May Newsletter

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Highlights

CASM in the Community: Let the Youth Speak Open Mic + SWIP Tour
May is Bike Month
Your Green Bin and Protecting your Local Wetlands are your Emergency Brakes for Climate Change
Santa Monica Breaks Ground on $56 Million Clean Transit Future

CASM in the Community

CASM’s Climate Corps Club leader, Sarrie Thompson hosted an Earth Month Event in April at the Main Street Farmers Market. The event featured seed ball making, planting, climate tarot cards, and CASM’s Wheel Of Knowledge.

Farmers Market goers spin CASM’s “Wheel of Knowledge” to learn about Climate topics at our Earth Month Celebration

Little hands hold earth, making seed balls from soil and wildflower mix

Climate “Tarot” cards playfully ask passersby to make connections between their own lives, personal benefits, and collective climate actions. View the deck

We also wrapped up the Climate Corps Club, with an end of the year celebration last week at the beach. We’re so proud of our amazing teen leaders who have given their time and energy to the program this year – tabling at local events, sharing powerful climate actions, advocating for climate at city council meetings, and more. Thank you!

But wait! We’ve still got a couple of youth climate events coming up…

Upcoming CASM Activities

May 12th, 6:30pm: Let the Youth Speak: Growing Community Together

Join other youth activists for a night of gardening, music, poetry and community!

What would you like to see grow in the world?

Get involved with local organizations that are committed to improving our community.

Show up, sign-up, and speak up!

6:30pm – Let’s seed our intentions for community, growth and change! Join us for seed ball making at Reed Park Community Garden, mingle, and sign up for local volunteer opportunities

7:20pm – Bring your intentions to life at Downbeat 720, a youth open-mic sponsored by the City of Santa Monica, now in its 25th year! Bring your words, your music or just yourself!

Special guest poet: Raquel “Rocky” Perez

Special guest singer: Downbeat alum, Makeda

Wednesday June 3rd, 4pm: SWIP (Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project) Tour

Calling all youth! Join us for a tour of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP) led by Santa Monica water resource manager, Sunny Wang. SWIP is a first-of-its-kind project that utilizes water recycling to provide a drought resilient water supply for the City. Please join us for this event as we witness this powerful climate adaptation strategy first hand. Closed toed shoes required.

RSVP to Save your Spot

Action Alerts

Looking for easy ways to support impactful climate legislation? The Climate Center has action alerts with email templates, so all you have to do is add your name and hit send. Sign up at the bottom of their webpage for action alerts like this.

Climate News

Your Green Bin and Protecting your Local Wetlands are your Emergency Brakes for Climate Change. Check out this new article by CASM’s Super-Volunteer, Mackenzie Devilbiss to learn local solutions you can do now to curb polluting emissions fast.

Big Blue Bus hosted a Groundbreaking Ceremony for their new EV charging infrastructure; CASM’s Program Lead, Makeda spoke at the event. Here’s the scoop – Santa Monica Breaks Ground on $56 Million Clean Transit Future.

May is Bike Month. Riders can enjoy discounts, promotions, and events all month. All you need to know, here.

California marks biggest state park expansion in decades with 3 new parks

New reports show renewable wind and solar energy sources are meeting 99% of new demand for electricity in 2025. Read or listen here.

What if finding your role, not more information, was the best thing you could do to advance climate solutions? What if by defining and joining together our roles we can create a “mycelial network of change?” Project Drawdown shares on this topic “Finding Clarity, Courage, and Community in Climate Action: A Conversation with Katharine Wilkinson, Ph.D.”