August 2025 Newsletter

In this Issue

• Upcoming beginner workshop in September
• Use your creativity to help NNOCCI create merch!
• A new take on NNOCCI Week
• AZA Conference meet up

Starting the Conversation Workshop

📢✨ Looking for tools and confidence to talk about climate change with hope, and encourage action? READ ON! 📢✨

Registration is NOW OPEN for NNOCCI’s first public, virtual Beginner Workshop! This new offering is for those interested in learning and practicing science-based methods for having more impactful and effective climate change conversations.

“Starting the Conversation: A Workshop on Effective Climate Change Communication” will teach you how to use basic framing elements, including how framing with values appeals to the most people, how to effectively utilize the Heat Trapping Blanket metaphor to build understanding of climate mechanisms, and how to promote hopeful solutions. This 3-day, 2-hour/day virtual workshop is open to ANYONE interested! 

Details:

• 🗓️ September 16-18, 2025

• ⏱️ 12-2PM PDT (3-5PM EDT) each day

• 💵 $75 USD registration fee

• 🚨Registration closes on September 12, or sooner if all spots are filled

Want to learn more? Check out our FAQs!

Read to sign up? REGISTER HERE!

Spaces are limited, so please sign up today! 

Looking for a more in-depth course where you’ll learn to utilize all of NNOCCI’s framing tools to communicate with larger audiences, while receiving individualized feedback? Keep an eye out for “Framing the Conversation: A Crash Course in Effective Climate Change Communication“, our 7-week ‘Crash Course’, which will take place between the weeks of October 6 and November 17 this year—registration opens early September!

Use Your Creativity to Support NNOCCI

We want your help and creativity!

Feeling artistic? Need a mindful distraction? Want your work worn proudly by NNOCCI lovers?

We are developing NNOCCI swag and want new designs for t-shirts, sweatshirts and other products. Put your artistic skills to the test and submit your artwork today! Submissions are due by September 1.

Want to vote on your favorite designs? Check out our next newsletter!

Want a shirt? They will be on sale in October!

NNOCCI Week? Try NNOCCI Month+!

Thanks to your feedback (remember that survey?), we’re expanding from one week of events to a full series spread throughout October, Climate Action month. That means more opportunities to find sessions that fit your schedule and interests. Look for the full lineup and sign-ups in next month’s newsletter!

But first—we’re kicking things off with a special prelude:

🌎 Climate Conversations Taster Session
Led by our partners at Yes and Nature, this session offers a sample of their unique approach—combining climate and conservation science, communication and social science, and tools from improvisational theater. You’ll get a feel for how their program works and learn about the upcoming public cohort starting in October.

📅 Friday, September 19
🕛 12PM PT / 3PM ET
🔗 [Register here]

Join us for this one-hour preview, learn with some of our colleagues, and have fun in this dynamic, interactive session!

Oh, Hey! Just a Casual Reminder...

The AZA Conference is just around the corner! 

So far, over a dozen on NNOCCI’s best and brightest have signed up for the in-person gathering that’s coming together during this year’s AZA conference in Tampa, Florida.

Join us there! Add your name to the list to let us know if you’ll be there and how we can reach you by filling out this quick form. We’ll share the exact day, time, and location of the meet-up as soon as it’s confirmed—likely during the Party on the Floor on Tuesday, September 16.

Looking forward to seeing you in person!

Help Support NNOCCI’s Mission

In late January 2025, NNOCCI lost our sole grant funding and has been working hard to keep moving forward. While we continue as planned with our programming, and are still applying for new opportunities—including a recent grant submission for the National Academies—we recognize that we must find independent funding opportunities. 

Want to help continue NNOCCI’s mission to change the national discourse on climate change to make it more hopeful, solutions-focused, and community-driven? Please consider donating today!

We appreciate all support, and encourage you to share this link with anyone who may be interested in sustaining our important work.