2021 Pod Day Event
Innovation High Public Charter School Community Fair
We reached out to students and families to talk to them about climate change and seeing how they could get involved with the Climate Reality Project and their communities.
San Diego Youth Climate March - 9/24/21
It was quite a day today seeing so many young people and students stand up for their rights to a healthy planet.
San Diego Green New Deal Alliance Picnic
#CAYouthVsBigOil - Digital Amplification of Youth Banner Drops Day of Action: Friday, July 16
Digital Amplification of Youth Banner Drops Day of Action: Friday, July 16
This digital toolkit contains sample tweets, photos and videos you can use to amplify CA Youth Vs Big Oil’s statewide banner drops today from 12-2pm. This day of action across the state will tee up the July 17 rally against the SoCal Gas compressor station in Ventura and calls on Gov. Newsom to act on climate during wildfire season. Feel free to personalize these or write your own.
Follow along on Instagram
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day via THe Earth Day Virtual Climate Uprising!!
By Marie, CRP Leader, San Diego
Picture plumes of thick, black, toxic smoke pouring from factory chimneys and noxious sludge and waste dumped unfettered into streams and lakes. Before 1970, that was precisely how industry worked. Factories poisoned our air and water indiscriminately and no one could hold them to legal account.
Then on April 22,1970, twenty million people took to the streets and rallied in cities across our nation. They protested and made their voices heard by the politicians of their day. Because of this movement, the EPA was created on December 2, 1970, and the Clean Air Act of 1970 became law by the end of the year. A few years later, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act were passed into law all because of the successes of Earth Day.
On April 22, 2020, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the same spirit of that first day and build on its legacy. Yes, times have changed and we are in the middle of a pandemic. But we will raise our voice, advocate, protest, act, and educate. Technology makes all this possible to take place online and digitally.
This anniversary, the theme for Earth Day is Climate Action, and it’s expected to activate a billion people in 190 countries around the world.
For a detailed history of Earth Day, please read The History of Earth Day.
References
What is Climate Change? How did it happen? What can I do about it? -- A Multimedia Presentation.
What is Climate Change? How did it happen? What can I do about it?
A Multimedia Presentation brought to you by The Climate Reality Project.
No cost.
Two Opportunities to Attend:
November 20th 6-7:30 pm Serra Mesa-Kearny Library 9005 Aero Dr., SD CA 92123
November 24th 4-5:30 pm Christ Lutheran Church 4761 Cass St., SD CA 92109
Note: for each participant at the Nov. 20th presentation a tree will be planted by One Tree planted TheClimateRealityProjectSanDiego.org
What kind of father would I be?
By Climate Reality Leader, Scott Murray.
I spent some time swimming with my kids this Father’s Day morning. It’s a simple pleasure, to play with your kids and watch them challenge themselves, and each other, growing in the process. How far can you swim underwater? How long can you hold your breath underwater? Let’s race. It’s a little clip in time, of the movie of their lives. A life I hope will be a great, long into the future.
I spend a lot of time thinking about the future, working, planning and plotting a course for the best life I can give my kids. Where we live, where they go to school, what cultures and experiences they are exposed to all come into play. And I protect them from threats along the way. Like all fathers, I’m fallible. But in protecting them, I shoot for a zero error rate. Too many scary things are out there. And although most are not clear and present dangers, you only have to be wrong once for life-long negative consequences.
Some time back, I learned of a threat, one that could harm their quality of life forever. It was a threat that could actually kill them. And the chances of it happening were uncomfortably high. It scared the hell out of me. It wasn’t drugs or kidnappers or other such things we sometimes worry about. It was climate change.
The more I learned, the more concerned I became. Now I spend time worrying about how I’m going to pay for college, and how I’m going to make sure my kids are healthy just like every other dad. But sometime in the too near future the changes in the climate will endanger much of humanity’s very existence. The U.S. military spends a lot of time thinking about and planning for this future too.
They know that a world that is warming overall, disrupts the water cycle causing drought in some areas, and severe flooding in others. And some areas of the world will become so hot that places with billions of people now, will no longer be able to live in them. They know that sea level will rise significantly, and they need to move and protect their bases. They know that these disruptions will amplify tensions in the world, and the food and water shortages in the world will lead to increased violent conflicts. Just increased heat alone leads to more angry and violent behavior.
The problem is Climate Change is already here, it’s very real, and it will get much worse before it’s starts to get better if it does. The good news is we are causing it, so we can stop what we are doing, and can work to improve things. What is needed, and super quick, is to transition from a world-wide economy that is based on burning fossil fuels, to one based on expanding renewable energy and other low carbon emitting industries.
For my kids, I’m doing what I can to change our life, and teach them how to live sustainability. It’s extra important for me because I have 4 kids, higher than average, that they know those life skills. It isn’t to make me feel better. It isn’t to flaunt values or actions over others. It’s because I’m scared. This threat could kill my kids. It could kill my wife and I too. Despite this worry, I will go to battle, because I’m brave too.
What kind of father would I be if I didn’t learn all I could about this threat?
What kind of father would I be if I didn’t look for ways to prevent and mitigate the horrible events coming?
What kind of father would I be if I did nothing?
I’m not the kind of guy who does nothing. I’m the type of father who will fight! And I am a winner! If you want to join a group of like-minded fighters, consider Climate Reality Project’s leadership training.
San Diego Climate Reality Presents at Roosevelt Middle School
This is a presentation that CLimate Reality Leader Scott and San Diego CRP Chair, Cherry did on 6/3/19 for the Roosevelt Middle School.
As always, it was and adventure.
:~)
Free Workshops for San Diego Businesses, by San Diego Green Building Council & National City Chamber of Commerce
The San Diego Green Building Council is partnering with the National City Chamber of Commerce this month and next to offer three free workshops to businesses on how they can improve the efficiency of their operations and reduce their operating costs.
