This All In Call is a celebration of Third Act's one year anniversary and features Jane Fonda, Rebecca Solnit, Akaya Windwood, and AL Liou, PhD. The focus will be on looking ahead at ways Third Actors can work towards building a more kind, effective, and powerful movement. Third Act's plans to escalate the Banking on […]
Over the past few months, activists around the country and the world have laid the blame for climate disasters at Wall Street’s feet. In a wave of escalated actions under the name “Blame Wall Street”, dozens of groups have called out the financial industry for their financing of fossil fuels and complicity in the climate […]
How do we find our way home in a time of unprecedented upheaval and climate disruption? How can older Americans help create a safer world for themselves, their families, and generations to come? The answer, according two leading climate authors, may lie in rebuilding our connections to community and re-examining both history and identity in […]
With Jane Fonda and Rebecca Solnit, writer and climate activist. Rebecca Solnit, is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and urban history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope, and catastrophe. Rebecca writes regularly for the Guardian, serves on the board of the climate group Oil Change International, […]
Join The Climate Center and the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office for a webinar focused on how climate resilience community hubs can keep people safe during extreme heat waves. Presenters include community leaders and experts from leading agencies who will discuss energy resilience as a possible solution to extreme heat threats. We’ll hear success stories from […]
Calling all lawyers across the county - join for the online launch event for the Third Act Lawyers Working Group. Not a lawyer, but know one - please share the invitation with your friends who are lawyers! We’ll have remarks from Bill McKibben, and presentations from four organizations on climate-related pro bono opportunities. We’ll hear from Sierra Club, Our […]
This Jan 20th People vs Fossil Fuels is hosting a day of action in honor of Joye Braun, a true warrior and force of nature. In Joye’s words, we are demanding that President Biden Be a climate warrior not a wimp. Kill the black snakes, reject all fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency. […]
The Society's Resilience Quilt will be on display in De la Guerra Plaza from 11 am to 2pm. This quilt, inspired by the poster given to theatre attendees of the Emmanuel Cappellin film “Once You Know,” is a dramatic illustration of our vision for the future world where our grandchildren can thrive. The ideas on […]
Join us for 60-minutes of music, campaign and organizing updates, and Day of Action plans! You’ll hear from Ben Jealous, former head of the NAACP and newly-appointed Executive Director of the Sierra Club, who is partnering on the Day of Action. We also have an exciting reveal about our 3.21.23 Day of Action regarding finding […]
Join Third Act and sustainable investment experts from Green Retirement, Inc, Sphere mutual fund, and HIP Investor Ratings and Portfolios for the fourth and final Responsible Finance Webinar with a focus on retirement plans. Learn how to move your money to support investments in clean energy, healthy communities, and climate solutions. You will learn about practical tools, ratings, […]
This 60-minute Intergenerational Activism discussion is meant to give elders an opportunity to gain insight into the passions and perspectives of the future of society and sustainability from a group of people who come from different walks of life AND generations. Third Act has partnered with 3Generations.org on a Youth Video Contest to help inspire […]
The draft of Santa Barbara County's 2030 Climate Action Plan (CAP) will be released in February and public workshops will be held on March 1st (Santa Barbara and Santa Maria) and March 7th (virtual). The County of Santa Barbara Sustainability Division will soon be releasing the Draft 2030 Climate Action Plan for public comment in […]
