Climate Action Toolkit

Building a Climate Movement

ACTIONS: 8-1 thru 8-12

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Key Resources

Read Part 3 of the Resilient Neighborhoods Handbook covering Building a Climate Movement and explore the Toolkit sections below to choose the actions you will take and learn how to take the actions.

Marin Sustainability Team

- The County of Marin Sustainability Team works to support healthy, safe and sustainable communities 
- Marin Sustainability Tracker: tracks each city/town's GHG emissions
- MarinCAN (formally Drawdown Marin) is a community-driven campaign to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, prepare for climate change impacts, and meaningfully address and integrate equity.

Climate Action Plans for Cities and Towns

Did you know that you can get involved with the implementation of your city or town's Climate Action Plan? See Action 8-8 below for more information.

Videos

 -Rising Sea Level Could Submerge Hundreds of Marin County Homes
- Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice​​


Upcoming Climate Action Workshops

Invite your family and friends to join an upcoming Resilient Neighborhoods Climate Action Workshop.

Building a Climate Movement: Actions 8-1 thru 8-12

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​Action 8-1. Help Resilient Neighborhoods form more Climate Action Teams

Multiply your impact by getting your Marin friends and family to sign up for one of our upcoming Resilient Neighborhoods Climate Action Workshops!  Invite your friends to sign up here!

Action 8-2. Volunteer with Resilient Neighborhoods

Interested in volunteering with us? Contact Info@ResilientNeighborhoods.org to find out more!

Action 8-3.  Make a donation to Resilient Neighborhoods

The goal of the program is to reduce 20 million annual pounds of climate pollution by the end of 2030.
- If you were inspired and motivated by our program, please help us keep it free and inclusive, so everyone can participate.
100% of your tax-deductible donation will go to cover our program costs.
- Consider a monthly donation of just $15 - $20. 
- You can donate online.
-  You may also mail your donation with a check payable to "Resilient Neighborhoods" to: Resilient Neighborhoods, 166 Greenwood Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901

Action 8-4. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about climate change

Begin reading the Opinion page of your local newspaper to see what people are writing.

Action 8-5. Ask a business, corporation, shop/restaurant, your workplace to change to green products and practices

- Green Purchasing Resources which can be customized for organizations

Action 8-6. Ask a business, workplace or place of worship to become a Certified Green Business

- Marin County Green Business Program
- For Marin County Businesses: consider a no-obligation preliminary site-visit to learn more about the program. Contact Mark Chhabria at 415-473-3069 or Mark.Chhabria@marincounty.gov 
- Also, check out how to become a B Corporation 

Action 8-7. Help your company build a successful employee commute program

See Marin Commutes guide for creating a Commute Program
- Emergency Ride Home (ERH) Program, offered by the Transportation Authority of Marin, will reimburse you for rides home in cases of emergency for anyone who works in Marin County and commutes by any means other than driving alone.
- Vanpool Incentive Program: vanpooling saves time, money, and wear and tear on your personal vehicle. The Bay Area Vanpool Program provides qualified vanpools $500 off the monthly cost and helps commuters join a van pool or start a new vanpool [click on "Get Started" in upper right corner]. New vanpools may be eligible for the Transportation Authority of Marin's additional $3,600 incentive!​

Action 8-8. Get connected to your town and advocate for your municipality to reach its climate action plan goals as quickly as possible

All municipalities in Marin have a climate action plan. Get familiar with the one in your jurisdiction and advocate for its implementation. Let your town, city or county know you think it’s a priority by attending council or supervisors meetings when climate action plan reports are given, and urging others in your community to join you. There may be a climate action committee or commission you can join to work on fulfilling the plan.

LINKS BY JURISDICTION
- Tiburon Climate Action Plan 2030​ (See their Going Green page)

Marin Climate and Energy Partnership (MCEP): MCEP is a countywide partnership of the eleven Marin towns and cities, the County of Marin, and three public agencies that serve Marin. They work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our communities and governmental operations and to prepare for a changing climate.

Action 8-9. Write or call your elected representatives in support of strong and urgent climate action

The "Climate Action Now" app empowers effortless daily environmental advocacy. The app is free to install, free to use:
- Start sending, daily, a couple of prewritten, timely climate letters to your political leaders at every level of government, and major corporations.
- Every elected official has a staffer who tallies calls and emails from constituents, daily, and reports to the official what issues their voters care about. Same story for leading US companies when you contact their customer comments line.

"Resitbot" a non-profit project designed to allow Americans to contact their government representatives simply and easily. The designers of Resistbot came up with a way of bypassing the overloaded Congressional phone systems. Resistbot allows users to text or message letters to their representatives via iMessage, Twitter, Telegram, Messenger, and Facebook messenger.

Action 8-10. Volunteer with an organization that has a cause you care about or with a local school group

Check out this search tool from the Center for Volunteer and Non-Profit Leadership (CVNL).

Here are some local environmentally focused organizations:
- Resilient Neighborhoods: email info@resilientneighborhoods.org for information about current opportunities.
- MarinCAN is a community-driven campaign to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prepare for climate change impacts, and meaningfully address and integrate equity. 

Action 8-11. Learn about environmental justice and how to get involved in your community

- Learn about what Climate Justice is here, and how climate is disproportionally affecting our most vulnerable communities.

- Watch this video from Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice. And learn more about the challenges Marin City is facing here. ​

- Learn about sea-level rise in Marin here.

- Check out the Climate Equity project run by the Greenlining Institute, a Bay Area organization working "toward a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity, and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change".

- Step forward and advocate for social justice movements of all kinds, go to marches, donate to movements.

​Action 8-12. Learn about the cultural history of where you live and the indigenous people of Marin

Search the Native-Land-Digital website for your address to learn more about the cultural history of the land you inhabit. Learn about Marin's indigenous communities by visiting the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Marin Coast Miwok websites, signing up for their updates and following them on Facebook. Visit Kule Loklo, a replica of a Coast Miwok village in Point Reyes or Olompali State Historic Park in Novato to learn more about the indigenous people on whose land we live.​

College of Marin's Betty George wrote a book about the history of the Coast Miwok. It is titled Chief Marin.
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