About our LAST Meeting:
This meeting was recorded on April 12th for the STAY COOL speakers series event titled “Careers for a Changing Climate”
Twenty years ago, it would be hard to imagine the types of careers that are so prevalent now. What effect is a changing climate having on research and innovation? What other jobs will be needed to address health, safety, and infrastructure, and how will we effectively coordinate and communicate with each other? STAY COOL is proud to host a multigenerational event that will explore what is on the horizon for future jobseekers. Be a cool “elder” and share this information with younger generations! Cleantech San Diego, the Climate Science and Policy program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Climate People will provide highlights from their organizations. Click here to watch the April 12 2023 video on our YouTube channel.
About our PAST Meetings:
This webinar will introduce you to some of the exciting possibilities just off the San Diego and California shores. You’ll learn about innovative programs from the Port of San Diego centered around aquaculture in the unseen ecosystems off the coast, CalWave’s energy wave pilot program off Scripps Pier with the potential to harness the world’s largest unused renewable resource, and California’s new initiative to generate at least 20 GW from offshore wind by 2045. San Diego is poised to become a center of this growing blue economy. This event features moderator Dr. Kaitlyn Lowder, The Ocean Foundation and speakers Paula Sylvia, Port of San Diego, Julie Mai, CalWave and Rhetta deMesa, California Energy Commission. Click here to watch the October 6 2022 video on our YouTube channel.
STAY COOL for Grandkids along with co-sponsors San Diego Audubon Society and St. Bart’s Episcopal Church – Environmental Stewardship Team hosted “Landscapes for Life: Nature-based Solutions for a Changing Climate” on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Planners and environmental experts have highlighted the many benefits of “nature-based” solutions that will both reduce GHG emissions and make our water infrastructure more resilient to the impacts of climate change. In this webinar we heard from three experts about nature-based solutions such as community gardens, backyard gardens, and water harvesting systems, and how they can help us do our part at both a community scale and a neighborhood scale. Speakers included: Brook Sarson (pre-recorded video), CatchingH2O, Joseph Rivera, Conservation Manager, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy and Paul L. Watson, Jr., MSHS, President/CEO, Global Action Research Center. Click here to watch the May 26 2022 video on our YouTube account.
View our YouTube playlist of past recorded webinars.
Click on the blog entries below to learn more about some of our past membership meetings.
December 8 STAY COOL Event Summary – Honoring Dr. Somerville and Addressing Uncle Pete
At our meeting on December 8, we honored and welcomed Dr. Richard Somerville for his early and ongoing efforts to explain climate science clearly to the public, presenting him with [...]
Join us on October 6: SANDAG’s Sales Tax Ballot Measure A Does it Do Enough to Keep San Diego Moving Forward?
STAY COOL for Grandkids has teamed up with partners Engage Encinitas and North County Climate Change Alliance to offer a moderated forum on the SANDAG Half Cent Sales Tax Initiative [...]
June 12 STAY COOL Event: Climate Change Education and NGSS
Thank you to the 21 people who joined us for our last STAY COOL meeting on Sunday, June 12 when we heard from Crystal Howe, who is the CREEC (California [...]
STAY COOL in Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary
On Saturday, June 4 STAY COOL members and their families met for a wonderful guided hike and wildlife observation morning at San Diego Audubon's Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary. Located near Lakeside off [...]
Join STAY COOL to support Ms. Smarty-Plants™ at EarthFair
Come out to the annual EarthFair at Balboa Park this Sunday, April 17 to catch the debut presentation by The Water Conservation Garden's Ms. Smarty-Plants™ titled “Ms. Smarty-Plants™ Helps Cool [...]
STAY COOL Update / Elders Can Help Bring Climate Change Education to Our Schools
STAY COOL has been reaching out to elders on climate change action for more than three years now, so we thought it would be a good time to summarize our [...]