(Photo: Steve German, The SF Chronicle)

How to Take Action

At 350 Bay Area, we know that even a few people taking action locally can have enormous impacts on pushing for progress and achieving real change. When you organize collectively and leverage your power, you create and engage in a movement fighting for a better future from the grassroots.

Engage with the resources on this page to learn more about taking local action for climate and social justice.

Resources

Toolkit: Green the Fleet – Cities & Counties

Green the Fleet: Speed the Transition to ZEV Local Government Fleets.
Fleets make up a small percentage of vehicles on the road, but represent an outsized share of vehicle miles traveled, and therefore emissions.
Diesel medium and heavy duty vehicles make up a disproportionate percentage of municipal fleets, and
Diesel emissions have an outsized impact on health and the climate.

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Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing

On December 6-8, 1996, forty people of color and European-American representatives met in Jemez, New Mexico, for the “Working Group Meeting on Globalization and Trade.” The Jemez meeting was hosted by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice with the intention of hammering out common understandings between participants from different cultures, politics and organizations. The following “Jemez Principles” for democratic organizing were adopted by the participants.

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Six People, Nine Months

After the major fires in Sonoma County in the Fall of 2017, the community came together to find ways to support fire survivors and help the community rebuild stronger. One area of focus became figuring out a way to rebuild

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