News Coverage

Media coverage is below the wrap up video

All of the photos at right appear in this Flickr Album at higher resolution and with captions (which school they’re at). There’s also some great drone footage of Mission Bay HS below.

Watch our wrap up video!

TV coverage compilation from 7 channels

News coverage of the San Diego Climate Walkouts

Advance coverage

– Greta Thunberg inspired me to be a climate activist. Now I want to inspire others. (Student commentary in Union Tribune, Sept 13)
– Students in San Diego County prepare for region’s largest high-school walkout on climate change to date (Union Tribune, Sept 17)
– The Greta Thunbergs of San Diego: Why We’re Walking Out of School Friday (Times of San Diego, Sept 17, 2019)
– San Diego Activists Join Global Climate Strike Effort (NBC 7)
– San Diego students to join global walkout, climate rally (Fox 5)
– Students, teachers, environmentalists to participate in global climate strike (Times of San Diego)
– Some San Diego students and teachers participate in global climate strike (KUSI)
– Global climate strikes Friday in San Diego County (Patch)
– Environmentalist group to encourage student walkout (La Jolla Light)
– Scientists worldwide join strikes for climate change (Nature – has SD portion)

September 20 

– San Diego Students to walk out in global climate strike (ABC 10)
– San Diego County Students, Teachers Join In Global Climate Strike (KPBS)
– Hundreds of students across San Diego County strike against climate change (Union Tribune)
– Why San Diego students joined the global climate strike – in their own words (Union Tribune)
– Hundreds of students skip school to join global walkout for climate change (ABC 10)
– Mission Bay High students join environmental groups for Global Climate Walkout (San Diego Community Newspaper Group)
– ‘We See Your Greed’: Global Climate Strike Draws Millions Demanding Action (Inside Climate News) – includes focus on Eastlake High School in Chula Vista
– Students nationwide ditch class for ‘climate strike’ (Campus Reform) – focus on SD schools
– Students voices from the San Diego climate walkout (OB Rag)
– With permission, La Jolla High students protest climate inaction (La Jolla Light)
– University City students take part in global climate strike (La Jolla Village News)
– Solana Beach residents participate in global climate strike (Del Mar Times)
– SDSU community participates in global climate strike (Daily Aztec)
– Climate Strike: Mission Bay Edition (Medium)
– San Diego joins the global climate strike (The Mesa Press)

September 25-27

– Vista students join global climate strike (CBS 8)
– UC San Diego join students across the globe in 2nd wave of protests on climate change (CBS 8)
– UC San Diego students rally for climate action (Fox 5)
– San Diego students rally for climate action in second round of global protests (NBC 7)
– Climate change at the forefront of protest (UCSD Guardian)
– UCSD community marches for climate action (UCSD Triton)
– Hundreds protest in support of global climate strike (The Cougar Chronicle, San Marcos State)

Coverage of San Diego Unified School Board resolution supporting climate strikes

– TV coverage on 2 stations

Drone footage of Mission Bay HS walkout by Paul Emus