climate action from a moral perspective

+ Bob Doppelt is executive director of The Resource Innovation Group and coordinator of the Climate Ethics Campaign. Last fall, the group released a “Statement of Our Nation’s Moral Responsibility to Address Climate Change.” Bob is the author of several books including From Me to We: The Five Transformational Commitments Required to Rescue the Planet, your Organization and your Life and The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How To Create a Positive Future for the Climate, The Planet, Your Organization and Your Life.

+ Rev. Jim Ball is an ordained Baptist minister, president and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, originator of its “What Would Jesus Drive?” educational campaign, publisher of Creation Care magazine, and national spokesperson for the Evangelical Climate Initiative. He has been an active player in both public policy debates and on-the-ground social change.

+ Jacqueline Patterson is Director of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative where she facilitated a partnership with Women of Color United to engage in the “Women of Color for Climate Justice Road Tour” to uplift stories of differential impact, community local self reliance, and community resistance of women of color and communities of color.

+ Bill Bradlee is Affiliate Services Director for Interfaith Power & Light. For more than a decade, IPL has helped congregations address global warming by being better stewards of energy and by bringing the voice of the faith community into the policy- making arena. Bill has previously worked for The League of Conservation Voters and The Union of Concerned Scientists.

+ Fr. Paul Mayer, co-founder of the Climate Crisis Coalition and Interfaith Moral Action on Climate (IMAC) spent eighteen years as a Benedictine monk and was active in the Civil Rights Movement. His childhood experience as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany inspired his involvement in global peace and social justice. A yoga practitioner and teacher, he explores the link between spirituality and activism.

+ David Waskow, Climate Change Program Manager at Oxfam America advocates for investments in the abilities of poor communities on the front lines of climate change to cope with and build resilience to a changing climate. He also directs policy work on how emissions reductions can be done in socially appropriate ways and build synergies with resilience to climate impacts.