Owning Your Corporate Climate Influence: A Must-See 2023 Trend
Andrea Learned calls for a corporate leadership trend in claiming and leveraging climate influence, to scale and speed the emissions-reduction benefits.
Living Change: On Being a #Bikes4Climate Mayor – Mark Gamba
Andrea Learned introduces her first #LivingChange #podcast episode with Mark Gamba, Oregon mayor who bikes his #ClimateInfluence and discusses how personal values-driven #leadership practices matter in #ClimateAction
North Vancouver, B.C.: Pedaling the Leadership Talk
Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14132971@N05/ In the series of Bike Talk podcast conversations I had with present and former city leaders truly making transportation infrastructure and complete streets change, Bowinn Ma, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, also stood out. Her perspective and bold leadership approach are notable, and I bet is fueled [...]
It’s Time to Own Your Climate Influence
Consumer-facing climate action advocacy has not worked as well or as fast as would have been necessary to avoid our dire situation. In this time of flat-out climate emergency, leaders have the opportunity, and, it could be argued, the responsibility, to build intentional climate influence.
Climate Influence and Media Relations: Think Outside The Box
Andrea Learned writes that corporate #leaders and other influencers in the #climateaction space need to build #Twitter social capital for #mediarelations with major impact.
Leverage #COP26 Twitter BETTER (fast), Climate Communicators
We’re in a climate moment, folks. If you’ve been thinking that your Twitter platform is not worth developing, let COP26 preparation be your mind-changer. From the real-time, rapid changes and behind the scenes finagling of decision-makers, to the unbelievable number of organizations and leaders wanting to be seen on stage or in media coverage, COP26 [...]
Let’s GO Plant-Based For Climate #PlantBased4Climate
Andrea Learned introduces a new effort to bridge #plantbased diets to #climateaction, and suggests that #influencerrelations, #storytelling and #data are among the at-the-ready resources.
Rally Around Climate Action “Yes, And…”
Over my years in climate action, I’ve certainly noticed a few things. One: organizations or approaches quickly fall into their siloed worlds. Two: There’s a lot of “Yes, but…” Both are stopping our roll forward. And, while I am far from the first person to use the term, I'd suggest that “Yes, and…” needs a [...]
Bicycles : a solution to the challenges of the post-COVID-19 recovery?
The challenge is to extend this moment of urgent collaboration to reduce costs and carbon emissions in the long term. and help countries reach their climate targets consistent with 1.5-degree scenarios. A truly green recovery must include a rapid uptake of biking infrastructure and successful collaborations, innovation and determination to allow people to travel safely.
Aligning your brand with #bikes4all (Everyone wants in now.)
Bikes are a #climateaction , community #resilience , #publichealth and traffic decongestion tool. Brands have the opportunity to align with this global trend through their #marketing approach. Andrea Learned advises.
Bikes ARE Climate Action
Andrea writes about the #climateaction #leadership and bike industry disconnect at recent conferences, and the missed #bikes4climate opportunities to reduce city GHG emissions. #bikes4climate
The Futility of the Press Release
Get over your press release addiction and aim for building industry leadership social capital for the longterm. Andrea presents a call to action to disrupt your earned media approach today.