Interview with SD350 Member of the Month: Max Lebovitz
Max is a monthly meeting coordinator and part of the Member Engagement Team. SD350: How did you get involved with SD350 and when was that? Max Lebovitz: My fiancé was at a women’s march and signed up for the SD350 newsletter. Knowing that I was looking for volunteer opportunities, she forwarded an email to me […]
Candidate Forum – 53rd Congressional District
The event — hosted by San Diego 350, the Sunrise Movement San Diego and six other organizations — gave candidates the opportunity to engage with more than 100 residents and pitch their ideas for reducing the use of fossil fuels, promoting green jobs, and bringing environmental justice to underserved communities.” There were several areas in which all […]
Interview with SD350 Member of the Month: Toshi Ishihara
SD350: How did you get involved with SD350 and when was that? Toshi Ishihara: I participated in the climate march that was organized by SD350 in Sept. 2018. Back then, I just stopped working as a manager at a high tech company because I was so concerned with Climate Change that I could not ignore the inner […]
Young San Diegans Speak Out About Climate Change
By Stephanie Corkran of SanDiego350, and these six young people of San Diego who were interviewed. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from the children” is a quote attributed to the iconic environmentalist David Brower. Isn’t it time that we listen to what the children have to say? After […]
‘Brown’s Last Chance’ Could Be Our Last Chance To Avert Climate Change Apocalypse
By Stephanie Corkran, SanDiego350 Credit: Mark Dixon / Wikimedia Commons Brown’s Last Chance is a campaign demanding Governor Jerry Brown halt the development of unsustainable, polluting, fossil fuel infrastructure and begin an immediate phase-out of fossil fuels in California. If he’s unwilling to do so, a multitude of organizations (environmental, health, justice, community, consumer) are prepared […]
California Should Not Risk Its Clean Energy Future on Extreme Strategies
California will soon decide whether to combine its electric grid management with western states dependent on coal mining and coal-based electricity. This massive change has been proposed in the form of Assembly Bill 813 and before that in Assembly Bill 726. If passed, either of those bills would provide an avenue for coal-fired electricity to […]
La Mesa City Council Adopts Strong Climate Action Plan -Volunteers learn what grassroots organizing can accomplish
On March 13th, the City Council of La Mesa unanimously adopted a strong Climate Action Plan (CAP), with a goal of 100% clean energy. This victory came after three years of persistent advocacy and organizing efforts by SanDiego350 La Mesa volunteers and our allies. The SanDiego350 La Mesa CAP campaign began with our attendance at […]
Juliana v. U.S.: A healthy planet – worthy cause or a right?
by Ivanna Patton The debate on climate change in the U.S. is taking an unexpected turn. New questions are being raised, not about whether a healthy climate is a cause the government should support, but rather a human right they must defend. Twenty-one youths, in conjunction with Earth Guardians, say it’s a human right, and […]
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 […]
Tom Steyer draws large crowd for climate change lecture
by Celeste Oram Over 400 San Diegans arrived at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Hillcrest Thursday evening to hear a decisive, energetic message on clean energy and climate action from climate advocate and philanthropist Tom Steyer. The public talk, organized by grassroots climate action organization SanDiego350, was co-sponsored by over 20 San Diego community groups. In […]