Christian Ettinger

Background

Christian Ettinger is a political and philanthropic strategist for Climate Voters, a left-of-center environmentalist organization which encourages voters to elect candidates who support environmentalist policy. ¹

Ettinger claims to have collaborated with more than 100 nonprofit organizations on issues including civic engagement, environmentalism, and abortion. ¹ He has focused on climate politics, broadband policy, and water conservation in California. ²

Advocacy

Ettinger has worked with left-of-center climate activists in Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Vermont to push carbon-pricing initiatives, which aim to charge a consumption tax for the use of most conventional energy sources. ²

In 2015, Ettinger began working as a strategist for the San Francisco-based Climate Voters, pushing digital media campaigns. ²

He has also been a consultant with the left-of-center Educational Foundation of America since 2002, promoting campaigns on environmentalism, abortion, voting, and security policy. ² Ettinger has also been the chairman of the Sustainable Population Committee with the Educational Foundation of America. ³

Ettinger was also an analyst to the California Public Utilities Commission from 2013 through 2017. ² He was also a board member at the New York-based environmentalist organization Inform from 2005 to 2015. ³

Ettinger previously worked on campaigns and other services for the Citizens Climate Lobby, 350.org, and the Threshold Foundation. ^{2 3}

Media Career

Ettinger began his career in media, working as a reporter, editor, and publisher. Ettinger initially worked for the Ross Valley Reporter, a local news organization. ³ From 1996 to 1999, he was editor and publisher of Cups Magazine. ² In 2000, Ettinger became editor of ThePosition.com, a position which he held until 2001. ²

Ettinger also worked in documentary film, helping to produce two Academy Award-nominated documentaries: Murderball and The Weather Underground. ³