1) Mobilizing the wisdom and resources of elders today for a legacy of a more sustainable and livable tomorrow. To collaborate with others in developing a shared vision and executing plans of action to protect the health, equity, and well-being of all Nebraskans in a changing climate.

 

• Objective A: Be a grassroots catalyst for a people’s movement across the state for effective climate adaptation and mitigation in Nebraska  

• Objective B: Provide and support education and appropriate follow-up action steps arising from the recent 2024 Nebraska Climate Assessment report. 

• Objective C: Seek thoughtful public discourse and policy steps for amending the Nebraska Constitution to include the right of all residents to a clean and healthy /resilient natural environment and a more livable future.  

• Objective D: Support the continued development and implementation of the Lincoln Climate Action Plan and the Nebraska Climate Action Plan.

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2) To continue supporting the transition towards Regenerative Agricultural practices in farming and ranching operations across Nebraska and beyond, increasing economic resiliency in agriculture while enhancing its broader resource stewardship role and the environmental and societal benefits it provides. 

 

• Objective A: Continue to support the NE Soil Health Coalition’s state-wide buildout of sub-state regional soil health hubs--each with producer-to-producer learning networks, strategic-visioning stakeholder communities, and on-going farm level research and demonstration activities. 

• Objective B: Support the NE Soil Health Coalition’s key role in interfacing with the state’s greater agricultural community in executing the ONERED program underway for reducing state CO2 emissions levels while simultaneously enhancing other environmental benefits.   

• Objective C: Assist the state’s agricultural regions in proactively adapting to climate-induced events of ‘flash droughts’, elevated heat periods, and precipitation extremes.  

 

3) To build awareness and understanding of Nebraska’s considerable renewable energy potential and take an active role in educating and advocating Nebraska’s strategically moving toward a reduced-carbon economy. 

 

• Objective A: Continue to fully support and defend the reduced (carbon) emissions goals of the state’s three main public utilities.

• Objective B: Support appropriate policies assisting the state’s public utilities in implementing a variety of energy efficiency, load management, and distribution systems to reduce peak load demand levels as well as handling climate-related disruptions.

• Objective C: Work to refine state and local policy considerations that are fair to all parties involved in the development and operation of renewable energy facilities and the associated grid complexes.  

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4) To provide voice to the voiceless, understanding climate justice as a necessary component of climate action efforts. It is recognizing that not only the unborn but also those most vulnerable in our world today are usually affected the most by climate change while contributing the least to the underlying cause and the least ability to speak for themselves. 

 

• Objective A: Continue challenging faith communities and other entities in building a shared vision of moral rightness and responsibility for meaningful earth care and justice where all humanity and earth’s creation might flourish.