SV Climate Action Alliance
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</font><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Individuals affiliated with the following organizations are members of the SVClimate Action Alliance. As Alliance members, they support the actions and publications of the Alliance (except where specifically noted) and serve as communications links to and from the Alliance and their affiliated organizations. For further information about our members’ affiliated groups, please link to their home pages.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">350 Silicon Valley</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">….</span><a href="http://www.350siliconvalley.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.350siliconvalley.org/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">350 Silicon Valley is a local Santa Clara and San Mateo County grassroots effort working to solve the climate crisis as part of </span><a href="http://350.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">350.org</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> a global grassroots climate movement. We were active locally in defeating the Keystone XL pipeline and now have active campaigns on Fossil Fuel Resistance, Divestment, Climate Solutions, and Partnership/Climate Alliance Development.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Acterra</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">...</span><a href="http://www.acterra.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.acterra.org/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Acterra is a non-profit environmental education-and-action organization that brings people together to create solutions for a healthy planet. We focus on local action to address current environmental problems. Acterra works in the areas of energy and climate change, corporate sustainability, and advocacy to build an informed and empowered citizenry. With a history going back to 1970, Acterra is now focusing its efforts on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. We promote energy efficiency and renewables, innovative transportation, and sustainable business practices throughout the region.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Carbon Free Mountain View</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Carbon Free Mountain View (CFMV) was founded in 2013. Its vision is a thriving carbon-neutral Mountain View and Silicon Valley. Its mission is to reduce GHG emissions in 2025 by 40% compared to 2005. CFMV is the organization that spearheaded the creation of the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority, the agency that will begin delivering 100% GHG-free electricity in 2017 to the residents and businesses in eleven Silicon Valley cities and the unincorporated portions of the County. CFMV is now turning its attention to persuading city governments to adopt and achieve annual GHG reduction targets.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Web site:</span><a href="http://www.carbonfreemountainview.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;"> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.carbonfreemountainview.org/</span></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Carbon Free Palo Alto</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">… </span><a href="http://www.carbonfreepaloalto.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.carbonfreepaloalto.org</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Carbon Free Palo Alto’s (CFPA) mission is to articulate a vision of carbon neutrality for Palo Alto’s energy systems and to make that vision a reality. We are a grassroots citizen activism organization spearheaded by Palo </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Alto activists deeply concerned about climate change and committed to spurring a sustained and meaningful local response to climate change.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Citizens’ Climate Lobby- San Mateo (RWC), Silicon Valley North(MV) and Silicon Valley South (San Jose)</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Citizens-Climate-Lobby-San-Mateo-Chapter/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.meetup.com/Citizens-Climate-Lobby-San-Mateo-Chapter/</a>
</span><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Citizens-Climate-Lobby-Silicon-Valley-North/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.meetup.com/Citizens-Climate-Lobby-Silicon-Valley-North/
</a><a href="http://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Silicon_Valley_South/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Silicon_Valley_South/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL) is a grass roots national organization, using volunteer lobbyists to create the political will for Congress to pass a Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax(Fee) in which fossil fuels are taxed at the point of extraction or importation and 100% of the revenue is distributed to households in dividend checks. CCL has local groups in almost every Congressional district and its members meet regularly with the legislators and editorial boards.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Friends of Caltrain</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">...</span><a href="http://www.greencaltrain.com/friends-of-caltrain/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.greencaltrain.com/friends-of-caltrain/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friends of Caltrain is a nonprofit with over 5000 participants on the Peninsula corridor from San Francisco through San Jose and beyond, supporting stable funding for Caltrain, successful modernization, and integration into a comprehensive transit network, with equitable access and transit-supportive policies on the corridor.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Green Party of Santa Clara County...</span><a href="http://cagreens.org/santaclara/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://cagreens.org/santaclara/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The Green Party of California platform express the Green Party's key values</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> as they apply to the public policies that affect our lives, including Ecology,Community-Based Sustainable Economics, Democracy and Electoral Reform, Peace and Non-violence, and Social Justice and Livable Communities.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Palo Alto Forward</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">...</span><a href="http://www.paloaltoforward.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">www.paloaltoforward.com/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Palo Alto Forward is a group of residents interested in crafting a vision for the future of Palo Alto that embraces innovation and smart growth rather than stasis and no growth. We believe in approaching challenges like traffic and parking with a "can-do" attitude and believe there are positive outcomes and opportunities when we plan for future growth holistically and in strategic locations.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Peninsula Democratic Coalition</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">...</span><a href="http://www.peninsulademocrats.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.peninsulademocrats.com/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The PDC is the largest and oldest Democratic Club in Silicon Valley. The PDC is an active club, sponsoring events open to the public such as the PDC’s March 20, 2016, event entitled “Climate Change, Local Challenges and Solutions.” The PDC has a long history of promoting Democratic candidates and ideals. It is chartered by both the Santa Clara and San Mateo County Democratic Central Committees.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">… </span><a href="http://interfaithpower.org/get-involved-3/pica/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://interfaithpower.org/get-involved-3/pica/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We are members of about a dozen Bay Area local Peninsula congregations who meet to share ideas and practices for saving energy and water in our facilities, educate the members of our congregations about how to protect Earth’s climate and share information with each other about our programs. We also work with our local governments and state legislators to advocate for energy conservation policies and divestment from fossil fuels. Participants from any faith tradition are welcome, whether or not you are a member of a local congregation. PICA is also a Regional Working Group of Californian Interfaith Power and Light. For information, contact Debbie Mytels at (650) 856-7580.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Peninsula Peace and Justice Center</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">…</span><a href="http://www.peaceandjustice.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://www.peaceandjustice.org/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Peninsula Peace and Justice Center (PPJC) is dedicated to building coalitions among organizations to make its work more effective. The organization's efforts have led to the formation of coalitions fighting against U.S. military intervention, corporate globalization, the death penalty and other issues. PPJC is committed to involving individuals in the struggle for a just and humane world, using the power of democracy and taking to heart the premise that in a democracy, the people should lead.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">City of Santa Clara Green Action Committee</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">…</span></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This group is formerly the Sierra Club Cool City team for Santa Clara. It currently works to green the City. Primary areas of focus are making sure the Climate Action Plan is being followed, more transit oriented development is built, more bike lanes are constructed and open space is preserved.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="mailto:santa-clara-green-action@googlegroups.com" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">santa-clara-green-action@googlegroups.com</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> or </span><a href="mailto:sudsjain@mail2web.com" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">sudsjain@mail2web.com</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Transition Palo Alto</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">...</span><a href="https://transitionpaloalto.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">http://transitionpaloalto.org/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Transition Palo Alto is part of a worldwide grassroots movement to build community resilience in response to climate change, resource depletion, and economic crisis. The goal is to create a society that’s less energy intensive and more connected, meaningful, and rewarding. Centered in Palo Alto, TPA involves people throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. TPA events include Fourth Friday/Films of Vision and Hope, sharing events, new economy events, Transition Cafes, book and conversation groups, and more.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Transform... </span><a href="http://www.transformca.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;">www.transformca.org/</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TransForm promotes walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, keep California affordable and help solve our climate crisis. With diverse partners we engage communities in planning, run innovative programs and win policy change at the local, regional and state levels.</font></span></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Our History ... </span>The Silicon Valley Climate Action Alliance was formed in early 2016 by San Mateo and Santa Clara County climate activists. Our members are local leaders in the areas of climate organizing, housing, transportation, faith, and politics. Alliance members have played a leading role on these issues and more:</font></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" list-style-position="list-style-position" inside="inside" list-style-image="list-style-image" initial="initial" color="color" rgb="rgb" background-color="background-color"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Becoming carbon-free,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Banning fracking in SCC,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Educating faith communities on climate action opportunities,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Moving the country towards a revenue neutral carbon tax,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Promoting a green political agenda,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Helping Community Choice Energy and low cost clean energy get launched,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stopping oil trains through our neighborhoods,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Leading fossil fuel divestment movements,</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fighting for better public transportation and less traffic congestion, and</font></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; letter-spacing: 1px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Advocating for affordable and energy efficient housing</b></font></li></ul></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div></div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nicole Kemeny is a climate activist and mom and serves on the leadership group of 350 Silicon Valley, which includes her role as liason to 350 Bay Area. She co-chairs 350 Silicon Valley’s Partnership Development team and is a co-founder of the SVClimate Action Alliance. Prior to joining 350 Silicon Valley, Nicole held an internship with the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter’s Global Warming program.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nicole was a housing activist in Chicago working on local and national programs and policy. She received her M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. Nicole and her husband David and family reside in Menlo Park.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Suds Jain</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Suds Jain is on the board of Acterra and is active with Citizen's Climate Lobby which advocates for a Carbon Tax with 100% revenue recycling (dividends to consumers). He designed integrated circuits for 25 years and in 2008, Suds decided that the impending climate crisis was far more important than designing the next switch chip for computer networking so he “retired” from Broadcom Corporation to become a "professional climate volunteer". Suds has performed free home energy audits for 3 years with Acterra's Green at Home program. He has also installed solar panels on low income housing with Grid Alternatives. For 5 years he taught a "Climate Change Science" class to middle school students at Discovery Charter School. He is a planning commissioner for the city of Santa Clara. Suds holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from MIT.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Debbie Mytels</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Debbie Mytels has been a “climate activist” for over a decade – and before that she worked on other environmental issues such as food, recycling, and wetlands preservation. She has worked at Acterra since 2005 where she initiated Acterra’s Green@Home program, an energy efficiency program that served over 3,500 Silicon Valley residents. Debbie founded Acterra’s “Be the Change” environmental leadership program that trained over 150 emerging leaders over six years. She also served for six years as executive director of the Peninsula Conservation Center, one of the forebears of today’s Acterra.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An active community volunteer as well, Debbie co-founded Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA), a group of a dozen local faith congregations that share best practices to protect the climate and work on joint educational programs and legislative issues. She is also a member of the Steering Committee of Transition Palo Alto, part of the world wide network of communities that aim to build resilience in the face of climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In earlier positions, Debbie served five years as outreach director at the Foundation for Global Community and filled leadership positions at the Silicon ValleyToxics Coalition, Canopy: Trees for Palo Alto, the San Francisquito Creek Watershed Council, and Leadership Midpeninsula. Debbie earned a B.A. with honors in Social Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and studied in the journalism M.A. program at Stanford. She’s a 40+ year resident of Palo Alto where she lives with her husband Thomas Atwood.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mari Pearman</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mari Pearman is a community and employee engagement consultant who enjoys working with cross-sector teams. As a professional facilitator, she enables stakeholders to work together effectively and to engage whole systems in participatory planning processes. She believes collaborative practices are vital in helping people understand and address the complex systemic challenges posed by climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mari is the Director of Sustainovation, a non-profit project that hosts the event "In-depth Dialogues" with business leaders to highlight innovations in sustainable design and business practices, and the Palo Alto Green Drinks networking event. She is a current member of Transition Palo Alto, Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition. Mari has a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judy Plaska</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Judy Plaska is a member of the Board of Directors of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition, where she organized a PDC sponsored Climate Change event in March 2016.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">She served on the boards of Outreach Inc. and the VTA’s Citizen Advisory and Paratransit Committees in Santa Clara County.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After graduating from George Washington University, where she also served as an intern for Robert Kennedy, Judy served in the Peace Corps in Brazil. Judy worked for several years in Michigan and California (including San Mateo County) as a planner for transportation, health and other programs for the elderly and disadvantaged. When she and her husband moved to Mountain View in 1979, Judy transitioned into the private sector working in Silicon Valley in hi tech and software companies for the next 20 years.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chris Lepe</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chris Lepe is the Silicon Valley Senior Community Planner for TransForm, a nonprofit organization working to promote walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, keep California affordable and help solve our climate crisis. Transform and Chris’ local office is in San Jose.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chris is also the co-chair of the Traffic Safe Communities Network (TSCN) Steering Committee, a member of the Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI) Community Leader Roundtable, and a Board Member of Human Agenda and the Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chris has taught courses in the Environmental Studies, Health Science, and Intercultural Studies Departments at De Anza College and San Jose State University (SJSU). He received his BA in Environmental Studies with a minor in Latin American/Latino Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his Masters in Urban Planning at San Jose State University.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pat Nicholson</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pat Nicholson is a group leader of the San Mateo County Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby. Professionally, Pat has 20+ years of experience managing fund raising campaigns as founder and principal consultant of her own company “Patricia Nicholson Fundraising Consulting” and in key fundraising and development roles for the Fort Mason Center, Planned Parenthood, Foothill College, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Cal Academy of Sciences.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pat was Associate Dean of External Relations at the Stanford University School of Education for 7+ years where she managed all fundraising and alumni affairs activities. She was a faculty member and instructor for 6 years at the University of San Francisco's College of Professional Studies where she taught "Fund Raising for Non profit Organizations."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stew Plock</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stew Plock is a climate activist in the leadership group of 350 Silicon Valley, where he co-chairs the organization’s Partnership Development team and also serves on the organization’s Fossil Fuel Resistance team. He was very active locally in the nation-wide program to halt the Keystone XL pipeline. Stew is one of the founders in early 2016 of the Silicon Valley Climate Action Alliance. He has been a volunteer environmental educator for 15 years at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills and has served on that organization’s board of directors and on 3 additional local non-profits as well. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Stew was a High Tech Market Development and Strategic Partnering manager for 15 years for Sun Microsystems and Tandem/H-P. Prior to his market development career, Stew received a BS in Industrial Management from Penn State, served as a U.S. Navy Supply Corps Officer, and earned an MBA from the Wharton School. His 15 year IT career included senior consulting, management and directorship positions with KPMG, SmithKline, H-P, and Genentech. He’s a 40-year resident of the Silicon Valley and resides in Palo Alto with his wife Kathy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sandra Slater</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sandra Slater is the Northern California Director for the Cool City Challenge, a behavior change initiative to lower carbon, build resiliency and social capital. She also co-founded Palo Alto Forward, an all-volunteer effort to inform better housing and transit options for the region. Sandra was the founder of Sandra Slater Environments, a design consulting firm specializing in green building techniques, with projects featured in numerous publications and on national TV and radio.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sandra was a consultant to the Golden Gate National Recreational Parks Conservancy, and to Zeta Communities, a net zero energy, LEED platinum start-up. Prior to her work in green design, she was VP of Production/Sales at Lifetime Television, and Sr. VP in charge of sales, marketing, and program development with Grey Healthcare.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sandra began her career at the United Nations Environment Programme, and in 1979 worked with Norman Lear to help establish People for the American Way. Sandra lives in Palo Alto.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Barbara Weinstein</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Barbara Weinstein believes that forging connections among people is essential to addressing the profound challenges we face. As a member of the Transition Palo Alto steering committee, Barbara hosts the monthly Fourth Friday/Films of Vision and Hope series and other events, and manages communications for the group. She has also been a volunteer with the Sierra Club and other environmental and cultural organizations. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Professionally, Barbara works as a technical communications consultant for various high-tech companies. She has a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. Barbara lives with her husband in Los Altos, and loves that her grown children also live in the area.</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div>