Happy Earth Month! 

We are dedicating the bulk of our newsletter to highlight all of the great events and activities throughout the Bay Area for the month of April. We hope to see you at some of the local fairs - stop by our booth and say hello!

What action will you take this month to honor the Earth?

2022 Climate Reality Bay Area Chapter Leadership Team

Earth Month Call to Action: Flood the Phones, Not the Planet!

Make your voices heard this Earth month by urging your senators to immediately pass the $550 billion in investments for climate, justice, and jobs that the U.S. House of Representatives has already approved. It's time to Build Back Better! Call once, call twice, call every day. 

Flood the Phones, NOT the Planet! Call once, call twice, call every day. There are two simple ways to do this: 

1. If you have downloaded the Climate Action Now app  just enter “Flood the Phones” in the search field, and click on the option to either call or email your representatives.

2. Call 1 (877) 215-0983, and you will be connected to the office of your representative.  Then share your social network and ask them to join you in this action!

Apply Today: Train to Be a Climate Reality Leader or to Be a Mentor
In person - Las Vegas Training Event, June 11th through the 13th

The Climate Reality Project and former Vice President Al Gore will host the 49th Climate Reality Leadership Corps training for climate activists across the US Southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11th - 13th.  This two-and-a-half day, free training provides those ready to make a difference with the tools, knowledge, and networks to mobilize communities and drive real action for climate solutions. 

Trainees learn directly from Vice President Gore and other experts about how to raise awareness of the climate crisis and inspire people to act, just as he did with the landmark films "An Inconvenient Truth" and "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”  

Space is limited for this training, so get your application in early! Although the target region for this training is the US Southwest, Bay Area residents may still apply. The deadline for applications is April 20th. Scholarships are available. 

Already a trained leader? Consider applying to be a mentor!

Because we need a billion connected climate activists. The Santa Clara University tUrn Project is hosting its 6th bi-annual tUrn Week. This week-long, free event includes 20+ interdisciplinary, intercultural headliners and other engagement opportunities to inspire us all, and give us the tools we need, to make a much-needed u-turn for humanity. And check out CRBA’s own Gary White who will be delivering a Climate Reality presentation for the DeSaisset Museum headliner on Monday, April 18 at 4:00PM! 

Youth vs. Apocalypse, Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice, Marie Harrison Community Foundation, and the Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee are issuing a call to action for a People's Earth Day Action for Climate & Environmental Justice in San Francisco. Come join this strike to demand environmental and climate justice NOW in the Bay Area & across the world!

Check out this great list of Earth Month engagement opportunities compiled by 350 Bay Area!

Presidio Graduate School Offers Tuition Discount for Trained Climate
Leaders

Our Bay Area Chapter and Presidio Graduate School expanded our partnership last year in the cause of climate education, awareness and mobilization in the greater Bay Area in a new and exciting way. In addition to the prior aspects of the partnership dating back to 2018, which include co-promoting each other’s events/programs and Presidio seminar passes for CRBA members, Presidio offers a 10% tuition discount for CRBA members who are also trained Climate Reality Leaders. 
 
Presidio’s MBA, MPA, Dual Degree, and Certificate programs will help take Climate Reality Leaders’ knowledge and commitment to the next level for their careers and society. Any Climate Reality Leader in the Bay Area chapter can now apply for a partial scholarship for Presidio Graduate School’s MBA, MPA, and Certificate programs. To learn more about the program, visit this website Presidio set up specifically for CRBA applicants.

Communications Team Update: Seeking (Practice) Podcast Guests

We are working on our upcoming chapter podcast, “Everyday Climate Champions.” We will bring forth inspiring local voices via brief conversations with “everyday people” from all walks of life in different Bay Area communities. Learn how our neighbors are finding and using climate solutions on our way to a just transition. They’re acting in small and big ways at home, work, family, and community. 

Our emphasis will be on people from frontline communities and groups that have traditionally been under-represented in the climate movement, and will encourage listeners to implement climate solutions in their own lives. 

Are you an Everyday Climate Champion? We are looking for a few friendly chapter members to be interviewed this Spring to rehearse our podcasting skills. The first 4 topics will be water conservation, agriculture/rural issues (e.g., drought, fertilizer, declining soil quality, GMO seeds, trees), recycling/product lifecycle, and food (choices/security/sovereignty /reclamation/waste/declining nutritional value).

If you are involved (as a non-expert) with a local climate solution on any of these topics and would like to be interviewed, please fill out this brief form. Please know that these interviews are for practice purposes, and may not end up as part of the final podcast. Thank you!

Our Climate Moment

Our Climate Moment monthly meeting has a new time! Join us on the third Monday of the month, 7:00 - 8:15 pm. You can find the zoom link here. Our next meeting is April 18th at 7:00pm. Hope to see you there!