On October 1, we gathered again to continue the campaign to Stop Climate Hushing: to bring the climate crisis into everyday conversation and encourage people to take action. Lamentors, puppets, signs and recitations drew the attention of passersby, as we talked to folks and handed out flyers with four climate action categories folks could choose […]

While fossil-fueled wildfires, floods, and extreme heat mount throughout the country and the world, Americans are becoming increasing quiet about the climate catastrophe. Candidates and the media are also avoiding the topic of climate. This “climate hushing” is disastrous for efforts to turn the climate Titanic around. Activists from Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area, along with the […]

We are saying: This is a Climate Emergency! Speak Up! Act NOW! XRSFBay members and allies gathered at the Enbarcadero in San Francisco on Thursday evening, September 17 to launch our Stop Climate Hushing campaign aimed at reaching folks who may worry about the climate crisis but don’t know what to do about it. We […]

Lamentors from the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Sacramento attended a CalPERS public meeting on March 17th to remind the board that divestment from fossil fuels is the right move morally, environmentally…and financially. As one Lamentor described it: “15 of us stood stock still during a 3 hour meeting of the CalPERS board’s investment committee. […]

On April 24, seven local activists were arrested for occupying the lobby of Wells Fargo branch at 464 California Street, San Francisco after 30 concerned citizens conducted a solemn vigil to highlight the interconnectedness of environmental injustices and financial misconduct. The vigil included a mournful choir calling out Wells Fargo’s complicity in climate chaos, interspersed […]

On February 29th, climate activists staged an event in downtown San Francisco outside insurance company Chubb’s offices, demanding that both Chubb and AIG take immediate action to address their contribution to the climate crisis, stop insuring dangerous fossil fuels, and rapidly increase investments in clean energy. Representatives delivered letters to both Chubb and AIG Insurance […]