Students demand bold, immediate climate action at San Diego’s Global Youth Climate Strike
By Deanna Alderson, Climate Writer On September 23rd, over 3,000 young activists from across San Diego County joined the Global Youth Climate Strike to demand meaningful action on climate change. Hundreds of students rallied downtown before marching through the streets of San Diego, while others made their voices heard at a strike in Chula Vista. […]
Notes from a Climate Conference Junkie, Part 2
by James Long This post and my last one are about a journey that has changed my view of myself as a climate activist. That journey took me to two climate conferences in a month. I found new friends, a new awareness of how active the climate movement has become, and a lot of ideas […]
La Mesans Demand an Effective Climate Action Plan
By Joan Raphael On Wednesday, June 3, concerned citizens came together at a hearing of the La Mesa Planning Commission to press for a stronger Climate Action Plan (CAP). Many of those who came to speak were volunteers with SD350. The hearing turned out to be an uplifting reminder of what regular folks working together […]
Plant-based Diet for a Healthy Planet
Hungry? Step Inside Earth Fair’s Garden of Eating! Many of us take pains to do the right thing for the environment. We may recycle, take shorter showers, and turn the lights off when leaving a room. But did you know that you can eat your way into making an even bigger difference? It’s true: food choices […]
A Simple Guide to Improving Your Home Energy Efficiency
I’m a techie and tinkerer by nature, and as a Sierra Club Life Member, I’m always looking into ways to reduce my carbon footprint. Some of these ideas I came up with on my own, and some of them I learned about in this excellent series written by Daily Kos founder Markos “kos” Moulitsas: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/22/1348847/-The-Kos-guide-to-a-carbon-neutral-household-Intro […]
In Deep: Sea-Level Rise and San Diego
As we burn more fossil fuels, and thus pump more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we are changing every aspect of earth’s climate system. One of the many consequences is that the sea is rising. On January 19, San Diego 350 will stage a simple action to help make people more aware of what […]
Watch for SD350’s New PSA
Have you spotted our PSA on TV, radio, or online? Tell us! SanDiego350 is currently contacting over 50 media outlets to air our new climate change Public Service Announcement. The PSA invites the audience, who may already be concerned about climate change, to become active in the climate movement with SanDiego350. The first TV stations […]
Not Just for Tree Huggers
Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it All Out without Getting a PhD This posting is the third in a series on how you can figure out what’s going on with climate change, without having to get a PhD in climatology and without going crazy from the conflicting messages in the media. My […]
Comprehend the Consensus
Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it All Out without Getting a PhD Scientists are telling us clearly that we’re changing the climate and need to do something about it. Yet, what we hear in the media can be so confused that many people feel they can never figure out what to think […]
No Need to Let Your Head Explode
Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it Out Without Getting a PhD “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal… Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very [90%] likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic [human-caused] greenhouse gas concentrations.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, February, […]