THE TOOLS
Resource Detail
Talk like a human
Publication
Potential Energy Coalition
PART 1: The Purposeful Investor
Your Worth And Power of the Collective
Looks at how to improve climate messaging and inspire action on climate solutions.

This Potential Energy Coalition guide, “Talk Like a Human,” is included because it provides a practical, evidence-based communications playbook—advocating human-centered language (e.g., “protecting what we love”), reframing technical terms (e.g., “toxic pollution” instead of “global warming”), highlighting tangible household impacts, and promoting “upgrades” rather than “sacrifice”—that directly supports Part 1’s emphasis on individual agency amplified through collective action; it therefore fits the Chapter “Your Worth and the Power of the Collective” under a sub-chapter on mobilizing public support and effective climate communication, offering investors and advocates concrete tactics to build public and political will for climate solutions (PDF at provided URL).
