350 Roaring Fork Valley

Welcome to 350 Roaring Fork!

Here in the valley we have a unique responsibility in Colorado to protect our colorful state. Whether that’s in Glenwood Springs or down to Aspen, we are working together to keep fossil fuels in the ground, uplift and empower local solutions, and defund climate disaster.

To volunteer or learn how to get involved in 350 Roaring Fork, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form!

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Volunteers are the core of our organization

When you watch the news or weather report are you alarmed by the increasing disasters and damage that is being caused by climate change induced events

 

350 Roaring Fork had a summer film series every Saturday from 4:30-6:30pm, from August 24th through September 28th at the Carbondale Branch Library (CBL) 

Here is a list of most of the documentaries we watched:

There were more than this and if you want to find out what they were just email me at steve@350colorado.org

 

Campaigns

 

Stop Wells Fargo’s Money Pipeline!

Stop Wells Fargo’s Money Pipeline!

Wells Fargo has loaned coal, oil and gas companies $272 BILLION since the Paris Climate Accords. This makes Wells Fargo is the third leading financier of fossil fuels in the world, after Chase Bank and Citigroup.

Wall Street banks are obviously in the business of making money by any means possible. Recently, that has been achieved through blocking action to address the climate crisis; further perpetuating a negligent fossil fuel industry. The industry is still leveraging key members of Congress to make sure nothing is done, and is backed by four household name banks—Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

Those billions of dollars could go toward renewable energy and other climate solutions. The low-carbon energy transition is going to cost billions of dollars. Ultimately, we can’t afford to finance new fossil fuel projects. End of story.

The encouraging thing is these are our banks! Or we know someone with a credit card, account or loan with one of these banks. And the only thing as valuable to a Wall Street bank as profit is name brand. Bad publicity hurts the bottom line.

If you bank with Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo or Bank of America, tell the CEO to stop financing climate destruction and start financing climate solutions. Move your money to a local community bank or credit union. Tell your friends and family.

Visit the Customers for Climate Justice Campaign site here to sign an open letter, call or email your bank CEO:

https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/customers/#letter

Resource on how to move your money out of the banks funding climate chaos:

https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/move-your-money/

 

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With the election coming up we are seeing a lot of activity and energy in the RFV starting with today and Senator Michael Bennet visiting the Glenwood Springs Area at 4:30pm MEET AND GREET with the Garfield County Democratic Party. https://www.garcodems.org/

https://harvestrfv.com/ learn about a new development that is being proposed and decided upon now! We have a chance to make this large development sustainable with solar, wind and low impact housing while also creating a transportation local that works to get people out of their single use car into mass transit options, but only if we act now to point the developers in the right direction.

https://apple.news/AbDqFZTPuQ2uhN-tSjaDB4g: The Diamondbacks are facing a climate problem — and they’re not alone
As the threats of climate change continue to become realities in new and sometimes terrifying ways, more and more teams and leagues will have to address the problem. Sporting events and the fans that follow teams will have to realize Climate Change affects everyone!

 

A few of the major accomplishments of the 350 Roaring Fork Team include: 

  • Played a pivotal role in the denial of the Uinta Basin Railway that threatened to traffic huge amounts of waxy heated crude oil though the fragile Glenwood Canyon!
  • Compelling the City of Aspen to divest their $3.1 million in Berkshire Hathaway, a holding company of coal power plants and gas pipeline builders and operators.
  • Hosting the Carbondale Youth Climate Strike in September of 2019 which brought hundreds of community members together for climate action. 
  • Organizing testimony and travel to hearings at the Garfield County Commissioners, COGCC, AQCC, CDPHE, and legislative hearings in Glenwood Springs, Denver, Rifle, and Grand Junction. 
  • Educating hundreds of community members through documentary screenings, workshops, and tabling at local events, and farmers markets. 
  • Standing up against fossil fuel projects by gathering thousands of signatures for state ballot initiatives and rallying support to stand with impacted communities in Battlement Mesa & Paonia.
  • Publishing dozens of LTE’s/OP-Eds on climate issues in local and state news outlets 
  • We supported fellow organizations working to protect the Roaring Fork Valley
  • We marched, demonstrated, attended meetings, wrote letters and postcards, called our representatives and defended Mother Earth in every way we could think of!
  • Increased the knowledge through a weekly series of films and documentaries at the Carbondale Library in the summer and fall of 2024

Now we head into fall with new goals and objectives!

  1. Increase local involvement by reaching out to seniors and students, two ends of the same timeline. These unique demographics have the time and reason for joining environmental organizations as their futures both need a stable climate in order to enjoy the life they have to give.
  2. Stay focused on the big picture, educating the public and engaging with the politicians who make the policy decisions. get involved civically
  3. Continue a series of film showings and get into the regular habit of learning, don’t become a statistic! Instead affect the statistics!
  4. Make sure the Uinta Train never becomes a reality!
  5. Join as a volunteer, there are many opportunities for you to be a part of the solution. We all need to act and become activists. There is a light at the end of the tunnel but it won’t be reached until we start to make small actions that will lead to a more livable world.

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