ICEJ December Meeting
2022-12-13 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles)

ICEJ March Meeting
2023-03-14 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday March 14th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

Banking On Our Futures - Third Act's National Day of Action
2023-03-21 11:30 - 12:30 | Chase Bank, 101 West Broadway, 101 West Broadway, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Rally at Chase Bank Tues. March 21st.

Last year the International Energy Agency said if we wanted to meet the Paris climate targets “there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now… from this year.”

Be part of Third Act’s National Day of Action in San Diego, organized by a coalition of local climate groups. Tell the four major funders of new oil and gas projects—Wells Fargo, Citibank, Chase, and Bank of America—to STOP funding new oil and gas projects or we will move our business elsewhere.

There will be breakdancing, a march and inspiring speakers. Register Here and show up at 11:30 AM at Chase Bank, 101 West Broadway in downtown San Diego. Bring a sign if you have one.

Ashes to Action: Honoring Our Climate Dead, Protesting Fossil Fuel Banks
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Balboa Park – Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
In the past fifty years approximately two million people have died from climate change related events including nine in the recent floods in SoCal. From 2016-2022 four big US banks–Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo–have poured over one trillion dollars into the fossil fuel industry which drives climate change. THIS MUST STOP!!

To protest this blood money and honor those who have died a coalition of environmental groups is holding a series of memorial services/protests in different locations around San Diego. On Friday, April 5 @ 1:00-2:30 PM the event will be in Solana Beach starting at Citibank, 740 Lomas Santa Fe Dr and processing to Bank of America, 943 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.

This event is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and partners including Third Act So Cal, GreenFaith, SanDiego350, CleanEarth4Kids, and the North County Equity and Justice Coalition. It is part of GreenFaith’s Faiths for Climate Justice. Registration is here. For more information, contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org.

What: Ashes to Action: Honoring Our Climate Dead, Protesting Fossil Fuel Banks

When: Friday, April 5 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM

Where: Starting at Citibank, 740 Lomas Santa Fe Dr and processing to Bank of America, 943 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.

Earth, Water, Air, Fire: An Interfaith Service on the Climate Crisis
2023-04-29 17:00 - 18:00 | Balboa Park – Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
As the environmental crisis deepens, we must take action to heal the planet where we have wounded it. For persons of faith that action is rooted in our faith traditions and practices. So we will gather on Saturday, April 29 at 5 PM at the Moreton Fig Tree arbor in Balboa Park for an interfaith, interactive and intergenerational service to connect with the Divine presence and build toward a thriving and diverse future. This is a family friendly event. There will be music, hands-on activities. Following the service, we host a bring-your-own picnic for community and fellowship. All are invited to attend!!

This FREE event is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and partner faith communities.

What: Earth, Water, Air, Fire: An Interfaith Service on the Climate Crisis

When: Saturday, April 29 5 PM Service | 6 PM Picnic

*Rain Date: TBD

Where: Balboa Park–Arbor by Moreton Bay Fig Tree, just west of Village Place and Park Blvd

Note: Please bring your own lawn chair (and a meal if you are staying for the picnic after)

For more information, contact phil@icejsd.org

REGISTER HERE

ICEJ May Meeting
2023-05-09 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday May 9th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

Investing in Our Values: An Advancing Earth Justice Series Virtual Event
2023-05-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Balboa Park – Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
On Sunday, May 21 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM, the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice (ICEJ) is proud to present this workshop with Michael Richardson, co-founder of Rivers & Mountains GreenFaith and lifelong activist. Michael will address how we can move finances from funding fossil fuel extraction, production and distribution… and instead direct bank deposits, insurance premiums, and investment portfolios to fund local businesses and farms, affordable housing, and development of renewable clean energy. His activism is driven by the moral imperative to stop funding climate chaos–the same moral imperative that led ICEJ to pressure Chase, Citibank and Wells Fargo to cease loans to the fossil fuel industry. We must keep the pressure on–join us for this workshop to see how to do so most effectively!

This FREE event is presented by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice.

What: Investing in Our Values: An Advancing Earth Justice Series Virtual Event

When: Sunday, May 21, 2 – 3:30 PM

Where: Zoom – Register Online for the Link

For more information, contact info@icejsd.org

REGISTER HERE

ICEJ June Meeting
2023-06-13 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday June 13th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

ICEJ August Meeting
2023-08-08 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday August 8th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

Earth Justice Unites Faith Traditions
2023-08-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Balboa Park – Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Since 2017 the World Interfaith Network (WIN) has hosted Interfaith Awareness Week during the 2nd week of August to bring together people of many faith from all across the country in order to share both about their religion and why interfaith dialogue is essential.

On Tuesday, August 8 from 6 – 7:30 PM, Yusef Miller and Phil Petrie present “Earth Justice Unites Faith Traditions.” Join us for this FREE talk on Zoom as ICEJ joins WIN and the Poway Interfaith Team to celebrate Interfaith Awareness Week. Contact: info@icejsd.org for the Zoom link.

This FREE event is presented by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice

What: Interfaith Awareness Week presentation: “Earth Justice Unites Faith Traditions”

When: Tuesday, August 8 from 6 – 7:30 PM,

Where: Zoom – contact info@icejsd.org

San Diego Gives - Day of Giving
2023-09-07 00:01 - 23:59
On Thursday, September 7th, our community will come together for 24 hours of unprecedented collective philanthropy through San Diego Gives. This online movement will celebrate and support the work of local nonprofits responding to our area’s greatest needs.

The Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice is excited to be part of this local giving day. We all know the environmental slogan, “Think globally, act locally” ICEJ is one of over 300 local charities looking to fund their work – go to the website and check them out. And then we hope you will pivot back to ICEJ’s page and either give early starting today or give on the day of – Sept. 7. We cannot continue to move faith communities to action on climate and other environmental justice issues without YOU!

ICEJ September Meeting
2023-09-12 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday Sept 12 th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

ICEJ October Meeting
2023-10-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Dr, San Diego, California, 92106, United States
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday Oct 10th at 3 – 4:30 PM IN-PERSON at Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Dr, San Diego, CA 92106 Campus on Tuesday October 10th at 3 – 4:30 PM.

We will be meeting outside at the Sunset Deck next to Rohr Science. When you arrive let the guard know that you are attending the ICEJ meeting and then park in the City Lot for free – it’s a 5 minute walk to Sunset Deck. Refreshments provided, please bring a drink. All are welcome! Click here for a campus map

San Diego Gives - Day of Giving
2023-11-13 11:00 | Bank of America at 655 W. Broadway, 655 W. Broadway, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
From Ashes to Action: Honoring Our Climate Dead, Protesting Fossil Fuel Banks

In the past fifty years two million people have died from extreme weather events most of which were exacerbated by climate change. Many more will die if we do not transition speedily to renewable energy. From 2016-2022 four big US banks–Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo–have poured over one trillion dollars into the fossil fuel industry enabling its extraction and burning of the dirty energy that drives climate change. THIS MUST STOP!!

To protest this blood money and honor those who have died (most of whom are from developing nations), a memorial service and protest will be held before each of these four banks while processing with a (mock) coffin to symbolize the mounting casualties and the banks’ culpability. On Monday, November 13 at 11 AM, we will meet before Bank of America at 655 W. Broadway in downtown San Diego and march to the other three. Please register here for this crucial witness and if you can, wear black on the day-of. In the event of a rain storm, we will meet on Monday, November 20 at the same time and place.

This event is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and partners including GreenFaith, SanDiego350, Third Act So Cal, and CleanEarth4Kids. For more information, contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org.

Additional info:

Please wear black if you can.

Raindate:

In the event of a rain storm we will meet on Monday, November 20 at the same time and place

Bring a Sign! Suggested Slogans:-Bank Profits=Climate Deaths-End Dirty Investments, Not Human Lives!-Honor Our Dead–End Fossil Fuel Investing NOW!-Life is Sacred. Bank Profits are Not!

ICEJ DecemberMeeting
2023-12-12 15:00 - 16:00
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday December 12th at 3 – 4 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

ICEJ March Meeting
2024-03-12 15:00 - 16:00
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday March 12th at 3 – 4 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

Ashes to Action - North County
2024-04-05 13:00 - 14:30
Ashes to Action: Honoring Our Climate Dead, Protesting Fossil Fuel Banks

Climate change is making extreme weather events like this winter’s floods and rainstorms in SoCal the new normal and there are often fatalities. In the past fifty years approximately two million people have died from such events. Climate change is primarily driven by the fossil fuel industry which in turn is funded by our financial sector. From 2016-2022 four big US banks–Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo–have poured over one trillion dollars into the fossil fuel industry. THIS MUST STOP!!

To protest this blood money and honor those who have died (most of whom are from developing nations), a coalition of environmental groups is holding a series of memorial services/protests in different locations around San Diego. On Friday, April 5 1:00-2:30 PM the event will be in Solana Beach starting at Citibank, 740 Lomas Santa Fe Dr and processing to Bank of America, 943 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.. We will finish up at a nearby Mission Federal Credit Union to commend them for refusing to invest in fossil fuels. Please register here for this crucial witness and if you can, wear black on the day-of. This event is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice and partners including Third Act So Cal, GreenFaith, SanDiego350, CleanEarth4Kids, and the North County Equity and Justice Coalition. Our action is part of this Spring’s Faiths for Climate Justice, GreenFaith’s global call to people of faith to take action on fossil fuel divestment and investment in a sustainable future. For more information, contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org.

ICEJ April Meeting
2024-04-09 15:00 - 16:00
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday April 9 th at 3 – 4 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

ICEJ August Meeting
2024-04-09 15:00 - 16:15
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region!

Our next meeting is Tuesday August 14th at 3 – 4:15 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

San Diego EarthFest 2024
2024-04-20 11:00 - 17:00 | Balboa Park, Park Boulevard and President's Way, San Diego, California, 92103
ICEJ will be hosting a booth again at this year’s San Diego EarthFest – a family-friendly and dog-friendly with free parking available. This is a zero-waste event featuring over 100 eco-friendly food, product and service vendors as well as environmental, conservation and animal rescue groups. Enjoy a full day of entertainment with speakers, music and activities for kids.

Since the first Earth Day observation in 1970, more than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day events each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.

Balboa Park is the previous site of EarthFair, the world’s largest Earth Day festival. This event is held on the expansive lawn located at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way.San Diego EarthFest is a FREE Earth Day celebration presented by Vegan Food Popup. A portion of profits will be donated to local non-profit groups.

The Kumeyaay Vision of Earth Justice: An Interview with Bobby Wallace and Sarahmarie Llyemewaa Redfern of the Barona Band of Mission Indians
2024-06-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Southeastern Live Well Center, 5101 Market St., San Diego, California, 92114, United States
After years of ignoring indigenous peoples, the U.S. environmental movement has embraced them as partners in protecting the integrity of ecosystems and as teachers in modeling a truly sustainable lifestyle. What are some of the traditions of earth care that the Kumeyaay lived out for thousands of years here in San Diego County and how did those practices grow out of their religion?

For this FREE event sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice, former ICEJ Chairperson, Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson, will interview several members of the Kumeyaay nation including eco-justice activists Bobby Wallace and Sarahmarie Llyemewaa Redfern. Mr. Wallace and Ms. Redfern will also reflect on their life journeys as activists, direct us toward local eco-justice issues, and address what true justice from the U.S. might look like for the Indigenous.

Join us on Thurs. June 27 at 7 PM at the Southeastern Live Well Center, 5101 Market St. San Diego. This event, part of ICEJ’s Advancing Earth Justice series, will be recorded for later viewing.

Contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org or (619) 776-1013 for more information and please register online.

¡Justicia para el Pueblo! ¡Justicia para la Tierra! | Justice for the People! Justice for the Earth!
2024-10-05 11:00 - 15:00 | Southeastern Live Well Center, 5101 Market St., San Diego, California, 92114, United States
Join your neighbors for “¡Justicia para el Pueblo! ¡Justicia para la Tierra! | Justice for the People! Justice for the Earth!” – a unique FREE community event focused on environmental justice.

On Sat., Oct. 5 from 11 AM – 3 PM at the SE Live Well Center, 5101 Market St., San Diego, CA (Tubman Chavez Conference Center), faith leaders, congregations, and all concerned citizens will come together to address the most pressing environmental issues in southeastern San Diego. The day will feature:

Eco Fair (11 AM – 12 PM & 2 PM – 3 PM): Connect with faith-based and secular organizations working towards environmental justice and learn about the resources that they offer.

Town Hall (12 PM – 2 PM): Share your environmental concerns and collaborate with community members to identify one specific issue and develop an action plan to address it. A free lunch will be provided.

Together, let’s work towards justice for our people and our Earth! For more information, please contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org.

REGISTER HERE

This event is organized by the Environmental Health Coalition, GRID Alternatives, Groundwork San Diego–Chollas Creek, the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice, the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, SanDiego350, and the Urban Collaborative Project.

Note: SD County Health and Human Services Agency does not advocate or endorse the views or positions expressed by the users of its facilities.

Bringing Light into the Darkness: Pre-inaugural Vigil
2025-01-15 17:30 - 18:30 | Balboa Park (El Prado & Balboa Drive), El Prado & Balboa Drive, San Diego, California, 92103, United States
In solidarity with GreenFaith communities throughout the country, the Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice will hold a pre-Inaugural candlelight vigil, “Bringing Light into the Darkness,” on Wednesday, January 15 from 5:30 – 6:30 pm at the Balboa Park (El Prado & Balboa Drive). Faith community activists and lovers of Earth will gather to shine a light of hope in the darkness of the harmful rhetoric and anticipated actions that threaten climate and social justice progress.

The vigil will feature faith reflections and songs on the theme of light. GreenFaith is a worldwidel multi-faith climate and environmental movement.

We also encourage you to sign this GreenFaith pledge – Call to Courage.

On-street parking is nearby.

All are welcome regardless of faith or none.

For more information, contact Phil Petrie at phil@icejsd.org

The Power to Act: Earth Justice in San Diego
2025-02-01 09:30 - 12:00 | First United Methodist Church of San Diego & Livestreamed, 2111 Camino Del Rio S, San Diego, CA 92108, San Diego, California, 92108, United States
Part of ICEJ’s mission is to mobilize people and faith communities to take action on the environmental crisis. To that end, our co-chairs Yusef Miller and Phil Petrie will be part of a panel discussion, The Power to Act: Earth Justice in San Diego with members of SanDiego350 and CleanEarth4Kids. The event is sponsored by the San Diego School of Christian Studies, a ministry of First United Methodist Church and will be held at FUMC in Linder Hall, 2111 Camino Del Rio S, San Diego, CA 92108 and livestreamed – to receive the link please register below. More info follows.

How can you get involved in earth justice issues right here in San Diego? Why should persons of faith care? And how are youth stepping up to create a better future for all of us?

This panel presentation will explore four key issues:

Fossil fuel divestment

Toxic pesticides

Transportation justice

Banning oil extraction in California

We’ll hear personal stories, what inspires these eco-activists to keep going, and concrete steps each of us can take to make a difference

ICEJ February Meeting
2025-02-12 15:00 - 16:30
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region! All are Welcom!

Our next meeting is Wednesday, February 12th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

February Hands in Soil: Surfrider Beach Clean-up
2025-02-15 09:00 - 11:00
Last fall ICEJ started an initiative we’re calling Hands in the Soil that pairs volunteers with monthly opportunities at various local not-for-profits providing an opportunity to get a little dirty to make our community cleaner (and more earth friendly). Saturday, February 15 from 9-11 AM we join Surfrider for a beach clean-up at two locations: Moonlight Beach, Encinitas and Imperial Beach – so take your pick. Someone from Surfrider will talk briefly about what to pick up, supply you with gloves, bags, and pickers, and set you free to clean the beach. Just look for the table with the big Surfrider sign on the beach and someone from ICEJ (we’ll have signs) will be there to meet you also. If you can’t stay for the whole time, that’s never a problem either.

For more information from Surfrider go here. To contact a representative from ICEJ, reach out to Susan Cass at Susanpanniercass@gmail.com

STOP Trump's Attacks on the EPA and our Climate
2025-03-10 11:00 - 12:00
Photo courtesy of SanDiego350

We cannot stand by while the Trump administration denies climate change in the face of the heartbreaking fires in LA, expands fossil fuel drilling, illegally cuts funds for renewable energy and environmental justice, places fossil fuel executives in charge of our environment, and paints a target on the backs of the EPA workers who are working for our health and our environment every day.

Starting at the Federal Courthouse, we’ll march to the Federal Building in downtown San Diego. We’ll rally in support of San Diego’s EPA workers who are under attack, call out Trump’s devastating actions for our climate and our future, and demand that San Diego and California step up climate action – including passing the state bill to make California’s largest fossil fuel polluters pay to mitigate, remedy, and prevent climate change costs and harms.

This event will feature a march, great speakers, colorful signs and banners, and actions to take at the event.

Join us as we fight for our future, for EPA workers, and for the rule of law!

Speakers include: Prof. Jeff Severinghaus, Scripps Institute of Oceanography climate scientist; David Fege, retired EPA staff who opened the San Diego EPA office in 1994; Jack Shu, former La Mesa Councilmember; Phil Petrie, Tyler Andre, Shayne Petkiewicz and Adeline Deig with SanDiego350; Ali Mariko Dressel, San Diego Green New Deal Alliance; and, Yusef Miller, ICEJ.

We’ll have plenty of signs, and of course your own signs are very welcome!

Co-sponsored by SanDiego350

ICEJ March Meeting
2025-03-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
ICEJ is continuing to meet monthly to discuss and plan sustainable and equitable initiatives in the San Diego region! All are Welcom!

Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 12th at 3 – 4:30 PM via Zoom. Contact us via email for the zoom link if you’re interested in joining, your participation is valued!

March Hands in Soil: Farm Lab
2025-03-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Farm Lab, 441 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, California, 92024, United States
The next volunteer opportunity with our Hands in the Soil program is on Sat. March 15 9:00 – 11:00 AM where you are invited to lend a hand at FARM LAB, a 10-acre non-profit organic garden that grows produce supplied to local school districts. Farm Lab promotes sustainability awareness and provides climate change education to students locally while inspiring other like-minded school districts nationwide. Farm Lab, at 441 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, CA 92024, is a nationally recognized Farm to School program!

Saturday volunteering typically includes bed prep, weeding, and hedgerow maintenance. Sometimes, there are harvesting or transplant needs.

Volunteers 14 yrs or older are welcome. All instructions and tools are provided. Many hands make light work!

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Susan Cass

Email: susanpanniercass@gmail.com

NCCCA Launching Earth Month
2025-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Magee Park Heritage Hall, 258 Beech Ave, Carlsbad, California, 92008, United States
(Whenever we can we like to spotlight other organizations working in the same vineyard as ourselves. The North County Climate Change Alliance (NCCCA) is one of those and our own Co-Chair Yusef Miller will be representing ICEJ at this event.)

On Sat. March 29 from 1-3 PM, you are invited to join the North County Climate Change Alliance for an educational and enjoyable afternoon, during which local environmental organizations will have the opportunity to promote Earth Month events, share community engagement opportunities, distribute promotional materials: flyers, QR codes, etc., speak about organizational goals and current initiatives, learn about the priorities of other environmental organizations, collaborate on meaningful climate change action, and network with like-minded individuals.

Light vegan refreshments will be provided. Iced tea and lemonade will be available. Please bring your own beverage container. This event will be plastic free. This FREE event will be held at Magee Park Heritage Hall at 258 Beech Avenue in Carlsbad.

To RSVP or if you have any questions, please email elizabeth.nccca@gmail.com.
