Dave Connell
Dave Connell is an associate director for marketing at The Nature Conservancy specializing in our conservation strategy work — including climate change, marine and freshwater issues, protected areas and policy. His interests — which he also blogs about on his personal blog, aquariumdrinker.com — include technology, the environment, professional soccer and politics.
Posts by Dave Connell:
Is Tweeting Against Climate Change Accomplishing Anything?
“Dad, what did you do way back when to help solve climate change?”
“Well son, I tweeted my face off about it. I really did. I included some bit.ly links to petition sites, I updated my Facebook status almost every day and I even posted a video comment on YouTube. In short, I did everything I [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 under Climate Change, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: 350.org, activism, Climate Change, cop15, Copenhagen, dave connell, global warming, online activism, online climate, Planet Change
Comments: 8
Planet Change: Speaking Out on Climate Change
Over the past several months, I and many of my colleagues across The Nature Conservancy have been working on Planet Change, a new microsite we are launching today to draw attention to the need for a global solution to climate change that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions as well as two crucial, yet often overlooked [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2009 under Africa, Climate Change, Media, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: dave connell, deforestation, drought, facebook, food production, global agreements, global leaders, hardships, impacts of climate change, lawmakers, livelihood, microsite, national legislation, Nature Conservancy, samburu tribeswoman, social networks
Comments: 3
Climate Change: What Do You Want to Save?
If you’ve followed the climate change debate over the last several months – indeed, even over the last year – you may have noticed something odd: Taking action on climate change is no longer about protecting nature.
Taking action is now about how climate change will boost the economy, create green jobs, protect our national security, [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Climate Change, Media.
Tags: Climate Change, climate change effects, climate change family, climate marketing, dave connell, global warming, marketing conservation, north carolina climate, outer banks climate, outer banks global warming, people nature
Comments: 5
Five Things I Learned About ACES in Five Minutes on Twitter
One small step for man edition:
It’s not called ACES in the Senate, it’s called ACELA. Which is weird because I thought that name was already taken. (@ACELAclimateBil)
FiveThirtyEight genius Nate Silver thinks he can make some money from this whole climate change thing and has put out an open call to climate change skeptics for a [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2009 under Climate Change.
Tags: Acela, ACES, agriculture, American Clean Energy and Security Act, forestry, house of representatives, senate, Waxman-Markey
Comments: 1
Five Things I Learned About ACES in Five Minutes on Twitter
Seriously, this is going to be a regular thing. Why? Because we love twitter.
Think ACES is going to be the end of coal as we know it? Think again. SolveClimate reports that 43 old fashioned coal-fired power plants that are either already under construction or into the permitting process will come online without the [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2009 under Climate Change, Policy.
Tags: ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act, american farm bureau, asia, carbon offsets, China, coal, Forests, green energy, India, Japan, REDD, south korea, Twitter
Comments: none
Five Things I Learned About ACES in Five Minutes on Twitter
With Sarah Palin penning an incendiary op-ed in The Washington Post today on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) this morning and the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works holding hearings on the bill, there’s plenty of tweet action on ACES today.
Here are five things I learned about ACES in five [...]
Posted: July 14th, 2009 under Climate Change, Policy.
Tags: ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, energy sprawl, global warming, Obama, renewable energy, Sarah Palin, Twitter, Warren Buffet
Comments: none
Five Things I Learned About ACES in Five Minutes on Twitter
Here at Cool Green Science we love us some Twitter. It gives us access to a huge source of news and views on environmental topics, helps us interact directly with our readers and spread the word about Conservancy projects. (Go to www.twitter.com/nature_org to follow our tweet goodness.)
One of the topics I follow daily on Twitter [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Green Living, Media, Policy, United States.
Tags: American Clean Energy and Security Act, claire mccaskill, congress, dave connell, house of representatives, senate, Twitter, Waxman-Markey
Comments: none
Economic Stimulus: Good for Fish, Crabs, and People
The following is a guest post from Dr. Rob Brumbaugh, the Restoration Program Director for The Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Team.
Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced their selection of marine habitat restoration projects to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka ‘Stimulus Bill’).
The Nature Conservancy has the simultaneously thrilling [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2009 under Fish, Habitats, North America, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Water Conservation.
Tags: coastal restoration, coasts, cora, crabs, economic stimulus, Fish, funding national oceanic and atmospheric association, marine, NOAA, oceans, restoration, sea grass
Comments: 1
Cool Green Morning: Friday, June 26
Today, if all goes according to plan, the House of Representatives will — for the first time in history — vote on climate change legislation. In support of this historic occasion, Cool Green Morning offers up five must-read stories on the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES).
Writing for The Huffington Post, Bill Scher comes [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2009 under Climate Change, Europe, Media, Policy, United States.
Tags: ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Bill Scher, Copenhagen, Farm Lobby, Huffington Post, Island of Doubt, James Hrynyshyn, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Politico, Seattle Times, Steven Pearlstein, Wasington Post
Comments: none
Celebrities: They’re Green…Just Like Us!
Celebrities are the conscience of America. They tell us how to vote, help set our foreign policy and provide guidance on healthcare decisions. Without celebrities, we would have no moral compass.
Many celebrities make great contributions to society through the environmental movement. They save the whales, fight deforestation with their chest hair and design vegan shoes [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Green Living, Interviews, Media, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: celebrities, Climate Change, culture, dave connell, david letterman, dennis leary, Green Living, Sanjayan, wind power
Comments: 2




