Despite COVID-19, environmental issues continue to develop, update and get resolved. This month's Report tracks all of that with some interesting sidelines.
Here's a quick summary:
- Siberia's high temperatures - a glimpse in how temperature rise is not distributed equally around the globe with catastrophic results.
- Chevron's shareholders vote to side with Paris Agreement.
- Resolution to most of Monsanto's herbicide lawsuits.
- Wind blown plastic dust - NOT good.
- Europe to emerge with a Green New Deal - this is good.
- Trees network in place - interesting study.
- The Events (at the end of report) are most interesting during these COVID-19 times
Monday, Jul 6, 6:00am – 7:00pm, 350 Bay Area Climate Chat
- Biweekly climate chat – this week: fossil fuel resistance.
- RSVP to link above.
Monday, Jul 6, 7:00 – 8:00 pm, Plastic and the Pandemic Fireside Chat
- Presentation on what is happening witn plastic during pandemic
- Send email to: EastBay.Bungalows@gmail.com.
Wednesdays, Jul 8, 15 & 22, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, Eco Lunch Bunch – Plastics discussions
- Different topics around plastics each week – online
- Connect with link above.
Fridays, Jul 10, 17 & 24, 11:00 – 1:00 pm, Adult “Trashion” Fashion Workshop Series
- A virtual fashion workshop using recyclables, fee.
- Connect with link above.
Fridays, Jul 10, 17 & 24, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, “In the Know” with Olga Bolotina
- An online interview with Sierra Club members
- RSVP with link above or with Sierra Club Calendar.
Saturdays, Jul 11, 18, 27, 10:00 – 11:00 am, Songbirds, Seabirds, and More
- An online webinar
- Connect with link above.
Saturday, Jul 18 , 10:30am – 12:30pm, 350 Bay Area Monthly Meeting
- Zoom meeting with orientation for newcomers at 10:00am
- Connect with link above.
Saturday, Jul 18, 12:00 – 3:00 pm, Beer, Dunes, & Trains
- Walking tour of SOMA district with emphasis on the past, fee requested.
- Meet at SOMARTS, 934 Brannan St., SF.
Saturdays, Jul 23 – 24, 12:30 – 4:30pm, Virtual 10th Chinook Run Symposium
- An online webinar, two half-day workshops, fee
- Register with link above.
Thursday, Jul 30, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, The Story of Plastics Virtual Watch Party
- Speakers with discussion on plastics – Ecology Center event.
- Connect with link above.
Other Sources of Events:
Friends of the Earth – located at the David Brower Center, Berkeley.
350Bay Area – Includes other 350.org branches in the Bay Area.
Planet Drum – San Francisco bioregion awareness center.
Ecology Center – Berkeley sustainability center.
David Brower Center – The environmental center in Berkeley.
Sunflower Alliance – Bay Area umbrella organization for activism.
Sierra Club San Francisco – Bay Area website.
https://ldanos.org/2020/07/04/environmental-report-for-july-2020/
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