Welcome to our Earth Month coverage! As your trusted climate advocates, we've been hard at work throughout April, engaging communities in climate action. This month, we're excited to provide updates on two key initiatives: Youth v. Oil's SB 1137 campaign and the Power San Diego initiative.

Check out our member of the month Tanisha Martin, as she shares her inspiring journey and insights into climate activism.

Want to get involved? Scroll to the end to find our upcoming events!

Happy Earth Month from your favorite climate advocates! Our volunteers have been hard at work engaging folks in climate action this month. We were at several Earth Month events - education people on two important campaigns we are working on...

1. Youth v. Oil's SB 1137 resolution

SanDiego350 and our Youth v. Oil campaign are leading the local campaign to keep a vital state law in place.

SanDiego350 will be at 2 more Earth Day Celebrations Fairs this month! Stop by and say hello, learn more about current projects and sign our active petitions.

Don't miss out! Our Raise the Alarm (RTA) Team will be protesting Sempra Energy, San Diego’s local fossil fuel company, on Thursday, May 9th at Sempra's headquarters.

Over the past four years our Raise the Alarm team has been taking the lead on several creative approaches to activism to demand Sempra stop fracking our future! Not only does the team march, and chant but they use the arts to get our message across in a more impactful way that draws media attention. 

Last year, the RTA team led a creative protest where volunteers came together to create a huge chalk art mural in front of Sempra Energy Headquarters (read the blog) to tell Sempra and SDG&E to stop cooking our planet with their fracked gas. At protests, volunteers also wear large puppet heads and suits to depict "big oil execs".

Not only does SD350 use the arts to demand action, but we also engage in civil disobedience (pictured above) where our volunteers risk arrest for climate action. Volunteers have put their bodies on the line by blocking Sempra Energy's entrance to the building and their parking. We are turning the tables to inconvenience Sempra, when they have given a San Diegans a lifetime of inconvenience by charging the highest rates in the country and polluting our communities.  

It's mind-boggling that we live in a time where you can get arrested for advocating for  people's health and the health of our planet - but not for polluting the air we breathe and destroying the planet! Who should really be arrested? Dirt fossil fuel companies that know they are causing harm to our communities but continue "business as usual" anyway - It's all backwards! 

WHEN: April 29, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
WHERE: Zoom

Are you interested in supporting climate action in San Diego? Are you new or newer to the SD350 community? Register for an Orientation Chat today to learn more about who we are, what we do, and why it’s important. This is a great space to meet other volunteers and get involved in the movement. W

WHEN: May 9, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am
WHERE: 488 Eighth Ave. San Diego, California 92101

Join our creative rally to protest Sempra Energy – San Diego’s local fossil fuel company – during its annual shareholder meeting. We’ll protest Sempra for fracking our future and causing climate chaos, and demand a rapid transition to renewable energy.

With guerilla theater, a 10-foot “fracking derrick”, and inspiring speakers and chants, our action will raise awareness about how Sempra is racking up massive shareholder profits at the expense of our climate, our health, and our future.

As customers of Sempra’s subsidiary (and cash cow) SDG&E, the exorbitant rates we pay are funding Sempra’s efforts to expand its fracked methane gas infrastructure and global exports and kill rooftop solar. This must stop.

WHEN: May 25, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
WHERE: KIPP Adelante School Prep Academy 426 Euclid Avenue KIPP Adelante San Diego, California 92114

At this year’s summit, we’ll learn how our connections across the environmental and social justice movement strengthen our community and the impact of our action!

Hear the stories of experienced and diverse youth, share your thoughts in discussion groups, participate in climate related team-building activities and art projects, and discover how you can make a difference! 

WHEN: June 1, 2024 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
WHERE: University Christian Church 3900 Cleveland Ave San Diego, California 92103

SD350’s annual legislative training will help YOU develop skills and confidence in communicating with elected officials and build your knowledge about key climate bills currently progressing through in the California state legislature.

Topics we’ll cover include:

- How a bill becomes the law in California
- Best practices for holding lobby meetings with State legislators
- Summary and discussion of SD350’s priority bills for this session
- Our plans for campaigning to support the priority bills and how you can get involved

WHEN: June 8, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
WHERE: 3299 Tidelands Ave. National City, California 91950

SanDiego350 is inviting you to join us as we celebrate our beautiful wetlands. We will be partnering with Ocean Connectors, and will be kayaking to clean our local wetland.

Are you interested in connecting with other San Diegans like yourself, looking to take climate action? Are you looking for some fun in the sun?

*All kayaking equipment will be provided.

• Celebrating Earth Day with Action (KPBS) Interview with Phil Petrie, co-chair of the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice
• How to Combat Climate Anxiety (KPBS) Interview with Abby Deckert and Emma Weibel, SanDiego350 high school youth interns
• Mayor Todd Gloria Presents 2025 Budget Proposal Comments by Kelly Lyndon, SD350 Team leader on the climate equity fund
• Scientists issue warning over dangerous phenomenon in Arctic waters becoming new norm: 'A new phase began' (The Cool Down)
• Capitalism Is Acting Truly Suicidally on Climate (Common Dreams)