350 Sonoma is all in on Plastic Free July!
What is Plastic Free July? It’s a challenge to all of us to refuse single-use plastic! It’s not all that easy – straws, bags, plastic lids all get delivered to us automatically, so you have to remember to ask to NOT receive them (and shouldn’t...Divest or Engage? “True engagement needs the pressure created by divestment.”
Carbon Tracker, a group focused on “aligning capital with a carbon budget that avoids dangerous levels of global warming,” has an interesting article discussing the benefits of divestment versus engagement. The article states that divestment campaigns...
Drawdown: There is hope
Have you read Drawdown? It’s a comprehensive analysis of climate change solutions edited by Paul Hawken after he assembled an impressive team of researchers to evaluate the most promising approaches. It’s an exciting approach to thinking about climate...Sign the Divest Big Oil Petition
We call on CalSTRS and CalPERS to divest by 2020 from all oil and gas companies, beginning with ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Shell. These companies have known for decades that their products increase the dangers of climate change, but they have not joined the...ON FACEBOOK
350 Sonoma
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Too Wild To Drill - Wilderness Society
Right now, our last remaining wild places are under tremendous threat from pressures for oil, gas and mineral extraction on public lands. Learn more about 15 wild landscapes that are #toowildtodrill
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What would an entirely flood-proof city look like?
The wetter the better. From sponge cities in China to ‘berms with benefits’ in New Jersey and floating container classrooms in the slums of Dhaka, we look at a range of projects that treat storm water as a resource rather than a hazard
theguardian.com
Sachs: Big Oil will have to pay up, like Big Tobacco
Fossil fuel companies and their investors will soon face financial reckoning, as courts begin to hold them liable for climate change damages writes Jeffrey Sachs.
cnn.com