ABOUT
Our Mission
The Silicon Valley chapter’s mission is to support and build on The Climate Reality Project’s mission to generate urgent climate action by educating our local community about the climate change crisis. We advocate for climate action locally as well as at state and federal level.
Who We Are
Our Climate Reality Project: Silicon Valley chapter serves the immediate Silicon Valley area as well as areas south, east and west of our core Santa Clara County territory. Our Chapter was founded in 2018 by Karen Nelson, chapter chair from 2018 up to 2023 and Susan Gilbert-Miller, who at that time was the Sustainability Director for Santa Clara County. As of early 2025 the chapter has over 456 members. Given our location in Silicon Valley, we have a large percentage of members from the high-tech industry which provides leadership and expertise that is well adapted to legislative and policy efforts and provides a deep understanding of climate science for education and advocacy purposes. We take actions that span a wide range of issues and take many forms, including educating the public about climate change, advocating for legislative and economic policies that support a sustainable future, and taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our goal is to inspire our members and our community to take strong climate action and to create self-sustaining impacts at the local, state, and federal level.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Our chapter is fortunate to pull a diverse set of members from our community and in the last two years our membership has become more diverse. We continue to strive to expand our diversity, knowing that by including underrepresented voice in our community, we become stronger, smarter, more creative and innovative in our work to defend the climate and save the planet and ourselves.
2025 CHAPTER LEADERSHIP
Chapter Chair: Adam Sweeney
Executive Team Leader: Glen Garfunkel
Decarbonization Action Director: Elaine Lee
Speakers Bureau: Tristia Bauman
