2020 Earth Day
Taking Action During Shelter in Place
Wednesday April 15, 2020 - 2-3pm
Introductions
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Partners
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Outcome
Get inspired and commit to taking action for Earth Day and beyond!
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Agenda
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Where is your favorite place in Oakland?
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We live on traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone land
For those of us who are not Indigenous to this land, the Shuumi Land Tax is a way to acknowledge this history and contribute to the Ohlone community’s current work to create a vibrant future.
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Earth Day
Past and Present
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20 million Americans took to the streets fifty years ago on April 22
Earth Day
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Oakland Earth Day
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Since 1994
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STUDENT ACTION in EARTH DAYS PAST
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Oakland Earth Day
A year ago - in the field
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2020 Earth Day Context & Actions
City of Oakland
Rotary Nature Center Friends
Stopwaste
Mycelium Youth Network
Youth vs. Apocalypse
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City of Oakland
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www.oaklandearthday.org
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Oaktown PROUD �Student Ambassadors
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Oaktown PROUD �Student Ambassadors
Earth Day Project
Stay on the Call
For a presentation from our OakTown Proud Student Ambassadors!
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Rotary Nature Center Friends
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The Lake Merritt Institute removes thousands of pounds of trash from
Lake Merritt monthly with
YOUR HELP. Thank You!!
LOVE YOUR LAKE!
BEFORE VOLUNTEERS
AFTER VOLUNTEERS
Community Science Projects
Contribute to online research databases!
iNATURALIST: Join an international community of naturalists contributing biodiversity observations around the world. Discovering and conserving biodiversity together.
SEEK: Identification assistance for your biodiversity observations. Increase your knowledge of the web of life around you.
CITY NATURE CHALLENGE: How much biodiversity is in your home? yard? city? Record your observations with the help of the apps above. https://citynaturechallenge.org/participate/
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Rotary Nature Center Friends - Search and Report Trash and Marine Life in Lake Merritt Underwater Video Footage: https://sites.google.com/view/stem-at-lake-merritt/online-activitieslessons
SaveSFBay - Backyard Botany https://savesfbay.org/be-a-backyard-botanist
Sierra Club - Posters for Earth Day and environmental activism. Display in your window and bring to a rally when gatherings become safe again.
Backyard Nature Journaling with John Muir Laws (Oakland Zoo) https://www.oaklandzoo.org/programs-and-events/zoo-at-home
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What was your carbon footprint in January? https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
What is your carbon footprint now while sheltering in place?
Are there changes you’d be willing
to keep to benefit the planet?
Sample
Community Science Projects
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Check out the following websites to find a community science project you’re passionate about:
Check here for additional projects
Stopwaste
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Angelina Vergara, StopWaste Schools Program Manager
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Angelina Vergara, StopWaste Schools Program Manager
Aka Food Rescue Mama
Representing:
Alameda County League of 4Rs Action Heroes
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What Is StopWaste’s Virtual Earth Day Look Like?
Sharing Stories From The Past
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What Is StopWaste’s Virtual Earth Day Look Like?
We Rebuild Our Story: Sharing Taking Action Stories Now
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What Is StopWaste’s Virtual Earth Day Look Like?
We Rebuild Our Story For A Resilient Recovery:
Our (Re)Generation Collective Earth Story
Wednesday, April 22, 2:30pm-3:30pm
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Share Your Action Story.
Join in the Rebuilding of Our Collective (Re)Generative Earth Story.
What is Your “R”?
How Are You Part of the (RE)Generation?
Mycelium Youth Network
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Mycelium Youth Network
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Mission: Mycelium Youth Network prepares youth in the Bay Area -- who are most vulnerable to and already feeling the effects of environmental racism -- for climate change. We use a merger of indigenous environmental traditions that emphasize youth environmental stewardship and relationship building alongside a rigorous STEAM curriculum that focuses on practical hands-on skills for climate resilience and mitigation that youth create and implement in their homes and local communities.
Mycelium Youth Network’s Programming
Creates Climate Resilient Classrooms
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Growing Our Health: Food, Soil, and Carbon Sequestration This program focuses on creating schools as demo sites for carbon sequestration as well as a source of abundant food.
Water is Life: Youth build out water catchment and purification systems and learn to identify their local watersheds.
Clean Air is a Right: Youth explore areas of individual and community air quality concerns & create hands-on solutions for addressing air pollution.
Science for Survival: Youth research various climate emergencies and create solutions to mitigate them (earthquakes, wildfires, food and water scarcity, and drought).
Resilience in Pandemic Times: Adult and youth programming to socio-emotional, physical, and mental support. We prioritize gardening, herbalism, and fun DIY science projects.
Clean Air is a Right
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Mycelium Youth Network
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Lil Milagro Henriquez:
Founder, Executive Director
lilmilagro@MyceliumYouth.org;
(O) 510-842-6793
www.MyceliumYouthNetwork.org
Follow Mycelium on:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MyceliumYouth/
Instagram:
Youth vs. Apocalypse
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Breakout Groups
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Breakout 1
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Breakout 2
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Sharing your actions on
Social Media
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@City of Oakland @Oakland @Oakland
@Sustainable Oakland
@OUSDNews @OUSDNews @OUSDNews
@ousdstem @ousd_stem
@MyceliumYouth @MyceliumYouthNetwork @MyceliumYouth
@RotaryNatureCenterFriends @lakemerrittrncfriends @RotaryNatureCtr
@StopWasteOrg @StopWaste @StopWasteOrg
@YouthvsApocalypse @YouthvsApocalypse @Y_Vs_A
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Share your Oakland Earth Day experience on social media with these hashtags:
#OaklandEarthDay2020
#VolunteerOakland
#EarthDay2020
#OUSD
#20ActionsToEarthDay
#StopWaste
#RotaryNatureCenterFriends
#CalEarthDay50
#KIDSfortheBAY
To share how you’re celebrating the Earth while sheltering in place
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EARTH DAY EVERYDAY
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Email sarah.pipping@ousd.org
Stay Connected
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Take Action
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Stay on the Call
For a presentation from our OakTown Proud Student Ambassadors!
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Thank you
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Bonus! O High Students Sing the “Climate Song”