Advocate for Change

In addition to making personal changes, you can make a difference by advocating for policy changes. Below is a selection of local organizations that are working on climate change issues in Brookline and Massachusetts.

Biking Brookline — promotes bicycling for the health of residents and the environment and advocates for making bicycling and other sustainable forms of transportation safe and welcoming for people of all ages and abilities.

Conservation Law Foundation — enforces and advocates for environmental laws.

Mass Audubon — Mass Audubon’s Climate and Nature Champions is a grassroots advocacy program that mobilizes individuals across Massachusetts to speak with one voice on the most pressing environmental issues of our time.

Mass Climate Action Network (MCAN) — statewide organization in which Climate Action Brookline is a member that coordinates the work of locally organized groups across Massachusetts fighting the climate crisis.

Mass Power Forward — Coalition of over 200 environmental leaders, community development organizations, clean energy businesses, faith groups, neighborhood health and safety advocates and Massachusetts families fighting for our future through legislative advocacy.

Mothers Out Front Brookline — Focused on building a powerful grassroots movement to ensure a swift, complete, and just transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean and renewable energy.

Zero Emissions Advisory Board (ZEAB) — responsible for prioritizing, reviewing, and approving policies, programs, & projects consistent with the Town’s Climate Action Plan.