Event Coverage
Climate activists around the world had big plans for Wednesday, April 22 2020, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Traditional in-person Earth-themed demonstrations and community gatherings in honor of the occasion were cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Still, members of the environmental community at UC Berkeley joined forces to create a virtual Earth Week for students to participate in while remaining safely indoors.
Read MoreFrom February 6-7, I attended the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) Energy Summit along with undergraduates, graduates, professors and leaders in energy and resources. This event occurs yearly, and this year was called “The Race Against 2°C,” as an homage to reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that an average global warming of two degrees is “the maximum temperature threshold the global community can achieve while averting the worst of climate change.”
Read MoreThe demonstration was held during the UCSF-Mission Bay Board of Regents Meeting. A letter from the United Nations was delivered that is in support of the Kia’i and condemns the University of California for their involvement in the TMT project.
Read MoreOn the morning of November 8, UC Berkeley’s Extinction Rebellion (XR) group held its inaugural “die-in” directly in front of Sather Gate, in hopes of raising awareness of and advocating for action against the climate crisis.
Read MoreThrough film, dialogue and action, the SFGFF intends to educate and build power in the environmental community, as well as create transformative arts experiences for individuals to absorb current environmental realities and envision our possible futures. Bay Area residents, UN Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha, PUSH film director Fredrick Gertten, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff were in attendance, and each person’s presence transmitted the basic message that they believe something needs to be done. The SFGFF ran from September 24th to September 29th, 2019.
Read MoreOn Friday morning, over one thousand students and members of the greater Berkeley community took to UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza to advocate for climate action. This walkout is only one of thousands of Youth Climate Strikes taking place across the world in anticipation of the UN Climate Summit meeting in New York on Monday.
Read MoreThe Earth is getting warmer, the ice caps are melting, and sea levels are rising. I think it’s safe to say most of us at Berkeley know this, and studies show that most Americans understand and accept this as well. But who is to blame, and who can actually make a difference in solving an issue this big? That’s the question Jessica Ho and KJ Zhao, Founders of Museum of Tomorrow, are trying to answer.
Read MoreThe Green New Deal launched on February 7th, and received huge public support and momentum from across the country, especially from young activists and environmentalists.
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