Make a Plan During Make-A-Will Month: Your Legacy Could Include Progress on Climate Change

 

I know how much action on science-based climate solutions means to you, since you are on EESI’s website.

With so much uncertainty and upheaval in the world, have you stopped to think how you could really make a difference on climate change, with no cost to you during your lifetime?

What will your legacy be? Does it include climate solutions? If so, have you included the Environmental and Energy Study Institute in your will or made EESI a beneficiary of your IRA or 401K?

With our partner, FreeWill (freewill.com), you can create a will (for free!) for yourself. Join thousands of others in taking this step. FreeWill partners with more than 1,000 nonprofits, including EESI, to make it easy and fast to create a will that is valid in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

You don’t need a lawyer or anyone else to be involved in the process, and FreeWill will walk you through it step by step. And you’ll have the option to name nonprofit organizations (like EESI) as beneficiaries.

Picture it—your legacy could include:

• Providing opportunities for the next generation of climate champions through EESI’s high-impact paid internship program and our scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and universities.

• Helping Congress make informed decisions about crucial environmental, energy, and climate issues for a better-functioning representative democracy—and keeping the public (including you!) and journalists informed about these issues, too.

August is National Make-a-Will Month—so if making a will has been on your back burner, now is the perfect time to stop procrastinating. (Even if you plan to live to 120, you will still need a will! Why not make sure it includes what you want right now, for free?)

Writing or updating your will or reviewing your retirement plan (e.g., 401K, IRA, 403B) beneficiary designations is also super easy and takes just a few minutes online.

When you include EESI in your will or name EESI as a beneficiary of your retirement accounts, you can help make sure that the work that EESI has done for the past 40+ years continues on for 40 more:

• Congressional staff, the media, and everybody else will be able to rely on EESI for science-based actionable information rather than on special interests.
• Interns will receive invaluable professional development and opportunities to understand environmental policy.

In a world where climate change is intensifying, your commitment is crucial.

We are here to help with any information or support you need to make this important decision. If you visit a will and estate attorney or use FreeWill, here are the simple but important details you will need to join others who have made climate solutions part of their legacy.

If you have included EESI in your plans, could you please let us know? We would love to extend our deep thanks to you. Reach out to [email protected] or 202-662-1887 or check out our legacy giving page. Let us know if you would like to discuss anything.

Thank you for making science-based climate solutions an important part of your legacy.