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Climate Science 101: Facts, Impacts, and the Urgency to Develop Solutions
This presentation is given by Dr. Tom Suchanek, a marine ecologist from UC Davis. For much of his career, Tom has conducted research on environmental contaminants, and now is focused on Climate Change, driven primarily by the most critical pollutant of our time, carbon dioxide. Addressed in this presentation are: What are Greenhouse Gases and […]
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Sac County – Public Review of draft CAP in January
As a member of Sacramento County’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) Stakeholder Group, 350 Sacramento recently reviewed a technical memo describing the proposed CAP’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and preliminary mitigation measures. 350 Sacramento commented to the County orally and in a November 18 letter, expressing our concerns that the technical memo: … assumes that […]
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350 Sacramento Helps District with Climate Policy
350 Sacramento is helping the Cosumnes Community Service District (CCSD) develop a District Climate Policy. CCSD provides fire, rescue, emergency medical, and parks & recreation services to Elk Grove, Galt, and South Sacramento County. It also operates eight fire stations, almost 100 parks, two aquatic centers, and other recreational facilities. Climate change is already affecting […]
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10th Anniversary Event Update
Check out our 10th Anniversary landing page here >> We’re extremely excited about our month-long celebration of all the actions we’ve taken, and all the ones we’ll take in the future. Our event calendar is ready for October and there’s still sponsorship opportunities available! As always, if you’re interested in getting involved in any way, […]
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ACTION: Sunday, 9/20 Demands to Newsom
From Matt Leonard at 350.org: A diverse set of Bay Area and Sacramento groups is planning a direct action in Sacramento this coming Sunday, 9/20 at Noon, in response to the current wildfire crisis ravaging our communities. Over the past month, one thing has become crystal clear: we need to apply pressure on Governor Newsom to […]
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Big moves by Sacramento’s City Council on the Mayor’s Commission on Climate Change recommendations!
On Tuesday night, August 25, the city of Sacramento took encouraging steps toward implementing actions to reach its goal of carbon zero by 2045. The council was set to ‘read and file’ the final report of the Mayors’ Commission on Climate Change – recommendations culminating from a two-year process involving businesses, community leaders, and countless […]
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Thank you thank you thank you!!!
UPDATE 8/30/2020: Details about the win posted here! To all who wrote, commented, and called to urge the Sacramento City Council to start implementing the Climate Commission’s recommendations immediately… it worked!! On August 25th, the Council passed a unanimous motion to start work on several of the most important Year One recommendations and plan to […]
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Climate Conversation with County Supervisor candidate Gregg Fishman
You’re invited to have a conversation with Sacramento County Supervisor candidate Gregg Fishman on what Sacramento County should do about climate change. This is an opportunity to learn and ask where he stands on local climate and environmental issues so you can better inform your vote. The event will be hosted by Dave Tamayo, SMUD […]
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Movie Screening: 2040
Movie Nite is starting up again, this time by zoom. Please join us on August 27 at 6pm for a showing of 2040. Donation requested if you can. Registration for the movie here. 2040 movie trailer:
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We’re bringing back General Meetings!!
Come visit, share, ask questions, and get involved. We’re starting up monthly General Meetings again to bring us together and give everyone a chance to share your thoughts and ideas. All are invited to our first-in-a-long-time General Meeting on Sunday, August 23 at 4:00 pm. This is also a great way to get started if you’re […]
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