A group of volunteers under the Guy West bridge holding 350 Sacramento and other signs. (Photo attributed to 350 Sacramento)

Our Impact

Here's a reverse chronological list of the many accomplishments we've made together as 350 Sacramento.
(Also check out our gallery below!)

  • Designed and implemented the Spring, Summer, and Fall 2023 Student Environmental Activist Training program that educated over 30 students aged 15 to 22 on local civic action and climate justice.
  • Hired a team of 15 interns from the SEAT program who are pressuring the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) to electrify bus fleets and buildings by 2035, which would significantly reduce GHG emissions and set an example for other school districts.
  • Our City Climate Action & Adaptation Plan team worked many volunteer hours writing letters and public comments on the final draft of the City CAAP.
  • Our legislative team played a major role in pressuring local governments and leaders to support climate bills AB 1167, SB 253, and SB 261, which were recently signed by Governor Newsom.
  • Completed our Air Filters program which distributed over 600 air filter kits to those in highly impacted communities.
  • We have organized with other groups on climate demonstrations such as the End Dependence on Fossil Fuels, Community Unity, and the Climate Emergency Action, many of which were part of nationwide campaigns to push against fossil fuels.

  • Distributed 300 free DIY air filters to our community, especially our neighbors with low income and those who suffer from respiratory health conditions.
  • Trained 20 youth at our Summer Camp for Climate Action program focused on environmental justice and grassroots organizing skills.
  • Mentoring 7 AmeriCorps fellows through the end of 2022.
  • Our Climate Action Plan (CAP) Team has been tenacious in pressuring the County to improve their very flawed CAP that continues to support sprawl development, delays action, and avoids reducing the biggest source of emissions in our region: transportation. We succeeded in stopping the County from adopting it, and the battle for a good CAP continues. We are engaging with the City of Sacramento’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to ensure its actions meet the scale of the climate crisis.
  • Our volunteers made calls, wrote letters, and met with our state legislators to pass SB 1137, which ends the uniquely Californian practice of drilling for oil and gas right in people’s backyards— this is the most impactful law for environmental justice in recent history.
  • We were a key member of the Measure A NOT OK coalition, which defeated the harmful sprawl-inducing, freeway-building, climate-busting sales tax measure in Sacramento County. Their campaign spent $4 Million dollars, ours had about $6,000, but we had the grit and determination of our community!
  • We represent a coalition of volunteers and businesses through Sacramento Reduces Waste—a local movement encouraging businesses and individuals to reduce or eliminate single-use packaging.
  • We continue to monitor and engage in the implementation of last year’s huge wins: SMUD (our electric utility) Zero Carbon by 2030 plan and the City’s electrification ordinance which requires all new buildings to be all-electric.
  • We have teams working to implement the Mayors’ Climate Commission recommendations and advocate for climate-friendly State legislation. We also host community-building friendly events like climate coffees, a weekly radio show, movies, community presentations, and are a founding member of the Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition.

  • Major Accomplishments
    • Mayors’ Commission on Climate Change report
    • County Climate Action Plan
    • Climate Emergency Resolutions—SMUD and Sacramento County
    • Hired Moiz Mir, our first staff person
    • 10th Anniversary!!
  • Special Events
    • Sac County Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum
    • Stand Up for Teachers’ Pensions and Youth’s Future march and rally
    • Grief, Love, & Hope in the Climate Crisis
    • Voices of Color for Climate Action open mic
    • Electrify Your Home to Decarbonize Sacramento
    • What’s Up with SMUD?
    • Grief, Fear, & Hope in the Corona and Climate Crises
    • Learning to Fight the Climate Crisis & followup meeting—by Susan Schneider
    • Reclaiming Connection, Backing Frontline Leadership
    • The Coronavirus is Rewriting Our Imaginations—presentation by Kim Stanley Robinson
    • Time to Electrify Sacramento
    • Nonprofit Mini-Pitch Competition by Rotary Club
    • Building Equity into Climate Action: Sacramento County CAP Forum
  • Trainings & Organizational Activities
    • Volunteer Orientation
    • Office Visits 101
    • Basecamp 101
    • Volunteer Power Hour
    • General Meetings

  • Events & Activities
    • Organized Community Forum: Fast Track to Carbon Zero
    • Climate Cafe Pizza Party for youth
    • Youth Camp for Climate Action
    • Strike for Climate: Mar 16, May 24, Aug 4, Sept 20, Nov 29
    • Climate Chorus Patio Party
    • Reach Code Campaign
    • SMUD Engagement for 100% Renewable Energy
    • Climate Emergency Declaration
    • Language Academy Anti-Idling Campaign
    • Strategic Planning
    • May is Bike Month bike team
    • Voices of Color for the Climate Open Mic
    • Global Week of Action w/Art Build
    • Sacramento Transportation Authority Ballot Measure Hearings
    • Tour of Sacramento Recycling Center
    • Fossil Free CA CalPERS and CalSTRS events
    • Engaged with Sac General Plan/Climate Action Plan
    • Sponsored Greening Black Churches
    • Grid Alternative Work Day
  • Representation/Honors
    • Physicians for Social Responsibility High School Essay Contest judge
    • Capital Region Collaborative Steering Committee
    • Mayors’ Commission on Climate Change (participated as Commissioner, on Technical Advisory Committees, gave public input, youth summits)
    • Ilonka Zlatar, 350 Sac boardmember, chosen as 2019 Environmentalist of the Year
    • Workshops/Meetings/Trainings
    • How to be an Environmental Jsutice Ally workshop
    • Green New Deal Watch Party
    • Green New Deal Town Hall
    • Volunteer Orientations
    • Phone Banking
    • Debate Watch Parties
    • SMUD staff presentations to 350 Sacramento
    • Speaking with Electred Officials training
    • Basecamp 101
  • Presentations/Hearings
    • March for Science (Ilonka)
    • Climate Change Compact of Yolo Co (Laurie)
    • Climate Sangha (Laurie)
    • United Nations Association (Kate)
    • Kiwanis (Laurie)
    • CA Dept of Water Resources (Laurie)
    • ECOS (Laurie)
    • Beth Shalom (Laurie
    • CEC re solar shares
    • BECC Conference (Elli)
    • Environmental Justice Element
    • SMUD meetings
    • Sacramento Transit Authority testimony
  • Tabling/Demonstrations/Support
    • Women’s March sponsor
    • MLK This Was Not the Dream march
    • Earth Day at Southside Park sponsor
    • March for Science sponsor
    • Dave Matthews Band (tabled)
    • Close the Camps protest
    • Day of Action for SB54/AB1080
    • Call to Action Against White Supremacy
  • Fundraisers
    • Big Day of Giving
    • Cold Beer for a Hot Planet
    • Fundraiser at Drakes
    • Annual Appeal
  • Grants
    • Clean Air Partnership
    • Rose Foundation
    • Patagonia
  • Movies
    • An Inconvenient Sequel
    • The Reluctant Radical
    • The Burden
    • Cowspiracy
    • Living the Change
    • Paris to Pittsburg
    • Motherload
    • .... and more

  • Martha Turner and Laurie Litman reached out and organized potlucks to find people to participate in 350.org's 10-10-10 day of action
    • Had over 12 actions registered for the Global Day of Action on 10-10-10
  • A handful of activists formed 350 Sacramento in Nov or Dec 2010

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