Environment Now!
Mission Statement
The Environment Now! committee focuses on the topics of Climate Change and the Green New Deal. We educate ourselves, identify and take appropriate action, and bring educational and activism opportunities to the Huddle. We support and promote environmental causes and values with an emphasis on elections, candidates, and select local actions.
Meeting Logistics
All Huddle members are welcome:
Fourth Thursday of each month
7 - 8:30 PM
Meeting Location Meeting Minutes
No meetings in November and December
Committee Activities
2019 Action Proposals:
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Meet with Representative Swalwell to discuss the Green New Deal
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Meet local DNC representatives and request them to keep climate issues prominent in the DNC platform
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Learn more about our new energy provider
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Research the effect of trash being dumped in our local creeks and impact on the Bay
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Learn more about the 17 million environmental advocates who did not vote and send postcards encouraging them to vote. Environmental Voter Project
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Co-sponsor movies at the library:
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Al Gore's An Inconvenient Sequel, Truth to Power
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Saving the Bay, about three local women who saved San Francisco Bay
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Explore ways to support local young people who are interested in working with the Sunrise Movement. Sunrise has a summer internship program and is setting up town halls.
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Identify online tools to track candidate voting records and platforms related to environmental issues. Candidate Environmental Scorecard
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Support local efforts to conserve Tesla Park.
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Follow and act on the Sierra Club Legislative Priority List.
Climate Resources
Climate Change
16-year-old Swedish girl fighting the government over climate change
High school students' constitutional lawsuit over climate change
The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
Book by David Wallace-Wells about the devastating effects of climate change
Instrumental in writing HR 763 Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
Tools and information for grassroots organizations fighting climate change
Committed to environmental justice and the health and safety of Bay Area communities threatened by climate change and toxic pollution
The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal - House Resolution 109
Text of the Green New Deal resolution on the official Congress.gov website
Lisa Chang's Talk about The Green New Deal
Video recording of the the April 11, 2019 Huddle meeting program. Lisa answers Huddle questions.
Group of young people working to gain Democratic consensus on the Green New Deal
Election-Related
Project to identify inactive environmentalists and turn them into consistent activists and voters.
Watch/Read/Listen
How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change - New York Times opinion
Where Does our Recycling Go? - NPR/Fresh Air. Discussion at meeting on 10/24/2019
Environmental scientist Kate O'Neil, author of Waste, discusses recycling and the global politics of waste.
SOIL 2017 - Winona LaDuke Keynote Address. (41:45 on YouTube) Discussion at meeting 9/26/2019
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The Story of Stuff Project - Movies
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The Plastics Crisis Is About to Get Worse - Article from The Nation
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Built on Sand (Episode 361) by 99% Invisible (Podcast 36 minutes) Discussion at meeting 8/22/2019
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Watch: Grand Designs, Season 18, Episode 9, Herefordshire II on Netflix; Focus on repurposed materials for the home.
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Read: The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright; about a young family scavenging for recyclables from a dump in Cambodia, a story of hope.