The Sierra Club Georgia Chapter - Independent Committee empowers Georgia voters to advance climate and conservation policies at the state and local level by electing environmental champions to office. Our program mobilizes, persuades and turns out Georgia voters and educates them on key climate issues on the ballot. Our field tactics include phonebanking, textbanking, letter writing, tabling and door-to-door canvassing. Our goal is to not only mobilize voters here in Georgia but also build a movement of Georgians who vote for the environment at the ballot box.

2024 presents unique opportunities for environmental electoral victories in Georgia — both at the state and local level. In a rare opportunity, the first race that will be listed on the ballot this year is the statewide Public Service Commission (PSC) election. The PSC regulates utilities, sets power rates and determines our state’s energy mix. Our program will target local voters in Metro Atlanta communities where municipal races are taking place. Our plan is to launch a 3 week early vote program targeting these voters via phonebanking, mail and digital.

We will focus our GOTV efforts on Cobb and Gwinnett counties - both are holding referendums on transportation expansion. Our goal is to ensure that BIPOC youth voters who are turning out in key state house districts also vote YES on each ballot question.

To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; And to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives.