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TONIGHT's THE NIGHT!  SFV Climate Reality Chapter Meeting – Tuesday, 7pm

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SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER MEETING

Tonight's the Night!

Tuesday, June 13th  |  7pm - 8:30pm

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Reminder

OCEAN HEALTH & OCEAN RIGHTS

Ocean Health

The ocean plays a vital role of regulating climate through ocean circulation, holding 50 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere, and absorbing nearly 25% of human emissions of CO2. Ocean and coastal habitats also provide numerous ecosystem services, such as storm protection for coastal communities and nursery habitats for an array of species. The Ocean Foundation’s Blue Resilience Initiative aims to protect and restore these critical habitats hand-in-hand with the communities who rely on them the most in order to enhance resilience to climate change.

Join us to hear The Ocean Foundation's Program Manager, Katie Thompson, discuss her work on the Caribbean Marine Research and Conservation Initiative. Her work encompasses projects that bring countries together to conserve and study shared marine resources, restore marine and coastal habitats, develop national and regional environmental policies, support community-based alternative livelihoods, and protect endangered marine species.

Katie specializes in community-based marine conservation strategies and was granted a Fulbright Fellowship in Costa Rica where she taught at the Universidad de Costa Rica and worked with sea turtle conservation. 

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Ocean Rights

Also on our program, we will hear from Rachel Bustamante, Ocean Science & Policy Analyst at the Earth Law Center. She will speak on ocean rights.

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Rachel Bustamante is a leading specialist on the intersections of marine biodiversity conservation science and policy at the species and oceanic ecosystem levels. She specializes in global multilateral environmental treaties and Ocean governance and justice with the applications of holistic solutions including the Rights of Nature, Ocean Rights, and other Earth-centered approaches. 

Make Waves for Ocean Rights!

Last summer, the Ocean Race launched One Blue Voice, a new initiative to drive public support for ocean rights. The ambitious campaign aims to give the ocean a voice and put in place a global framework for protecting the marine environment, which is critical to maintaining the health of the planet. Join the campaign HERE.

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SFV CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

Field Trip!

Thursday, June 15th – Time TBD

Tour of LA Sanitation Composting Facilities at Griffith Park.

Find out how organic waste is composted! 

To RSVP, contact Kathy Schaeffer.

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SFVCR SUMMER HIATUS

There will be no July chapter meeting. 

We will be taking some time off for the month of July to renew, repurpose and rejuvenate. However, if you have urgent business that can't wait, please contact our chapter vice chair, Michele Ringler.

We look forward to reconnecting again in August.


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August 8th - Electric Vehicles

Please join us for our August meeting when we will discuss Electric Vehicles (EV).


September 12th - Mark Z. Jacobson

For our September meeting, we will host Stanford professor Mark Z. Jacobson, author of No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air.

For your summer reading, we encourage you to take a look at his book and join the discussion.

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Nonprofit Award

On behalf of the SFV Chapter, chair Diana Weynand and legislative co-coordinator Kathy Schaeffer went to Sacramento to receive the CA Nonprofit of the Year award from Senator Henry Stern. In the photo with Diana and Kathy is District 27 Director, Susie Herrara.



Join the SFV Climate Reality Chapter!

Want to be included on future actions and opportunities to support climate change in our area? Become a member of the SFV Climate Reality chapter.

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