Rally Against Banks Over Climate Change Funding

People rallying outside of Citibank

By Diane Lopez Hughes Over 50 San Diego climate activists rallied at Chase Bank Plaza at 101 West Broadway and marched to Citibank today as part of a national day of action across the US to pressure the major banks to stop financing the expansion of the fossil fuel industry. Organizers included Third Act SoCal, […]

Inside the JEDI Team’s Racial & Climate Justice Workshop

Slide that reads, "Why Racial Justice IS Climate Action".

By Susan Duerksen, JEDI Team Leader “We wouldn’t have a fossil-fuel-based energy system if wealthy white people had to have a coal plant in their backyards.”  The SD350 workshop Climate Justice: Why Racial Justice IS Climate Action, on Sept. 1, opened with that quote from climate scientist Leah Stokes. A major point of the workshop […]

The Climate Die-In: a Firsthand Look

Activist laying down on the ground with signs

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 […]

Pride and the Climate Movement

By Dolores Davies, Newsletter Reporter This month we are honoring the LGBTQ community with pride celebrations and parades as well as workshops and symposia. At San Diego 350, paying tribute to LGBTQ Pride is important to us. While at first glance, it may not seem to some that climate change has any specific relevance to […]

Civil Disobedience

By Marlyn Bruno, Newsletter Reporter When a country’s citizens want to protest a law or policy that is harmful to them, they can do a few things without disobeying any law: vote to elect representatives that support their interests; contact their current representatives at all levels of government to address their grievance or point of […]

Heat mapping for Climate Justice

Five members of the SD350 JEDI team became heat-mapping scientists for a day on Sept. 13. We volunteered to drive around areas of the San Diego at certain times – starting at 6 am! – with GPS-connected heat sensors.  It was part of a national Urban Heat Island mapping campaign taking place in nine cities this year.  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 […]

Discussing a Just Recovery from COVID-19

By: Louise Potash, SD350 Communications Volunteer Within a week of joining SanDiego350, I found we were hosting a panel discussion on a just recovery from COVID-19. I myself have been confronting these questions and feeling daunted by the enormity and complexity of our current and future systemic challenges. The Facebook Live discussion brought together a […]