REMINDER: SFV Climate Reality Chapter Mtg, NEW DATE: WED Sept 11th, 7pm

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER MEETING

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WEDNESDAY, September 11th

7pm - 8:30pm

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Everyone is welcome! Please spread the word.

“Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World”

What if our biggest environmental crises, from plastic pollution to climate change, are symptoms of just one malady? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Edward Humes has zeroed in on our true archvillain: it’s not what we use that’s killing us, it’s what we waste. His new book, Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World, is a story of individuals, campuses, and communities tackling waste and the crises it drives. Total Garbage is packed with practical solutions we can all embrace, turning division and anxiety into hope and action. Learn more at our chapter meeting on September 11th, 7pm .

Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and narrative nonfiction writer. He spends months embedded in the lives of his subjects in order to investigate and research his incredible stories about the justice system, science, nature, and sustainability. He has written seventeen books and received a Pulitzer Prize for his newspaper coverage of the military, as well as a PEN Award for Nonfiction for No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court. He has taught writing, journalism, and literary nonfiction, and has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Sierra Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine. He lives in Southern California with his family, two rescued greyhounds, and a rescued collie.

NOTE NEW DATE: Wednesday, September, 11th, 7pm

Register for Zoom Meeting Here.

SFV CHAPTER NEWS

Legislative Committee Meeting

After lots of petition signing and calls to our local senators and assemblymembers, the legislative team is taking September to solidify the remaining year's agenda. Please follow the instructions on our website to send a message to Gov Newsom asking him to sign our endorsed bills! Join us again in October for updates on which of our endorsed bills gets signed into law.

Tuesday, October 1st, 7pm (on Zoom)

Actions You Can Take to Support the Wildlife Crossing

Action Items: Here are some quick actions you can take related to our previous chapter meeting topic, and in support of our Climate Reality Chapter. Put your learning into action with these easy but impactful steps!

Send a message to the governor: AB 2552 (ban use of rodenticides within wildlife habitat areas) and AB 1889 (wildlife connectivity) have passed the legislature! Now it's time to send a message to Gov Newsom and ask him to sign these bills into law. Follow the instructions on our website to ask the governor to sign these and other bills our chapter is supporting Here.

Sign petition to create bison wildlife crossing near Yellowstone: Sign Petition Here.

Order two “Break The Poison Chain” yard signs from SAMO Fund (free if picked up at King Gillette Ranch, or pay for shipping); post one yourself and ask a neighbor to post one too: Order Signs Here.

Join SFVCR for a tour of the Wildlife Crossing construction site, date TBA. If interested, email climatereality.sfv@gmail.com.

CLIMATE ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH

Sept 8-15: The Inaugural Los Angeles Climate Week™ to collaborate, exchange ideas, and develop local climate solutions. Engage with climate organizations, policymakers, innovators, companies, and changemakers from LA and beyond on cutting-edge climate change solutions. See full schedule of 75+ events Here.

Sat Sept 14: Wild And Scenic Film Festival - Where Activism Gets Inspired", 6-10pm in Mission Hills. SFVCR will be tabling at this event, so stop by to say hello and enjoy the screening of 10 short award-winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, and more. Register Here; use promo code "climatereality" for $10 off ticket price.

Sat Sep 7: Restoration at Kuruvungna Springs, West LA. Also known as the Gabrieleno Tongva Springs, this is a sacred site that continues to support the thriving Tongva people. The site welcomes visitors and volunteers on the first Saturday of each month, 10am-3pm, to see and sustain this sacred space. More Information Here.

In Case You Missed it...

Read about the new California Wildlife Reconnected initiative to build more wildlife crossings and improve wildlife movement across the state Here.

Did you miss a meeting? No problem!

Watch our August chapter meeting, Wildlife Crossings: Coexistence and Connectivity with Beth Pratt, on our YouTube channel. Please subscribe while you're there!"

SFVCR YouTube Channel.

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