1. Why Are We Here?

This class will cover the many options and roles of strategic litigation in confronting fossil fuel power and advancing climate justice, provide an overview of existing legal strategies and cases in the climate litigation context, and the role for movements and strategic campaigning to maximize the power and impact of legal action.

Matt’s relatives at Standing Rock in North Dakota helped start the mass resistance to the ETP pipeline. From his home in Seattle he helped lead a successful divestment campaign with roots back in Standing Rock. Hear how it happened. And there’s more: Loan guarantees, subsidies, project financing, divestment, investment….the world of finance is behind the industry of fossil fuels. But that won’t last forever.

All Climate Justice work is climate work, but not all climate work is climate justice work. This class will take a deep dive on the meaning of climate justice in the context of worldwide movements for justice.

It’s time for some inspiration! We’ll gather up some of the most effective and creative actions ever done and analyze why they were so good.

What is a campaign? What is a corporation? What is a corporate campaign? Lots of groups talk about it. This class will explore how to do it. Bonus: A quick history of Corporate Greenwash and how to expose and fight it in the climate context.

Know thyself, know thy enemy. This class will provide an overview of the oil and gas industry, its impacts beyond climate, its strengths, and its weaknesses.

This class focuses on the key role of confronting fossil fuel production. If you look at the carbon budget, and Do the Math, you will find that you must stop fossil fuel supplies and “Keep It In The Ground”.

A history and overview of the multilateral system, where the Climate Convention fits in, whose interests it’s designed to serve and how to interact with the process.

This class covers advanced fundamentals of climate science, economics and politics, including: -Summary of IPCC report -Impacts on oceans -Impacts on agriculture and land -Impact on coasts -Impacts of wildlife -Impact on fresh water, human population and migration -The role of soil, forests and carbon sinks -The status of renewables, clean energy and their potential