THE NEXT MEETING IS: SOON... to be announced. Stay tuned Travis!
The original LINE is no longer planned for Santa Barbara, but we continue to fight against those who do not want the public to know the facts about climate change.
Those of us who live in Santa Barbara and have read the climate change science findings will find new ways to get this information from the scientists to the local public, so that City and other efforts to help curb greenhouse gas emissions will have a greater chance at success.
We are not going away.
If you want to help out:
Charlene Huston is our volunteer coordinator: you can email here at: char@lbline.org
You can always contact us using the CONTACT form on the LEFT
We need those who support us to sign up so we can stay in touch.
We realize that most of you never read the News Press, so you never encountered the poisoned journalism that is the only reason we've changed our plans. When a local newspaper abdicates its responsibility to the public sphere, the truth is the first victim.
The lightblueline organizing committee
This is the home for Santa Barbara’s lightblueline effort.
Welcome all Santa Barbarians!
We are preparing for the "Draw the Line against Climate Change" day this fall.
Please use the "CONTACT" link to the left to let us know if YOU want to join us to paint the line!
HERE are the detailed MAPS AND THE INSTALLATION DIAGRAM for the Santa Barbara art project
This is where the original idea for lightblueline occured-- I was walking down Anacapa between de la Guerra and Cota after watching An Inconvenient Truth. And this is where a dedicated team of volunteers has been working to create the first lightblueline street painting action.
We are working hard with the City government to create a best-practice example for this public education effort, so that we can pass on this information to volunteers in other cities. The lessons we learn here will help grow this movement across the globe.
Here in Santa Barbara we have so much to lose should global warming create a rise in our sea level. Our beautiful beaches and the entire waterfront (not to mention the freeway, railroad, and airport--planes, trains, and automobiles are all at risk), would be ravaged over the decades, with each year sending new waves across roads and into our cliffs.
We have created lightlblueline to help our neighbors understand that we all must work together NOW to change our habits and reduce our impacts on the global environment. We CAN stop global warming, but it will take all of us. Lightblueline is not the answer, it is only a beacon, a warning signal.
Everytime we walk past the lightblueline or drive across it, we need to think about how living in Santa Barbara is a priviledge in part because of our beautiful coastline. Only if we can lead the world in reducing our carbon emissions, and make Santa Barbara a shining example of intelligent energy use, can we tell our children that we did everything we could to give them the same coastline we enjoy so much.
We who have the most to lose have the greatest need to become leaders. Joins us in our effort to keep the ocean down at the waterfront!
Thank You.
Bruce Caron
#1 painter
lightblueline
Flooded Cities Art Exhibit: East West Gallery, Santa Barbara
August 7, 2008 to September 4, 2008
Teachers: Please take a look at the attached flyer (PDF file)!
Here is the opinion piece the Action sent to the Santa Barbara Independent... ironically, it was published on the day we withdrew our project from council consideration.
"S.B. Paints a Light Blue Line
Drawing the Line Against Human-Induced Climate Change
Published in the Independent: Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Independent covered the action that the lightblueline effort took to defuse the campaign of misinformation started by a local daily newspaper. The circumstances of this action show how the media can impact efforts at public education.
You can read the whole article here: White Flag on Blue Line
Below are excerpts from the article:
In its first issue of this new school year, the Westmont Horizon student newspaper covered the dynamic happenings over the lightblueline environmental public awareness art project.
The article was authored by Jedd Goble.
With permission we are including the text of this article below:
Dividing Line
The Santa Barbara Independent (August 9, 2007) covered the Historic Landmark Commission's 5-2 approval of the lightblueline educational art project.
You can read the whole article here: Light Blue Line Not Erased
Below are excerpts:
The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara's new daily newspaper, covered the lightblueline project in a front page story today. Reporter Eric Lindberg was the first to break the news that the project will not cost the City of Santa Barbara a single penny, removing a complaint that some had raised about the effort, even though the total City budget was only $12000, a small portion of the total amount being raised locally or provided by volunteers.
In today's (August 2) Santa Barbara Independent, columnist Nick Welsh takes on the News Press frenzy about lightblueline.
READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE: Light Blue Dog
Here are some excerpts from the piece:
It's Sunday... we had a great meeting yesterday, with several new people showing up to learn about lightblueline and climate change. We are putting together the community-led teams of volunteers for the day and for the ongoing outreach effort.
Saturday August 11 at Six PM.
We will be meeting to discuss the proposed action day: "Drawing the Line Against Climate Change."
Here is a description of the CLUBHOUSE