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Intentions for the New Year and for future generations: Part 1
I love the New Year. After the busy holiday season, with all its wonderful and challenging parts, I pause to reflect on the past year and look forward. This pondering feels luxurious and critical at the same time. I embrace my Norwegian family’s practice of hygge during this time, getting cozy with peaceful thoughts to […]
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From One Generation to Another: The Effects of Climate Change
A note from the editor: An older volunteer approached me wanting to post on our website some charts and information from a recent article about intergenerational inequities. I thought it might be interesting to also get a younger volunteer to write a blurb about it (I’m somewhere in the middle). Below are both pieces – […]
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Cheers to 2022
Near the end (or the beginning, depending on whether you’re a glass half full or half empty kind of person) of the year, we perform the ritual of the reset. We start anew with a fresh slate, or so we’d like to think. But there are some things that cannot so simply be reset. You […]
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Seasons Greetings From Our President
350 Sacramento is a local grassroots organization committed to equitable solutions that accelerate the transition to a sustainable future, with atmospheric CO2 levels below 350 parts per million (ppm). Happy Holidays and a Hopeful New Year!! First and foremost, thank you for joining us on this challenging journey to find equitable solutions to the climate […]
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How I Learned to Ask People For Money and Like Getting It
I don’t know if you’ve met Roula, but she’s adding to her portfolio great results as 350 Sac’s Development Director. She is a money magnet! I’ve never been much into asking people for money, kind of a pride thing I guess, and getting turned down didn’t seem that appealing, so I left it alone. But […]
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Simple acts for #GivingTuesday
The Fundraising Team needs your support! Even if you don’t feel comfortable asking someone for money over the phone, you can still help by reaching out to your network, via email and/or social media. Please ask them to support 350 Sacramento during this #GivingTuesday! A supporter, like yourself, who might only be able to give […]
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Trash Talk: Reducing Food Waste as Climate Action
The City of Sacramento is rolling out food waste collection beginning in July 2022. This is necessary to comply with SB 1383, a state law requiring 75% of organic waste (like food) be diverted from landfill by 2025. Reducing Sacramento’s emissions from landfilled organics is an important part of meeting our greenhouse gas reduction targets. […]
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Gearing up for #GivingTuesday – Nov. 30, 2021
Mark your calendars to give on #GivingTuesday this year! If you have not heard of it before, Giving Tuesday is a movement that was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good for others. Since then, this movement has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds […]
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Newsletter: October 14, 2021 – Your voice was heard!
Yesterday your voice was heard! City Council acknowledged the lack of ambition in the original CAAP 2045 planning. Now, council members and staff will work with community on a 2030 emissions reduction scenario! Well done. Also, a big shoutout to Oscar and the 350 Sac CAP team and everyone who submitted letters via the County CAP Portal, receiving over 800 […]
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Newsletter: September 29, 2021 – Be Bold
Hello Members, we have a lot to share with you on this early Fall day. While our focus is on growing a network to combat and mitigate climate change and impacts here in our region of California, we are also creating new programs and outlets to suit our members and volunteers that want to make […]
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