Starts With Us

OUR MISSION, VISION, PURPOSE

MISSION:  To educate our community about solutions to the climate crisis, advocate for policies that fight climate change, and take action to create resilience and inspire hope for an equitable future. 

VISION: To mobilize our community and ensure a livable world for our children and future generations. 

PURPOSE: We embrace our responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sequester carbon, protect the natural environment, promote water stewardship, and address threats from wildfire, flooding and drought.

OUR HISTORY

On March 21, 2022, a group of motivated Healdsburg residents joined by some allies across Sonoma County came together on the steps of the Downtown Plaza.  We imagined what Healdsburg might look like in 2030.

On April 21 of that same year, twelve local Healdsburg residents representing various service and non-profit organizations in Healdsburg met in a local backyard for the inaugural Healdsburg Earth Day Summit.   Almost four years later, we have over 400 people on our mailing list and have made connections across Healdsburg and Sonoma County.

During these past few years, we advocated for the development of a Climate Mobilization Strategy for the City of Healdsburg.  Begun in December 2022, it was approved in 2023 and we are currently committed to helping city staff and city councilmembers implement that Strategy.  We sponsored various events including two wildly successful Climate Fests in 2023 and 2024. With our educational booths, we attracted over 5000 local participants to the Healdsburg Plaza. In September, 2025, we joined a national day of action led by Third Act and sponsored a week of Sun Day activities locally. The Healdsburg City Council issued a proclamation recognizing Sun Day and we held a series of events between September 15 and 21 at The 222, Enso Village, Little Saint, and toured the solar array at the City of Healdsburg Waste Water Treatment Plant.

After our first meeting in a back yard, we held regular meetings at Craft Work, the Community Center and The 222.  Topics have included fire safety, zero waste, tree ordinances and protection, regenerative agriculture, idle free schools, the circular economy, clean energy, public transit, bike and pedestrian safety, and earth friendly food preparation. Our latest effort has focused on the increased adoption of renewable energy for the City of Healdsburg.

Due to our advocacy and the filing of an appeal about a Planning  Commission decision in 2024 by our Tree Planting and Protection Action Group, , the removal of an oak woodland at Montage was averted.  The plan for an expanded parking lot was withdrawn..

Our Idle Free Schools Action Group has been successful at eliminating idling while parents are picking up children from local schools and encouraging enforcement of our City’s Anti-Idling Ordinance.

We have been active participants in the development of Healdsburg’s Active Transportation Plan through our action group, Move! Healdsburg.

In 2025, we also co-sponsored a May Day Rally and two recent “No Kings” Rallies with our allies in Indivisible Healdsburg. We held a Climate Expo at the Abel de Luna Community Center in July of 2025.

Currently, we are fiscally sponsored by 350BayArea and a part of 350Sonoma. 

What will happen next?   Please join us by getting on our mailing list. Email healdsburgclimate@yahoo.com for more information.