Perennial activates new audiences

The latest updates in our sustainability mission

1000 Gretas continues to grow and add new members as we expand this effort to curb climate change. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm!

February 2021 Grant Recipient: Perennial

We are excited to announce our next grant recipient, Perennial! They are utilizing time-tested business strategies to grow audiences for climate change organizations. We were inspired by their message that there is hope. According to research from Yale, 20% of the U.S. population wants to start using their voices and dollars to tell government and business leaders to take action - they just don't know what to do, and haven't been invited.

Perennial's work will activate this 20% of the U.S. population, by using the same research, data-science and marketing tools that large for profit companies use to get more new customers. It works for them to get customers and make more money; it will work for us to get more climate-active people and reduce emissions. For example, Perennial will get more donors and volunteers for organizations lobbying for climate change action. This will, in turn, allow these organizations to more effectively influence elected officials to more quickly enact a carbon-fee and dividend structure. This will incentivize businesses across sectors to reduce emissions by increasing efficiencies, switching vehicle fleets to EVs, sourcing energy from sustainable sources, and participating in reforesting for offsets. 🚪 Opportunity Alert! The Perennial team is looking for a Google Ads guru. If this fits you or someone you know, please reach out to info@1000gretas.org for further details.

Other climate content to check out... ✊ The founder of Perennial was inspired by the research of Erica Chenoweth from Harvard University. One of her major findings is that it takes 3.5% of a population actively participating in a movement to ensure serious political change. Read more about her fascinating research here.

📺 "The way we are thinking about climate change is preventing us from solving it," says Elizabeth Sawin in her TedTalk, The Power of Multisolving for People and Climate. She explains how a multisolving approach helps protect the climate while also providing other co-benefits, such as improving health, disaster resilience, the economy, and access to healthy food and clean water. Watch the TedTalk to learn about multisolving here.

Member Announcements Sending out a big thank you & welcome to our newest 1000 Gretas members. Excited to have your support!

For those looking for more ways to get involved, we have just launched the 1000 Gretas member forum. This will be the home for the community to ask questions, share information & expertise, and make announcements. Please check it out and sign up. We'd love to hear your feedback. Voting Reminder! The March grant recipient selection will begin this weekend so keep an eye on your inbox to cast your vote. Not yet a member? If you want to join 1000 Gretas in our mission to support climate change solutions check out our membership page to learn more. We'd love to have you. If you have joined us, please help us spread the word to your family, friends, or anyone you know who is interested in taking action.

Frontline Farming addresses food inequity

🎉 Welcome to the 1000 Gretas Community! We are excited to share more about our purpose and drive with our inaugural newsletter. The Background... 1000 Gretas is a nonprofit formed as a response to the collective call out by the youth of the world: “There is no Planet B for us!" With the official launch of 1000 Gretas, our mission is to identify and aid bright people who have viable solutions to address the global climate crisis. Imagine if there were a thousand people like Greta Thunberg in our communities, driving solutions to the myriad of challenges of climate change. We know of innovative people -- especially younger -- have ideas but face obstacles to capital and experience. 1000 Gretas will provide micro-funding, mentorship and a network of experts to help these change-makers turn their ideas into action. We have developed and tested our crowd-sourcing model, and look to make a difference providing progressive grants to those applicants who have the opportunity to make the biggest impact. We'll be sending our monthly newsletter to keep you updated on our progress, highlight inspirational stories, and share the latest in climate change solutions.

January 2021 Grant Recipient: FrontLine Farming We are proud to announce our first grant recipient, FrontLine Farming. This group is quite literally on the front line of saving our planet by mitigating climate change through regenerative agriculture practices, and supporting those most impacted by it.

With a focus on leadership and access for women and people of color, FrontLine Farming has several key areas of impact including creating community, food access, education, and policy initiatives. All while employing & providing education on regenerative agriculture practices including carbon sequestration, water conservation, terracing, and cover crops.

Visit Front Line Farming

Other climate content to check out... 🌱 If you want to learn more about regenerative agriculture, this episode of the How to Save a Planet podcast, follows two farmers, one small-scale in New York, the other an industrial farmer in Minnesota. Both farmers are on a journey to impact climate change through soil. Listen here.

🌎 In 1991, Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, spewing 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. The sulfur dioxide created a protective layer around the earth and caused it to cool by half a degree for the next two years. Scientists think they have found a way to similarly reflect some amount of sunlight back into space and help cool the planet. Now this is a last ditch kind of solution and should not be seen as a panacea to the overall problem, but it is nevertheless an interesting stop-gap. Read more about Solar Geoengineering here.

🌯 The fast-casual restaurant chain, Chipotle debuted Real Foodprint, the first food sustainability tracker of its kind. By selecting your meal choice, you can see the sustainable impact you’re having by choosing responsibly sourced ingredients. Read the five key metrics of impact data here.

Member Announcements Sending out a big thank you & welcome to our newest 1000 Gretas members, Sam Wyman and Ryan Holdeman. Excited to have your support! Reminder to everyone to get in your votes for next month's grant recipient. Voting closes EOD Sunday, January 31st. Not yet a member? If you want to join 1000 Gretas in our mission to support climate change solutions check out our membership page to learn more. We'd love to have you. If you have joined us, please help us spread the word to your family, friends, or anyone you know who is interested in taking action.

Announcing 1000 Gretas

🎉 Welcome to the 1000 Gretas Community! We are excited to share more about our purpose and drive with our inaugural newsletter. The Background... 1000 Gretas is a nonprofit formed as a response to the collective call out by the youth of the world: “There is no Planet B for us!" With the official launch of 1000 Gretas, our mission is to identify and aid bright people who have viable solutions to address the global climate crisis. Imagine if there were a thousand people like Greta Thunberg in our communities, driving solutions to the myriad of challenges of climate change. We know of innovative people -- especially younger -- have ideas but face obstacles to capital and experience. 1000 Gretas will provide micro-funding, mentorship and a network of experts to help these change-makers turn their ideas into action. We have developed and tested our crowd-sourcing model, and look to make a difference providing progressive grants to those applicants who have the opportunity to make the biggest impact. We'll be sending our monthly newsletter to keep you updated on our progress, highlight inspirational stories, and share the latest in climate change solutions.

Member Announcements Not yet a member? If you want to join 1000 Gretas in our mission to support climate change solutions check out our membership page to learn more. We'd love to have you. If you have joined us, please help us spread the word to your family, friends, or anyone you know who is interested in taking action.