One Million Letters & Underappreciated Ocean Effects Presentations
by Mark Hughes, SanDiego350 (Originally published in the East County Magazine on 3/5/2017) On the evening of March 1, the organization Stay Cool 4 Grandkids hosted speakers who presented on two climate change topics. Representatives from Kids 4 Planet Earth spoke about their goal to have school children send one million letters to President Trump […]
San Diego 350 Calls on Senators Feinstein and Harris to Reject Trump’s Climate Denier Cabinet
By David Harris, SanDiego350 Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on 1/26/17 Two weeks ago, a sign-wielding crowd of 150 people gathered together in front of the downtown Federal Building to deliver an urgent message to California’s two Senators: reject four nominations made by President Trump to key cabinet-level level posts. Why? Because […]
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 […]
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 […]
San Diegans’ Letters to the Editor About Break Free from Fossil Fuels Campaign
Dear Editor, Many San Diegans participated in last weekend’s Break Free From Fossil Fuels rally where thousands marched in solidarity to demand oil, coal, and gas be kept in the ground and move to 100 percent renewable energy sources. I admonish the Union Tribune for not covering this event because it was not deemed “local” […]
Lessons from Porter Ranch
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on January 28th, 2016 The massive leak at the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility is a stark example of why natural gas is a significant health and safety risk and not a bridge fuel to our clean energy future. The facility, […]
ArtBuild
A Road-to-Paris Team Work Party On November 29th, 46 volunteers — some veterans, some new folks — showed up to help paint the grand banner — our 180-foot long red line that must not be crossed — plus posters, placards, and various types of signs for the December 12th March for Climate Justice through Balboa […]
The Pope heard round the world
By Hutton Marshall Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on September 24th 2015 The Pope is in town. Not this town, unfortunately — he’s in Washington, D.C. Today, Pope Francis will give a historic address to Congress, where he is expected to speak on the escalating climate change crisis. This closely watched event will […]