Resources
New Resource: A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy
Created in partnership with the United National Frontline Table, A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy offers community groups, policy advocates, and policymakers a pathway to solutions that work for frontline communities and workers. These ideas have been collectively strategized by community organizations and leaders from across multiple frontline and grassroots networks and alliances to ensure that regenerative economic solutions and ecological justice—under a framework that challenges capitalism and both white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy—are core to any and all policies. These policies must be enacted, not only at the federal level, but also at the local, state, tribal, and regional levels, in US Territories, and internationally.
Image from Climate Justice Alliance and A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy
The Energy Democracy Flipbook
Created with Emerald Cities Collaborative and over 40 organizations and networks, the flipbook is geared towards community members and leaders seeking to build power and shared analysis around energy democracy. This is an interactive booklet that can be professionally printed or created through a DIY. The flipbook allows participants to engage with questions around the 4 criteria/issues of Energy Democracy and see how their community is either “extractive” or “Better, But Not Great” or “energy democracy.” The flipbook can be used as organizing tool as well as an advocacy tool to lawmakers. The flipbook also includes strategy questions that support communities in identifying pathways forward to create change.
Transformative Alignment
This framework is used as a guide for JCET projects.
The Energy Democracy Matrix
Created with Emerald Cities Collaborative and over 40 organizations and networks, the Matrix is geared towards organizers, activists, policy-wonks, and community leaders who are familiar with energy democracy. This is a subjective scoring template that allows users to identify how well their community (town, city, county, state) is doing to achieve energy democracy. It allows users to see where they are successful and where there are areas for growth at both overarching and issues-specific levels. The matrix provides users with “technical” language and analysis to support community expertise in fighting for energy democracy.
Black Work Matters
In partnership with POWER Philadelphia, this report was written to layout the case of investing in community owned energy, living wage job opportunities as a strategy to taking on economic racism and the climate crisis.
Collaborating for Bold Possibilities
In partnership with the Climate Justice Alliance, this report landscapes national and state level networks and alliances working on an energy transition from a race and economic justice lens.
Additional Resources
Links to resources and sites from partners and allies.