Thank you Harmony Union School District for speaking up for climate action!

On April 19th, Harmony Union School Board members Mariah Lander, Steve Bair, and Henry Goff unanimously passed Resolution #2017/18-5 to Support Climate Change Action. This resolution:

• advocates for science-based climate policies
• declares climate change a human rights and generational justice issue
• calls on Congress to take swift and effective action on climate to "protect current and future students"
• celebrates the many existing sustainability initiatives within the district
• includes a "communications clause" to ensure the message of this resolution reaches other school and political leaders around the state and country​
• suggests that bipartisan carbon-pricing policies would substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions

This is one of the strongest and clearest statements about the need for climate action and climate advocacy ever passed by a school board. Thank you for speaking up to protect current and future students!

A big thanks to Tanya Turneaure, Allison Gravis, and Kaelyn Ramdsen who also contributed to this effort. 

The logjam on national climate action currently threatens all of our young people (and future generations). Thanks to our constitutional rights and our decentralized democratic traditions (such as local school district governance) all Americans, young and old, who care about the well-being of our country, our children, and future generations can speak directly to elected leaders to advocate for commonsense climate policies. No one has to be silent about the enormous and unnecessary burden we, as a nation, are currently placing on our young people due to our lack of national climate policy. 

Harmony Union School District is the 14th school district since December, 2017 to pass a climate action resolution in order to protect students. We believe thousands of other school boards across the country agree with the content of this resolution. Please help spread the word about this campaign so that the chorus of voices from the educational sector can help break the  logjam on commonsense climate action in Washington, DC. 

Thank you HUSD Board and Superintendent/Principal for all that you do to create bright futures for young people!

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