This is a sampling of articles, press clips and speaking appearances. I accept a limited number of speaking invitations each year. Contact me to request a speaking appearance.
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November 2023
The Washington Post
The Complex Future of Farming -
September 2023
Addison County Independent
Climate Matters: Planting Helps the Climate -
June 2022
Resilience
Post Carbon Institute Interview between Vicki Robin and Betsy Taylor -
November 2022
The Great Simplification
An interview with Betsy Taylor by Nate Hagens -
February 2019
A Green New Deal
A group of Democratic lawmakers called for an ambitious plan for the U.S to reach net-zero carbon pollution in 10 years. The Green New Deal is about more than shifting to cleaner forms of energy sources. It’s also about shifting to more traditional forms of agriculture. -
April 2019
Climate Spring-Soil & Spirit
Learn about how our soils are the best solution to the climate challenge, the rationale for the Green New Deal, and how tapping into faith, spirit, and community can sustain hope and spur more action for a sustainable climate in Julie Hantman’s interview of Betsy Taylor for the Takoma Park based radio show Climate Spring. -
September 2018
World Resources Institute
Forum on Carbon Removal as a Climate Solution -
June 2018
The Nation
Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind
by Betsy TaylorEver since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the peace movement has seemed moribund. But in the wake of the US–North Korean summit, there are glimmers of hope that something new is stirring, with a focus on the ultimate threat to humankind: the use of nuclear weapons.
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March 2017
GSOC17 Conference - Rome, Italy
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May 2016
Washington Post
The Election Where Climate Change Matters
By Chris MooneyDonald Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has said “I’m not a big believer in man-made climate change.” Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is a strong proponent of climate change action, and a supporter of continuing President Obama’s policies on the matter, which include joining and honoring the Paris climate agreement and instituting the Clean Power Plan…
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April 2016
Grist
How To Convince The Climate Slacker To Get Serious
By Heather SmithBreakthrough’s guide was not designed to help you persuade climate skeptics. It’s aimed at motivating people who want to do something about climate change, but feel helpless about it.
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November 2014
Think Progress
How To Win The Conversation About Climate And Energy
by Joe RommAfter a wave election for conservatives, it’s always a good idea for progressives to go back to the basics — like good, consistent messaging. How timely, then, that Betsy Taylor of Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions has updated her excellent messaging guide on climate and clean energy, “Climate Solutions for a Stronger America.”
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September 2014
Politico
Greens Take 2014 Fight to States
By Andrew Restuccia and Darren GoodeSeeing no end to gridlock in Congress, national environmental groups are trying a new strategy for winning battles on climate change and green power: pouring record amounts of money into legislative races in a handful of states.
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2013
Keystone XL: Obama urged to reject pipeline
The biggest backers of Democratic causes urged Barack Obama on Friday to take historic action on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter, 150 high-profile figures, who between them raised millions for Obama's two election campaigns, urged the president to use the next four years to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change. -
September 2012
Think Progress
Must-Read: A Guide For Engaging and Winning on Climate And Clean Energy
by Joe RommBetsy Taylor of Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions has put together an excellent messaging guide on climate and clean energy.
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2012
Democracy Now
Democratic Donors Withhold Contributions over Absence of Climate Change from Obama Campaign Message -
2009
MIT Press
Industrial Ecology In North America
Consumption: It Is Time for Economists and Scientists to Talk -
2003
Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century
Editors: Juliet Schor, Betsy Taylor
Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature? The contributors to Sustainable Planet say we can, and offer 16 remarkable visions of how to get from here to there. -
2004
What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy: Tips for Parenting in a Commercial World
by Betsy Taylor
Betsy Taylor's advice ranges from simple, everyday things parents can do to more sophisticated approaches, such as teaching media literacy and financial skills to their children to fight this problem. She enlists the voices and stories of parents and educators on the front line and promotes the philosophy of how to have more fun with less stuff, by returning to simple, meaningful rituals like dinner conversation and picnics.