Organizations Archive - 1.5°Climate Strategies Group

Protect Our Winters

$60,200 Raised | $19,900 Match Remaining

POW’s mission is to lead the outdoor movement for climate action. We are organizing the Outdoor State to be the most powerful voice for climate in the U.S. Building on our national momentum, we are rolling out a local engagement strategy anchored by a new clean energy campaign designed to activate all levels of the POW community and accelerate decarbonization across the country. POW is committed to breaking local development logjams by educating communities and organizing targeted, on-the-ground advocacy campaigns that drive specific clean energy projects forward. We are shifting the cultural, societal and structural norms to ensure prioritization of local clean energy development.

Geography: Colorado

Funding Type: c3

Contact: Lindsey Halvorson, Director of Advocacy and Campaigns

Presentation Date: 08/26/2025

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

| Field Programs

| Lobbying

| Local Climate Action

| Messaging & Paid Media

| State Climate Action

Southwest Energy Efficiency Project

$103,853 Raised | Fundraising Goal Achieved!

SWEEP works to achieve a healthy, equitable, and low carbon future in the Southwest United States. A priority campaign for the organization in 2025 is securing a fully decarbonized electric grid in Colorado as quickly as possible. Locking in statute a “100% clean energy by 2040” policy for all Colorado utilities would establish a much-needed beachhead of climate leadership in the Interior West, pushing back against federal headwinds and generating momentum for the state’s next governor in 2026. To overcome utility opposition and ensure success, SWEEP needs additional resources for advocacy and paid communications.