California is burning. It's time to demand an end to the climate crisis.

Last Sunday, I awoke in my Bay Area home at 3 a.m. feeling deeply unsettled. Drapes rippled against an open window. The dog barked. Then a flash of lightning illuminated the darkness. The lightning wouldn't stop for hours. I fell back asleep anxious, with an inexplicable feeling that I should be prepared to leave at a moment's notice.  Within just 72 hours, around 11,000 bolts of lightning had lit up the sky, struck parched land, and sparked hundreds of wildfires in California. Experts say climate change is responsible for the heat wave that preceded the historic lightning siege, making the blazes much more likely. It is yet one more example of the chaos that climate change can and will unleash on everyone.  Read more...More about Climate Change, Wildfires, Social Good, and Activism