News & Insights
Q&A with Climate Week NYC’s Aka Nwosu
Climate Week NYC (CWNYC) is returning September 22-29, and it’s time to start planning! To help guide you toward a fruitful CWNYC experience, we sat down with Aka Nwosu, Engagement Coordinator at the Climate Group and a former Redwood Climate Communications Intern.
Redwood at San Francisco Climate Week for Earth Month
Redwood’s CEO and Co-founder Josh Garrett and Senior Account Executive Jessica Harrington celebrated Earth Month at San Francisco Climate Week and left inspired by the climate innovation emerging in the Bay Area. Our entire team was honored to join forces with SF Climate Week, as their official PR agency and want to take a moment to highlight some key takeaways Josh and Jessica left the event with.
Navigating Politics and Polarization [Podcast]
Redwood CEO and co-founder Josh Garrett spoke with host Dickon Bonvik-Stone on the latest episode of the Communicating Climate Change podcast. The episode focused on communicating the climate crisis across the political aisle.
Reflections from Aspen Ideas: Climate 2024
Four members of the Redwood team, including Keely McNeme, Emily Prettyman, Jessica Harrington, and CEO Josh Garrett, participated in Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami in March. Read up on Keely’s recap of what the Redwood team learned at the event.
Making the Most of Media Wins
PR doesn’t end when the article is published. Having a strategy in place is important to take advantage of hard-earned media wins.
As the Status Quo Unravels in the Journalism Industry, PR is Adapting, and Climate Companies and Activists Should Too
The journalism industry is facing some trying times and facing a number of challenges. Former journalist-turned-PR pro Ryan Quintana explains why it's going to take an experienced PR approach to account for the troubling state of climate media.
2024 Climate Tech Predictions
Many of our team’s Climate Tech predictions for 2023 came true this year. This year, we continue the tradition and provide insight into what to expect in climate, media, and more for 2024.
Redwood at LCOY USA 2023: Shaping Tomorrow's Climate Action
Three members of our team, Keely McNeme, Jessica Harrington, and Emily Prettyman, had the incredible opportunity to represent our company at the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) USA 2023. Here’s Keely’s recap of the event.
Actionable Takeaways from Dismantling Disinformation
Our very own Emily Prettyman shares some actionable takeaways from our latest Climate Week NYC event, Dismantling Disinformation.
Now Sprouting: OnBoard, a Streamlined PR Program for Climate Tech Startups
Redwood CEO Josh Garrett introduces a new program that empowers climate tech startups with small budgets to ramp up strategic comms or public relations programs in-house: OnBoard by Redwood.
Green Storytelling and the Art of Eco-Narratives on Climate Mayhem [Podcast]
In a two-part series Redwood’s CEO Josh Garrett discusses what Redwood does best: Green Storytelling and the Art of Eco-Narratives, sharing best practices and personal anecdotes for talking about climate.
Watching Climate: An In-Depth Review of Climate Representations on TV
As we have predicted, 2023 has given us more climate change entertainment. Here’s Emily Prettyman’s analysis of three popular TV series, Ted Lasso, Extrapolations, and Unstable, incorporating climate topics into their episodes.
How to Make Your Career a Climate Career - Takeaways from Our Expert Q&A Event
Missed our Climate Careers Q&A Virtual event on June 8th? Redwood’s SAE and also moderator of the highly-attended event, Jessica Harrington, recaps the recurring themes and key takeaways that can help you transition towards the climate-oriented workforce.
Let’s Talk About Making Climate Work Accessible
The climate crisis calls for wartime-like mobilization to rebuild entire industries – similar to the industrial revolution, but this time, low-carbon and high-efficiency. To do this, we need manpower, as in people-power. Here’s why (and the event you should attend to learn how.)
Earth Day Needs a Reboot
Earth Day was once a powerful event that put environmental issues on the global stage, but has become a festival of feel-good activities with little to no actual impact. Redwood CEO Josh Garrett explains why we have to aim higher when it comes to taking action to bring back the real meaning of Earth Day.
Strategic Communications at Aspen Ideas: Climate
Redwood’s own Jessica Harrington and Emily Prettyman were among the 250 young leaders selected to attended the Aspen Ideas: Future Leaders Climate Summit and the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference in Miami, Florida. Here’s a recap of their experience and what they learned while there.
Ready to Work in Climate?
If you’re thinking about tackling the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced for your full-time job, there has never been a better time! The climate tech industry is looking for talented, passionate people to fill a huge variety of roles across many sectors under the “climate’ umbrella category. Here are tips to help you get your foot in the door.
2023 Climate Tech Predictions
2022 was a big year for climate tech and climate progress. Now that the year is nearly over, how can we make concrete progress toward mitigating and adapting to climate change? How will this progress manifest in the two areas that we at Redwood know best, climate tech and climate media? The Redwood team offered up some predictions to answer those questions.
Driving Climate Progress with Climate Communications
A major obstacle to getting climate solutions up and running is communication. Companies, governments, and NGOs need help getting their message out to investors, policymakers, and the general public. That's where Redwood comes in.
The Origins of Redwood Climate Communications PR Week [Podcast]
Josh Garrett joins the PR Week podcast to discuss his mission-driven new company. He shares the services Redwood offers to climate tech companies including communications strategy, media relations, and messaging, and talks about the challenge of breaking through the “Doom and Gloom” in climate reporting.