Grandparents Must Create Change
By Marty Eberhardt As a parent, I was stunned by the sudden rush of love and protectiveness that came upon me as soon as I saw my first child. Then, thirty years later, I felt it again, when I met [...]
Get to know our summer intern: Ana Reyes
This week we welcomed a new member of the STAY COOL team: Ana Reyes. As our summer intern, Ana will perform research related to Climate Action Planning in our communities, help expand our membership, conduct outreach to South County and [...]
How to Become a Grandparent Advocate
More voices need to be heard in the public sphere to help motivate our elected officials and governmental agencies to take action against global warming. Grandparents and seniors have the time and the ear of our civic leaders to sound [...]
Planning for climate change with high climate variability – May 14 Meeting Recap
Thank you to the 18 members and guests who attended our May 14 meeting featuring Dr. Dan Cayan, director of the Climate Research Division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). Dr. Cayan has been with SIO since 1972 and [...]
A Cause for Concern in California – and San Diego
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general science membership organization, states it clearly, “Climate change is already happening. More heat waves, greater sea level rise, and other changes with consequences for human health, natural ecosystems, [...]
Why the Urgency About Reducing CO2 Emissions?
By Peg and David Engel We founded STAY COOL for Grandkids, an organization of grandparents and others concerned about the dangers global warming poses to our grandchildren, because we feel that action to limit CO2 emissions is needed now. We [...]