The Climate Die-In: a Firsthand Look
Author: Tamara Kramer, SD350 Volunteer On August 2, SD350 participated in a “die-in.” Our activists laid down in protest at the Schwartz Federal Building to call on President Biden to declare a climate emergency. Below is the firsthand experience of an activist who attended. Being a part of this movement in whatever way I can […]
Why LGBTQ+ Issues are Fundamental to Environmental Justice, and How We Can Fight for Both
To continue building an inclusive movement, we must examine the impact of environmental injustice on LGBTQ+ people and fight for solutions that protect queer and trans people from environmental harm.
Closer to Sustainable: Considering our relationship with meat and where we go from here
By Victoria Wallace On Survivor, the long-running reality TV show that sends Americans to remote beaches to compete for $1 million, contestants are periodically divided over the fate of a chicken. While the gritty realities of survival are featured less on the show than social and physical competition, enough poultry-based drama makes it onto the […]
SanDiego350’s Youth4Climate Summer Camp
By: Hannah Riggins, SD350 Youth Volunteer SanDiego350 recently launched the Youth4Climate (Y4C) Summer Camp to introduce climate activism techniques while allowing campers to discover their people, power, and passion. Designed for high school and college-level students, Y4C was first conceived in May, during the initial COVID lockdown, and is currently halfway through its second session […]
Intersecting Causes in Environmental Justice
By: Lorenzo Nericcio, SD350 Communications Volunteer Those interested in environmental causes, like ecological protection or climate change mitigation, often consider issues of racial or economic justice as separate causes: While we work to protect the environment, others labor against systemic oppression. Though it has never been entirely true that they are separate, it is even […]
Reflections on the Intersection of Climate Change, Justice, and Equity
By: Toshi Ishihara, SD350 board member and member of the Transportation Committee. Climate Change is real, and we know that the world needs to come together to reduce and eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst impacts of Climate Change. The challenge from shifting from our fossil fuel-based economy to one powered by […]
SD350 Interfaith Team Addresses Faith and the Climate Crisis at Seaside Center for Spiritual Living
On May 27th, Philip Petrie and John Michno of the SanDiego350 Interfaith Team presented a free climate change workshop, entitled “Faith and the Climate Crisis,” at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living in Encinitas. Phil and John organized the workshop with Sandy Atkinson of Seaside Center’s Earth Care Ministry, along with other representatives of the […]
SANDAG Reform Bill Now on Governor’s Desk
By David Harris, SanDiego350 (originally published in the San Diego Free Press on September 27, 2017) A bill to reform the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has made its way past both houses of the State legislature and now awaits the Governor’s signature. AB 805, introduced and sponsored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, would […]
2017 People’s Climate March
by Celeste Oram and Mark Hughes On April 29th, 2017, SanDiego350 and partner organizations put on our local version of the People’s Climate March. This march was held last in 2014 and around 1,500 people participated. This year, the goal was to double that number, but that’s not what happened. Instead, the rally and march […]
Why I Am An Activist, #2
By Sadie Sullivan-Greiner, SanDiego350 (Originally published in the San Diego Free Press) When I talk about the danger climate change represents, some of my acquaintances say I’m reverting to adolescence (I protested the ‘dresses only’ policy at my high school, back in my younger days). Others say I’m just reverting to type. I’ve spent most […]