National Extension Climate Action Team
Fellow: Betsy Newman, Utah State University Roadmap
Fellow Report: During this reporting period, members of the National Extension Climate Action Team: ● Supported and contributed to the Extension Foundation Proposal to NOAA for "Climate Smart Communities" ● Serve on and contribute to ECOP Climate PAT/PITs ● Provided feedback to the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLLU) on addressing climate change at its annual conference ● Served on the search committee for the newly hired Extension Foundation Climate and Partnership Coordinator and helped promote the position throughout each of their networks hosted three (Sept. Oct. Nov.) national professional development meetings virtually through the monthly National Extension Climate Initiative (NECI) meetings ● Continue to promote and encourage NECI members to register their Extension programs and assets in the National Registry of Cooperative Extension Programs and Assets ● Increased NECI membership from less than 150 in April 2021 to more than 600 people today -relationship development and cultivation with federal agencies, partners ● Improvements to NECI website and work ow ● Hosted a virtual climate session, "Climate Change in Extension: Priority Actions, Federal Steps Taken, and Prioritizing" with the expert assistance and leadership of Megan Hirschman, Jason Henderson, and Chuck Ross. This was to have taken place in person at the 2021 National Extension Energy and National Sustainability Summit but due to COVID was reworked for a virtual session -ongoing vetting, curation, and posting of climate resources ot the NECI website developed and conducted surveys and polls with NECI membership on their preferences for professional development and monthly "engagement" meeting (formerly referred to as "membership" meetings) ● Reported out the survey and poll results along with the memberships' preferences for: one professional development webinar each month (recorded and posted to the NECI website); one "engagement" meeting each month (not recorded-a safe, condential space for discussion) ● Began drafting NECI's operating policies (protocols) for terms of service, communications,and work.
National Extension Climate Initiative website:
● Monthly meetings web page updated to include “professional development,” “engagement,” and “steering committee,” meeting details click here.
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