Join us at Earth Day Changemakers, our special event for climate champions, hosted by Green Change on Wed. April 23, 2 to 5pm, at the Mill Valley Community Center.
At this free networking event, we will help you:
Connect with other climate champions.
Promote important climate action campaigns.
Empower our community to take collective action.
Come meet other climate advocates, hear inspiring talks by climate action leaders, and discuss collective actions for our local climate movement. You will learn about priorities for environmental and political action, as well as new tactics and alliances for 2025 and beyond.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with your peers and make a difference together!
Program
Short Talks by climate action leaders.
Action Tables about collective climate actions.
Action Workshops about key campaigns we can rally behind.
Youth Workshops between young activists and elected officials.
Networking Spaces throughout the event.
This special event will focus on collective action for climate champions – unlike our previous Earth Day festivals, which were about individual action. There will be no booths or exhibits for the general public.
Speakers
2:00 pm: Bill McKibben, environmentalist and co-founder of Third Act (video)
2:05 pm: Tania Abdul, co-founder and executive director of Breathe
3:00 pm: Carleen Cullen, founder and executive director of Cool the Earth
4:00 pm: Damon Connolly, California State Assembly
These short inspirational talks will be about 5-10 minutes. They will be followed by networking and action workshops (see next sections). All talks will be recorded on video, for later viewing.
Action Tables
Action tables will share information about collective actions on these topics:
Community Engagement / Networking
Political Action / Climate Justice
Transportation / EVs, Bikes, Transit
Energy / Electrification
Buildings / Efficiency
Food / Land Use
Waste / Plastic
Water / Wildfire
Action Workshops
Short action workshops will be hosted by local climate leaders about key collective actions, campaigns or coalitions.
These 15 min. roundtable discussions will take place in the main room, in a “speed-networking” format.
Each workshop will include a short presentation, Q&A and an invitation to sign up to support that project. See list of first workshops below.
First Workshops:
• Advocating for climate leadership in local elections (350 Marin)
• How to drive building electrification (Electrification Squad)
• Reduce California electric rates (Marin CCL)
• Help people get out of their cars (MCBC & Sustainable Marin)
• Help develop a countywide BYO campaign (Plastic Free Marin)
• Build an online hub for local climate action (Green Change)
Youth Workshops
We will host private conversations between young activists and elected government officials. These workshops are hosted by Al Grumet and will be held in a separate room.
Participants
We expect hundreds of engaged participants at this event, including a who’s who of local climate leaders in Marin and beyond!
Here are some of the groups that plan to join us:
350 Marin • Breathe • California State Assembly • California Sunlight • City of Mill Valley • City of Larkspur • Cool the Earth • Fire Safe Marin • Green Change • Marin Citizens’ Climate Lobby • MarinCAN • Marin Conservation League • Marin County Bicycle Coalition • Marin County Sustainability Team • Marin Sonoma Electrification Squad • Mill Valley Seniors for Peace • OFA Marin • Plastic Free Marin • Resilient Neighborhoods • Rising Sun Center for Opportunity • Sustainable Marin • Sustainable Marin Schools • Sustainable Mill Valley • Sustainable San Rafael • Transportation Authority of Marin • West Marin Climate Action • YardSmartMarin • Zero Waste Marin • more to come!
