Youth4Climate’s Level Up Summer Camp Brings Climate Justice Programming to Morse and Hoover High
By Chris Kracha This July and August, SanDiego350 launched an in-person Youth4Climate (Y4C) summer camp at two San Diego High Schools for the first time, as part of the Level Up program – with support from the SD Foundation and the San Diego Unified School District. This program was created to provide summer learning and […]
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 […]
“Code Red for Humanity”: a dire warning from the IPCC and our climate action
By Kathryn Link-Oberstar (fundraising team co-leader), Toshi Ishihara (board member), and Masada Disenhouse (executive director). This week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its most grim and decisive climate assessment to date. In its starkest conclusions yet, the IPCC attributes a definitive causal relationship between human-induced climate change, and intensifying weather […]
What is building electrification?
By Jeanne Brown Building Electrification is the term used when converting all your energy uses to electricity rather than natural gas. “Natural” gas is almost 95 % methane. Methane has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 28-36 times that of CO2. San Diego’s Climate Action Plan’s goals will not be achieved without cutting this fuel […]
Celebrating Pride 2021
By Mel Viloria San Diego Pride, best known for the San Diego Pride Parade and Festival—the largest civic-event in San Diego—also operates as a year-round education and advocacy organization, providing over 30 programs such as Youth Leadership Academy, She Fest, Transgender Day of Empowerment, QAPIMEDA & Latinx Coalitions, Art of Pride, DevOUT and more (if you are […]
July Member of the Month
Steven Gelb works on the SD350 Transportation Team. We interviewed him to learn more about his valuable contributions to our mission.How did you first get involved with SD350, and when was that?Until recently I was involved with the Alternatives to Violence Project co-facilitating workshops with inmates in California state prisons and volunteering at the immigrant/refugee […]
An Interview with Community Organizer Joshua Piedra
Joshua Piedra works at the intersection of labor and environment—a critical area when building coalitions to enact change. We interviewed him to gain more insights into the work he does to further the movement.What first got you interested in environmental causes? And how do you think that your current work reflects that inspiration?I developed an […]
Celebrating Juneteenth
By Lorenzo Nericcio Juneteenth is the oldest celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It commemorates the day, June 19th, 1865, that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Texas to inform the city that the war had ended, and that slaves could no longer legally be held by their enslavers. Though President Lincoln […]
Member of the Month: Susan Duerksen
This month, we are featuring Susan Duerksen of the Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Team, to find out what she prioritizes in her environmental advocacy. How did you first get involved with SD350, and when was that? I don’t remember when I first became a SD350 member, but I got actively involved as a […]
Update: Last Call for the Franchise Agreements
By Heather Hofshi, leader of SanDiego350’s Franchise Committee By now many of you have heard that Mayor Gloria’s flawed franchise agreements with SDG&E have passed the first round of voting at the City Council. The second and final vote is slated for Tuesday, June 8th, and we urge everyone to turn out and let the […]