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Three Years -- Strike for the Planet week 156 [1]

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Date: 2023-12-13  

You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! How? Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. You can push your local politicians to act. It will make a difference!

This is the letter for week 156 of a weekly climate strike that went on for 4 years in front of San Francisco City Hall, beginning early March 2019. For more context, see this story. For an annotated table of contents of the topics for all the strike letters, see this story. Meanwhile…

STRIKE FOR THE PLANET

Think you might manage to care before it’s too late?

This letter represents the 3rd year of my weekly climate strike. It’s Earth Day. And teaching school during a pandemic keeps getting harder. So I figured it was time to remind you of exactly what I’ve been doing for the last 3 years. Because I know what you’ve been doing, and it’s not even an order of magnitude close to enough.

This week’s topic is: Three Years

Here’s what I’ve done

The following is an annotated index of the strike letters. It’s a reference for reminding you of science you’ve already seen, data you’ve already heard, and solutions you’ve already been introduced to. The number is the week of the strike, followed by the title and a brief reminder of what was covered that week. Recaps and report cards are bold, underlined, and in italics.

Water – intro (recycling, Hetch Hetchy, delta tunnel, rain gardens, etc.) Ideas – how to and why to solicit ideas from everyone Carbon sequestration – how to do carbon sequestration and where Local recycling – includes cradle to cradle push Elevation – yup, old data on what’s going to be under water Planting – planting bio buffer zones Transportation – all electric, no private vehicles, etc. The planet – short timeline and big problems, need to plan now! Insects – how to fight the insect crash (including native plants) Money (divest-invest) – title sort of says it all, with specifics The coasts – plan to retreat from the coasts now Light – light pollution and increasing our albedo Early financial risks – focus on 30-year bond insurance, lawsuits, building codes Self-assessment – a test to see if they’ve done anything yet Environmental justice – who gets hit hardest, what that means for SF The ocean – it’s dying and what we have to do about it Numbers – deadlines, local issues, prior timelines, ways to get it done Now or never – the news keeps getting worse and what SF must do Municipal bonds – credit rating agencies are getting wise, assume very little time Access to water – no future snow = blackwater recycling now Priorities – dividing up what needs to be done by when it has to be done and how Examples pt 1 – albedo, bioswales, coasts, pavement, planting, insects, plastic, wildlife corridors Examples pt 2 – environmental justice, investment, light pollution, local recycling, ocean, blackwater recycling, transportation Science – how science works, what science says about current crises Climate strike – what for, why, what it will accomplish (this was the big gen strike) Why I strike – in title, my environmental bio Trees – focus on natives only Water recycling – the basics of blackwater recycling Transit -- % CO 2 to transit, how to reduce, get rid of private vehicles, promote bikes Time – assessing time per potential tipping point, and what SF has to do to meet these Plastic — defining plastics and the problem they represent CH 4 — chem of rxn Other GHGs — amts, greenhouse potential, actions CO 2 pt 1 — where we produce CO 2 CO 2 pt 2 — how do we get rid of it CO 2 pt 3 — what does SF need to do Focus — there are no other issues Energy — how to get to 100% net-zero C emissions Energy details — details for each type of green energy for SF Climate emergency — act or get out of the way Scope of the plastic problem — it’s worse than we thought Resilience and self-sufficiency — how we can do it and why we have to Recap — cheat sheet on what to do and timeframes for SF Insects in SF — what we must do to preserve insects Bio highways — how to create these in SF and why Delta Tunnel — it will hurt SF, we need to stop supporting it Covid-19 — Covid-19 is bad, ecocide is much worse Green New Deal — SF needs a Green New Deal now Basic tenents — we must act to survive, and we must act right now Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — act now, focus, Covid-19 is a small part of the disaster on its way The Price Is Right — acting is much cheaper than not acting, with #s Build blackwater recycling — megadrought, we need to recycle our water Fiddling while home burns — what are you doing?! Taking action fast — why and how to act fast, Process For Action How SF is hurt by global changes — biosphere collapse directly endangers SF What have you done? — report card A livable world is still possible — SF needs to take charge and act, details on how Restorative Justice — how it works to fix harm, inc to the environment Start with the easy stuff — infrastructure, policy, and community list of projects Scope — the news just got a lot worse, very fast, because of clouds CAF — carbon added fee CAF — how to implement it Carmageddon — how to avoid it and make roads safe, and not for cars Environmental racism — it drives local and global environmental destruction How to take action — what may be stopping you and how to get past that The Big Goal — setting an overarching goal that focuses and drives action Art — how the arts are vital to fixing the current mess Electrification — on the need to electrify everything now, and how it saves money too The Streets of San Francisco — why we need to get cars off the streets Getting everyone involved — who, how, and why everyone needs a say and to be acting No Nukes in SF — clean it all up, already!! Heat — it kills, and it’s easy and obvious how to reduce it Wreckers — SF is playing Vichy government to plastic, oil, big ag, and big corps. Good, Cheap, Fast: you only get 2 out of 3 — why taking action on big projects is now expensive but has to be done anyway. It’s Accelerating — all the tipping points are being reached rapidly, and SF is suffering already but it will only get worse Green Building Practices — why building is a mess in SF and how to fix and green it Bargain Hunting — multi-outcome projects since we’re past cheap as an option We Are Here — what’s going on and what SF can and has to do Have You Figured It Out Yet? — what the countdowns mean, and that we’re one week away from exiting Paris Will We Always Have Paris? — and we’re out, and what that means, and we can do Paris as a city; we have to! Energy, it’s all about energy — we need public power now; dump PG&E Water, Water, Water — endangered snowpack and pipelines, blackwater recycling now Reclaim Space from Cars — make permanent and add to pandemic shutdowns Sacrifice Zones — we’re talking literal human sacrifice of poor and BIPOC people We’re All On A Ghost Ship — it’s burning down around us now Science Is Conservative — so what’s coming is worse than the predictions A Summary for Winter — we’ve got 2 weeks left and you’ve done so little Protect and Serve — stop working for the rich because they don’t care if we burn Sister Communities — we’ve got to make connections in CA for a bunch of reasons Use The Tools You’ve Got — like the Climate Crisis declaration and regulations Get On The Job Or Get Out Of The Way — why you aren’t acting, and who can act Finding the Resources — stop the thieves and get the stuff we need to act Doing What’s Right — kindness and legal rights Energy for SF, in Great Detail Water for SF, in Great Detail Science, PP, and Resiliency — PP is the Precautionary Principle Who Will Be Harmed — the poor and most vulnerable Data Geek Out — #s for everything Are You As Smart As A High School Student? — no You Can Make A Difference — local government can accomplish things A Strike Glossary — definitions because words are important Inertia — act sooner, and overcome your inertia to do so Water & Energy — they’re linked and we’re in a megadrought Scale — it’s WAY bigger than you think or than you’re acting Plastic — the plastic cycle and its impacts Return of the Natives — plant natives now It’s Always About Water! — we gotta act now SF & Water — the Lab — how do we make sure we have water to survive We’re doing water wrong — Hetch Hetchy is the wrong solution to our water problems Traffic and Toilets — the receipts on making wrong choices Cars - What are they good for? — absolutely nothing (say it again!) The Dying Commons — SF is actively destroying the urban commons we depend on Megadrought! The Musical — let’s make it fun and see if you pay attention If You Only Had The Nerve — Act already! You Can’t See a Forest Without Trees — our tree situation is getting worse, not better Recipe for Disaster — comparing SF’s lack of action to the condo that collapsed RCP8.5 — let’s look at what the IPCC says, shall we? It’s not enough to just act — you have to take the right actions Water, Again — how to get it when there’s a megadrought IPCC — the latest report is out and it’s bad Work the Problem — focus, folks! Climate Cowardice — you don’t act because you’re cowards; shame works Pay to Play — corruption is killing us You Can’t Fight Physics — list of laws and what they’re doing to us A Case Study — Vision Zero and how SF screwed it up Elevation — mega-skyscrapers are stupid on a city on a peninsula that’s sinking Transparency — y’all have no idea what’s going on in SF gov Water and the Common Good — you’re bad at water Too Much Water — the assault — we’re already going to flood no matter what Not Enough Water — the siege — while we die of thirst in a megadrought Dinosaurs — Unsafe for San Francisco — um, cars Act Like Our City’s On Fire — because it is, so ring the alarm and act Fix Your Priorities — budget numbers don’t lie Enforcement — neither does SF’s lack of action, aka greenwashing Wrong Story — telling the wrong story produces wrong actions, aka Thanksgiving A or B? — continue on as is or change, that’s the choice Resources — colonialism, capitalism, and locusts: that’s us Welcome to a New World — errth is not amenable to life Baby Steps pt 1, Electrification — it’s a start but you’ve got much more to do Baby Steps pt 2, Blackwater Recycling — it’s just barely a start at all Massive Waste — building housing in flood zones is insane! Tiny Forests — just what it says Baby Steps pt 3, Divestment — SFERS not doing so well, and nobody else is trying Because It’s Been Rough On The Frontline Lately — recap and review Let’s Do The Numbers! — Harper’s Index list of numbers more important than stock #s Don’t Build In The Flood Zone, Darlin’ — where not to build housing Martians! — We can learn a lot by thinking like Mark Watney Lessons of the Recall — you all aren’t acting any better than the School Board The Course Is Clear — water and energy first, a bunch of stuff after How To Ensure SF Has Water — tiny forests, composting toilets, permeable surfaces, native plants, efficiency and leakage, blackwater recycling, etc. How To Ensure SF Has Energy — tons of resources here, most untapped State of the World — rapidly getting very bad in every sphere we inhabit Finance for Climate Change 101— taxes, divestment, loans, old insurance policies, shared resources, etc. Efficiency and Conservation — these works, are really cheap, and can be done now Solutions-Based Governance — a “put up or shut up” method to get stuff done Three Years — it’s Earth Day, act before we all die from heat

It’s been three years. I know what I’ve done. What have you accomplished?

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