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MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to engage and inspire our community and city leadership to explore and implement equitable actions in a rapidly changing climate.  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 goal is to ensure a livable world for our children and future generations.

Three years ago 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, ten local Healdsburg residents representing various service and non-profit organizations in Healdsburg came together in a local backyard for the inaugural Healdsburg Earth Day Summit.   Three years later, we have over 400 people on our mailing list and have made connections across Healdsburg and Sonoma County.

During these three 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 implement that Strategy.  We also 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.

After our first meeting in a back yard, we have 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 and bike and pedestrian safety, and earth friendly food preparation.

Due to our advocacy and the filing of an appeal about a Planning  Commission decision in 2025, the removal of an oak woodland at Montage was averted. The plan for an expanded parking lot was withdrawn..

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

Stay tuned as we determine where we are headed as we approach Earth Day 2025.

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

You can find out more about who we are and what we do by clicking on the buttons at the top of this page. Our action groups represent the interests of our members and we focused on four major issues in 2024 - Active Transportation/Public Transportation, an Anti Idling Campaign in our local schools, Tree Planting and Protection, and Beaver Restoration on the Russian River.