Designed to help you understand the legislative landscape in your state. It will prepare you to engage with state legislators and decision makers on important and timely issues related to building decarbonization, as well as inform you about key bills to advocate and organize around. 

This playbook gives step by step instructions for engaging with Energy Codes in the Midwest BDC region - and highlights case studies in Missouri, Illinois, and Minnesota.

Print off and use this toolkit to prepare talking points for your states public input session on the IRA’s Home Energy Rebate Program.

This toolkit expands on our general IRA Public Input Session Talking Points with a specific focus on health data.

This toolkit provides quick access links to information that will help you when applying for federal grants. What’s a Unique Entity Identifier and how do I get one? Where can I find grant opportunities that are a match for my organization? We answer these questions and more!

This one-pager shows a quick snapshot of what decarbonization is all about and how people can get involved with Midwest BDC. It is best to share with people who haven’t heard of decarbonization or the coalition before – print it off to share at community events!

This one-pager offers details on Midwest BDC’s mission, history, and theory of change. Print this off or share the link with folks interested in learning about Midwest BDC’s work and how they can get involved. (Updated May, 2024)

People of color, Indigenous Peoples, and low-income communities are the first to experience negative climate change impacts like heat death and illness, respiratory illness, infectious disease, and economic and cultural displacement. Climate policy must protect our most vulnerable communities.

The Jemez meeting was hosted by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice with the intention of hammering out common understandings between participants from different cultures, politics and organizations. The following “Jemez Principles” for democratic organizing were adopted by the participants.

Our coalition’s standing land and enslaved peoples acknowledgment.

This resource was developed by the Affordable Housing / QAP Working Group and Elevate to guide folks who would like to submit comments to their state’s QAP.