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 […]
SD350 Impressions of the Downtown Women’s March
The International Women’s March was held on Saturday, January 21st, 2017. More than 670 sister marches were held around the world, in countries and places as diverse as Belarus, Ghana, Iraq, Vietnam, and Antarctica. All in all, an estimated 4.8 million people took part, all marching to declare that women’s rights are human rights, to […]
SD350 Joins Fight for $15 Demonstration Against Puzder Nomination
By David Gangsei, Ph.D. On 1/12/17, a cloudy, cool, and rainy Thursday, four SD350 members (Mark, Karen, Tyson, and myself) took part in a rally organized by the labor coalition, Fight for $15, to protest the nomination of Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr. CEO Andy Puzder for Secretary of Labor in the Trump administration. Thirty spirited protesters gathered […]
The Benefits of Community Choice Energy – and How California Utilities Aim to Block Them
Originally Published in the San Diego Free Press on 12/22/2016 by Tyson Siegele In California, the fight is on between renewable energy advocates and the old guard electric utilities. All across California, cities and counties have been moving to implement Community Choice programs because they provide cheaper, cleaner, locally generated electricity. In fact these programs […]
The Truth of the Matter
Originally Published in the San Diego Free Press on 11/24/16 by Mark Hughes One of humorist Will Rogers’ signature lines was: “Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.” In subtext, he’s saying he trusted what he read, so it seems reasonable to believe that in those days newspapers lived and died […]
Social Media and Climate Change Activism
Social media seems to be everywhere these days with over a billion people on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat and other social media platforms. In fact, it’s hard to overstate the power of social media in our society. For the issue of climate change to be front and center in the lives of everyday Americans […]
San Diegans in LA Action to Break Free from Fossil Fuels
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press, May 26th 2016 Over a two week period earlier this month, a wave of Break Free from Fossil Fuels mass mobilizations was held around the globe. The first action saw hundreds of people peacefully shut down the UK’s largest open cast coal mine in Wales. In the Philippines, 10,000 […]
Climate Justice Forum: Answering Earth’s Call
“We are hope gathering.” — Rev. Beth Johnson So many people came. The courtyard of St. Paul’s at Fifth and Nutmeg reverberated with their energy. They crowded into the Great Hall. People of many faiths and affiliations were gathered together, encouraged and challenged by Pope Francis’s courage, taking in and giving out the hope […]
Earth Fair 2015 Scrapbook
In early observance of Earth Day, dozens of SD350 volunteers, high on solar power and down on fracking, showed up Sunday, April 19th to work at Earth Fair 2015. (Officially Earth Day is April 22nd.) 60,000 fair-goers crowded into the park, many of them crossing Cabrillo Bridge and walking along El Prado where they […]
Photo Essay: High Water Line
Martin Luther King Day was a gorgeous winter day in San Diego, perfect for visually demonstrating the effect of climate change on one of our favorite communities, Mission Beach. Sea-level rise is already starting to affect this popular beach community, and by 2050 high tides will be reaching across Mission Boulevard. By the end […]