The Dakota Access Pipeline: a Tale of Two Characters
Originally published in the San Diego Free Press, October 27th, 2016 By Chris Barroso As a member of San Diego’s 350.org, I’d followed the story of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for some time, telepathically urging the protesters on. And then one day, my friend Paul Sasso called me. “Hey, let’s go up and join […]
Geothermal Energy Visuals
Here in San Diego, we have not only a lot of sunshine for solar energy, but also an exceptional potential for geothermal energy based on the heat that flows up from deep inside the earth. Last spring, SD350’s Peg Mitchell was given a tour of the John Featherstone Facility, a geothermal energy plant located within […]
Notes from a Climate Conference Junkie, Part 2
by James Long This post and my last one are about a journey that has changed my view of myself as a climate activist. That journey took me to two climate conferences in a month. I found new friends, a new awareness of how active the climate movement has become, and a lot of ideas […]
Notes from a Climate Conference Junkie, Part 1
by James Long I started my journey singing with Pete Seeger and ended it three weeks later with the fiery intellectual Cornel West! I just got back from Pando Populus in Claremont, California, and the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Portland, Oregon. After 25 to 30 lectures — together with great music, stimulating presenters and a lot […]
La Mesans Demand an Effective Climate Action Plan
By Joan Raphael On Wednesday, June 3, concerned citizens came together at a hearing of the La Mesa Planning Commission to press for a stronger Climate Action Plan (CAP). Many of those who came to speak were volunteers with SD350. The hearing turned out to be an uplifting reminder of what regular folks working together […]
Earth Fair 2015 Scrapbook
In early observance of Earth Day, dozens of SD350 volunteers, high on solar power and down on fracking, showed up Sunday, April 19th to work at Earth Fair 2015. (Officially Earth Day is April 22nd.) 60,000 fair-goers crowded into the park, many of them crossing Cabrillo Bridge and walking along El Prado where they […]
Plant-based Diet for a Healthy Planet
Hungry? Step Inside Earth Fair’s Garden of Eating! Many of us take pains to do the right thing for the environment. We may recycle, take shorter showers, and turn the lights off when leaving a room. But did you know that you can eat your way into making an even bigger difference? It’s true: food choices […]
Photo Essay: High Water Line
Martin Luther King Day was a gorgeous winter day in San Diego, perfect for visually demonstrating the effect of climate change on one of our favorite communities, Mission Beach. Sea-level rise is already starting to affect this popular beach community, and by 2050 high tides will be reaching across Mission Boulevard. By the end […]
Student Fieldtrip: Environmental Justice vs Oil
Twenty-one seniors from King-Chavez Charter High School’s Environmental Justice class made the long trek to Kern County in California’s Central Valley to view the effects of the oil industry, and fracking in particular, on the land and the residents of the region. SD350’s Peg Mitchell recently organized an eye-opening trip to the oil fields of […]
National Security and Climate Change
“There is a relationship between carbon emissions and our national security.” General Gordon R. Sullivan (ret,) chairman of the Military Advisory Board and former Army Chief of Staff RAdm Len Hering Speaks in Coronado about the Effect of Climate Change on National Security Human-induced climate change: Is it acknowledged in places that count? There must […]