Our chapter is a member of 350 Southland Legislative Alliance that selects state bills and actions in Sacramento and regional actions for climate and environmental justice. Volunteers are welcome to join study groups on different kinds of policy. Our chapter also signs on to organization letters we support. Our positions and “sign-ons” are listed here.

We have or are forming Climate Action Coalitions to push for urgent climate action by

• Cities of Ojai, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura
• County agencies including Transportation Commission, Regional Energy Alliance,  Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee, and Air Pollution Control District 
• Ventura County Climate Emergency Council

We have teams or allied groups working on:

• Carbon Sequestration/Water/Healthy Soils Policy Working Group. Contact Jan Dietrick [email protected] 805-746-5365
• Clean Energy/Transportation and Infrastructure – Contact Chris Tull
• Transition, Resilience and Restorative Justice – Contact Diana Kubilos 
• Arts and Media allied with Arts for Earth Foundation – Contact Michelle Nosco
• Speaker’s Bureau – Contact Ron Whitehurst
• Climate Writers Team  with Citizens’ Climate Lobby  – Contact Jan Dietrick, [email protected]> 805-746-5365
• Food and Garden – Ron Whitehurst [email protected]
• Stop Release of Methane – Todd Shuman  [email protected]

We work with coalitions on many important campaigns:

• Oil and Gas Regulation and  Pushing Climate Action with CFROG Sign-up Form  Tomás Rebecchi [email protected] 619-252-6899 
• Ending Environmental Racism with SURJVC (http://eepurl.com/cy-oJ5 for announcement list)
• Clean Energy with Ventura Sierra Club – Los Padres Chapter Get Involved Page
• Outreach and Education about the climate crisis with Climate Reality Project Ventura County Chapter 
• Artivism with Arts for Earth Foundation – Michelle Nosco <[email protected]>
• Federal Carbon Tax with Citizens’ Climate Lobby (JOIN on home page)  [email protected]
  
• Active Transportation (Bicycles, Bike Lanes, etc) with Bike Ventura Become A Member
• Banning Roundup on public land with Transition to Organics Ojai (Comment to be on enews list)
• Ventura Food Coop Membership Drive Ventura Food Coop – [email protected] Sign-up Form
• Healthy Soils Project, Restoring Small Water Cycles and Greening Bike Trails – Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology Sign-up Form
• Restoration of Small Water Cycles – Ocean Friendly Gardens 
• Ban Plastic Pollution and Ocean Friendly Gardens (Projects of Surfrider Foundation) 
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura (attend mthly meetings for more)     

Ventura City Council Joins Clean Power Alliance

All in With Paris March

Public Meeting Conejo Valley Unitarian Fellowship