By Scott Kelley, Raise the Alarm Team Leader On July 24th, 2023 , SanDiego350, led by Youth4Climate and the Raise the Alarm (RTA) team, joined with organizations around the country as part of the People vs. Fossil Fuels Coalition to demand President Biden declare a Climate Emergency. Rallying with our allies in front of San Diego’s biggest fossil fuel company, Sempra, we called for an end to fossil fuel expansion, an end to climate injustice, and an immediate transition to the green energy future we need to survive. Declaring a Climate Emergency will free up billions of dollars to tackle

By Joshua Piedra, Board Member Hola! Did you know that September 15th-October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S. To be frank, not many do, especially in latine communities. But why does this month matter to the climate justice movement? Before we have a deeper conversation on local latine history and the climate justice movement, it is important to make some distinctions.  Firstly, people from Central and South America all have different identities, especially those residing in the U.S. Some consider themselves to be Chicano/a/x/e, Latino/a/x/e, Hispanic, or some other combination of various countries. For instance, I consider myself

By Joel Martin, Climate Writer Here’s an easy way to fight climate change – put your food and yard waste in your green bin every week. The California legislature did us a favor by addressing the issue of organic waste by redistributing unused food, and recycling food waste. Yay, real legislative action that matters! To make it work though we need to do our part. Why is food waste bad? Food production and food waste create greenhouse gases, particularly methane. Methane is exceptionally nasty stuff because it is about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet.

By Anne Sheridan, Co-Chair of the CAP Committee On August 29th, I, along with one of my colleagues, Chad Baron, gave a Climate Chat entitled Planned Degrowth for Sustainable Development. (If you missed it, you can watch the recording and access our slides.) When our Climate Chat was announced, there was some concern about whether it was wise for SanDiego350 to be seen supporting a topic that some feel might be unpopular or negative. So we decided it would be good to take some time both during our presentation and in this article to outline how degrowth – which we

Contact: Steve Gelb, SanDiego350, 619-851-7123, steve@sandiego350.org  Angelica Estrada, Environmental Health Coalition, 562-708-3093, angelicaE@environmentalhealth.org The environmental, health, and community organizations we represent are deeply grateful to Hasan Ikhrata for five years of visionary leadership at SANDAG that transformed our region’s thinking and progress on transportation and equity.  We are calling on the leadership of SANDAG and our region to hire another preeminent transportation planning expert to succeed Hasan, someone who will expand on his accomplishments and not only reach – but surpass – state mandates to achieve an equitable, sustainable future for all residents of San Diego County, with clean air, healthy

By Joshua Piedra, SanDiego350 Board Member Attention everyone who lives in County Supervisor District 4: make sure to cast your ballot by August 15. Read below about our nonpartisan candidate forum and watch the livestream.  Our Candidate Forum asked questions on climate and environmental justice  The Candidate Forum went really well! We had a packed auditorium with more than 150 folks participating, and according to one of the candidates it was the largest forum they had attended! The forum included 3 of the 4 candidates running for County District 4 in the Special Election. We partnered with more than a

By Nicola Peill-Moelter If you’re like me, as someone who is trying to reduce my carbon footprint, you might be struggling with the fact that most everything we do has a carbon impact: driving, flying, living in a house or apartment, eating, buying things.  And while you’re doing your best to reduce that impact, it’s not going to zero anytime soon. So maybe you’re thinking of buying carbon offsets. But they seem sketchy; paying to pollute. Or perhaps they provide a needed revenue stream to accelerate carbon reduction projects. In this blog, I share my understanding and experience with carbon

By Xavier Holmes Hello, my name is Xavier Holmes and I am thrilled to be stepping into the Youth Program Coordinator role for SanDeigo350’s Youth4Climate program. This opportunity is a dream job for me not only since I have years of experience leading volunteer-based programs, but because climate activism has been a foundational part of my life. I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) with a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology degree in 2021. My time there was filled with many wonderful opportunities where I could chase my passions for empowering disenfranchised communities and contributing to the climate movement.

By Marilyn Bruno, Climate Writer The April 25th vote of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) to pass a Resolution to cut CO2 emissions was a major step towards achieving net zero by 2035. The Resolution calls for the electrification of the SDUSD fleet of buses and maintenance vehicles and the replacement of water heaters, gas stoves, etc. in the 226 educational facilities in the District. In this article, I’m spotlighting two high school leaders who led the Climate Action campaign that helped to make this happen: Emma Weibel (Sophomore at La Jolla H.S., age 15) and Theo Martien