We believe our

Communities have the strength to raise our nation.

Our Responsibility

The Climate Change Leadership Institute (CCLI) is a non profit organization dedicated to phasing out greenhouse gas emissions & empowering community thru the ethics of conservation, the adoption of clean energy and regenerative agriculture as well as the act of taking responsibility as a civil society.

To these ends, we offer direct action projects & seed grants as well as other encouraging steps for solving the climate crisis together.

projects & seed grants

Current Projects

Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

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Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

Learn More

Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

Learn More

Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

Learn More

Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

Learn More

Race for the Climate

Create & carry out your very own climate action adventure and if it’s compelling & impactful CCLI will sponsor you as you
take a stand to combat the climate crisis.

Learn More

Each time a man stands up for an ideal… he sends forth tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of resistance.

– Robert Kennedy

Our Mission

CCLI believes communities have the strength to raise our nation – the highest per capita and historical emitter of greenhouse gases – up to the forefront in helping sustain life and liberty on earth. It is incumbent on us to completely break away from the fossil fuel economy that caused and perpetuates the climate challenge threatening civilization and instead to power our society wholly with renewable energy and state of the art energy efficiency with a premium on conservation.

As we carry out the new era of renewable energy and regenerative agriculture – comprehensively committing to sustainability and righting climate injustices – we will once again serve as a beacon of light in the world.

In carrying out the mission – working through community and civil society to advance bold US leadership addressing climate change and uplifting those most vulnerable – the Climate Change Leadership Institute adopts the following central organizing principles and approaches to change-making: