The mission of the Climate Crisis Working Group (CCWG) is to study and share information about climate change and take effective climate action in Moore County and beyond. The group's vision is to raise awareness and empower the nation, united in rapidly stemming the impact of climate change and building climate resilience in our country and across the world.
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CCWG Recently: PRIDEFest 2025
CLIMATE IN THE NEWS
Fighting for America’s Moral Mandate: A Call-to-Action From a Young Climate Leader
In the past six months, the Donald Trump administration has made staff, program, and budget cuts that leave rural, coastal, and frontline communities vulnerable. But communities aren’t giving up on their vision for a cleaner, greener country.
In September 2022, I was one of the few young people to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its announcement of a new national Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. The event — symbolically hosted in Warren County, North Carolina, the birthplace of the Environmental Justice movement — was filled with the pioneers and originators of environmental justice both within and outside of U.S. government. These individuals were seeing codified for the first time a commitment by their federal government to protect the historically marginalized communities they’d been advocating for over the last 40 years. Only a month prior, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had been signed into law,
SF Climate Week 2025 kicked off with a defining moment: a powerful keynote from former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore. Speaking to a packed room at the iconic Exploratorium, Gore set the tone for the week—framing it as a pivotal moment in the fight for our climate and our democracy.
In this wide-ranging address, Gore underscores the critical connection between climate change and democracy, denounces fossil fuel disinformation, and calls on individuals, businesses, and governments to take bold, immediate action.
Climate change is often communicated through scientific reports, statistics and policy discussions. However, these technical approaches can be inaccessible to the public, failing to capture the experiences of those most affected. Climate narratives structured as stories that involve emotional engagement and personal anecdotes are more effective at mobilising communities, influencing policy and promoting pro-environmental actions across diverse audiences. By blending art with storytelling, illustrations can make complex environmental issues, such as climate justice, much more accessible to the general public. Illustrations are not just artistic expressions. They can amplify the voices of affected communities and help make the case for climate justice. In an era where climate action is urgent, harnessing the power of illustration can be transformative. It can challenge dominant narratives while creating more inclusive and participatory ways of understanding climate action.
ABOUT US
Climate Crisis Working Group Moore County is a local environmental group working together to bring awareness and education about plastic and its impact on the earth. We organize events and campaigns to reduce plastic usage and promote sustainable living.
If you’re curious, come join us and watch us as we again attempt to solve the climate crisis and reach drawdown! Please email us at ccwgmoore@gmail.com to RSVP and get the address, as there is limited seating.
CCWG screened The Story of Plastic at the Moore Montessori auditorium!
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