WEBVTT 00:00:04.589 --> 00:00:07.849 This is Climate to Action, a CSUSM student podcast. 00:00:08.210 --> 00:00:11.369 We amplify voices, explore solutions to the climate 00:00:11.369 --> 00:00:14.730 crisis, and confront climate injustice for all 00:00:14.730 --> 00:00:18.410 living beings. I'm Jocelyn Oxley, one of your 00:00:18.410 --> 00:00:21.350 new hosts for this episode. And I'm Saturn Salama, 00:00:21.469 --> 00:00:24.800 the co -host for this episode. Here on this podcast, 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.100 we are committed to incorporating discussions 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:30.359 on climate justice and Indigenous knowledge to 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.880 address the climate crisis and to providing a 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:35.780 call to action in every episode. Stay tuned for 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:38.320 the end of the episode where we provide ways 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.140 you can take climate action yourself. We are 00:00:41.140 --> 00:00:43.500 committed to incorporating discussions on climate 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:46.460 justice and indigenous knowledge to address the 00:00:46.460 --> 00:00:49.619 climate crisis and to providing a call to action 00:00:49.619 --> 00:00:52.640 in every episode. But first, we'd like to acknowledge 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.500 that our recording studio is located on the traditional 00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:58.399 territory of the Luiseño -Payocoichin people. 00:00:59.729 --> 00:01:02.289 CSUSM and its surrounding areas are still home 00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:05.030 to six federally recognized bands of the La Jolla, 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:10.189 Pala, Palma, Pechanga, Rincon, and Soboba, Luiseno, 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:13.530 and Parumcoichum people. It's also important 00:01:13.530 --> 00:01:15.670 to acknowledge that this land remains the shared 00:01:15.670 --> 00:01:18.469 space among the Kupeno, Kumeyaay, and Ipai peoples. 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.060 And for today's episode, it is focused on CSUSM 00:01:23.060 --> 00:01:25.780 Sustainability Club. They call themselves the 00:01:25.780 --> 00:01:28.560 Environmental Stewards Association, usually shortened 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.359 to ESA. We've invited Scarlett, one of the club's 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.239 presidents of ESA, to talk with us. Scarlett, 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:37.060 thank you for being with us today. Thank you 00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:39.879 for having me. We'd love to introduce you first. 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:42.099 Please tell us a bit about yourself. What's your 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:44.359 major and what makes you passionate about the 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:47.719 environment? Okay, well, I'm Scarlett. I am a 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:50.379 third year here. I'm a biology major with a focus 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:53.239 in ecology. And yeah, I'm the president of USA. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:58.219 I just became president last fall semester, I 00:01:58.219 --> 00:02:03.799 would say. And I think I got into just like sustainability 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.879 in general. Since I was like a kid, honestly, 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:10.879 my mom was very big on like... Very much, very, 00:02:10.979 --> 00:02:13.819 what's the right word, activist on, like, the 00:02:13.819 --> 00:02:15.759 environment, climate change, like, very much, 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.639 like, very open about it, like, growing up. So 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.520 she kind of really inspired me as a kid. She 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.400 would take me to, like, climate, like, justice 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:26.099 walks and just getting to see, like, the activism 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:29.620 and the unity, everyone being united over. a 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:31.919 shared cause especially one so special to me 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:34.919 like the environment I think it's just so inspiring 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:37.460 and like I kind of carried that into college 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:40.379 and then I heard about um ESA when I got was 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:42.400 a freshman and I was like I want to be a part 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:44.599 of that like I want to do something like because 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.020 I feel like it's so hard you can feel so helpless 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:49.360 when there's so many things going around about 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.900 climate change it's such a big issue but just 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:54.039 doing something in your own community whether 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.099 it's small like I feel like that like is so has 00:02:57.099 --> 00:02:59.000 a big impact on itself like if everyone was just 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.020 doing little little things um in their communities 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:04.400 like I think we can make a big change and that's 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.180 kind of my mindset and why I wanted to join the 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:11.639 club all right well thank you for that well also 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:14.159 kind of going into ESA we wanted to know like 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.520 what's the ESA's mission so like just the basics 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:20.009 of what you guys kind of like what for students 00:03:20.009 --> 00:03:24.750 for sure yeah um i'd say so esa we kind of we 00:03:24.750 --> 00:03:26.610 work very closely with the sustainability program 00:03:26.610 --> 00:03:29.310 here on campus um and we kind of want to spread 00:03:29.310 --> 00:03:31.889 awareness on sustainability in general like on 00:03:31.889 --> 00:03:34.569 the campus in this community in san marcos um 00:03:34.569 --> 00:03:38.039 just yeah spreading spreading word about being 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.120 sustainable um giving students like opportunities 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.939 to i don't make a little difference you know 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:47.240 we we host little like beach cleanups trail cleanups 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:50.919 um we usually like collaborate um we try to collaborate 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:52.639 we're trying to collaborate more with like more 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:56.000 local organizations um getting more hands -on 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.080 with like um just trail cleanups and just cleaning 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.400 up the community as much as we can and spreading 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:05.259 awareness on sustainability and being very conscious 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:07.139 about the environment. It's kind of our goal. 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:11.120 Okay. We also understand that ESA members help 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.780 maintain gardens and natural spaces on campus. 00:04:13.939 --> 00:04:16.800 For example, the pollinator garden. Could you 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.379 share a bit about how ESA helps to sustain that 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:24.290 garden? yeah so um we have yeah we have the pollinator 00:04:24.290 --> 00:04:26.850 garden we run it we that's basically we're in 00:04:26.850 --> 00:04:30.009 charge of that um we have our garden manager 00:04:30.009 --> 00:04:33.470 um right now it's lucas shout out lucas um and 00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:38.420 basically we do Right now we're doing bi -weekly 00:04:38.420 --> 00:04:40.839 garden meetings where we'll have the whole club 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.360 meet at the garden and basically Lucas will give 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:46.980 us tasks for what we should be doing, like just 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:48.980 cleaning it up, basically making it look nice. 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.920 We have a couple projects in mind about planting 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.560 more things in there because it's all native 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.379 plants. We kind of try to keep it native to San 00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:02.209 Diego. we have a couple ideas running around 00:05:02.209 --> 00:05:05.310 we try to get the club very involved with you 00:05:05.310 --> 00:05:06.870 know putting getting your input on what we should 00:05:06.870 --> 00:05:11.189 be planting growing and yeah basically just spending 00:05:11.189 --> 00:05:13.649 time in the garden cleaning it up weeding teaching 00:05:13.649 --> 00:05:16.170 people about like how to weed how to clean up 00:05:16.170 --> 00:05:18.850 like use certain tools and the importance of 00:05:18.850 --> 00:05:21.310 keeping a maintained garden and making sure it's 00:05:21.310 --> 00:05:24.149 not super overgrown and yeah we like to educate 00:05:24.149 --> 00:05:26.589 people on the plants as well and that's why we 00:05:26.589 --> 00:05:29.269 have our garden manager too to help us spread 00:05:29.269 --> 00:05:32.329 the word about it oh got some fun is there anywhere 00:05:32.329 --> 00:05:34.470 else that you guys kind of like take care of 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:36.250 or is it mainly just it's mainly just the garden 00:05:36.250 --> 00:05:39.689 yeah okay i thought you guys had helped out with 00:05:39.689 --> 00:05:44.290 the ethnobotany garden at some point we so we 00:05:44.290 --> 00:05:47.110 we helped out with the um i believe it's the 00:05:47.110 --> 00:05:49.529 one right next to the pollinator garden um we 00:05:49.529 --> 00:05:51.329 were doing helping out with that for a while 00:05:51.329 --> 00:05:55.259 but um i don't know i think some policies changed 00:05:55.259 --> 00:05:57.220 or something like that we currently don't have 00:05:57.220 --> 00:05:59.540 access to unfortunately but we used to be in 00:05:59.540 --> 00:06:02.279 there a little bit um but now it's mostly it's 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:06.180 only used for classes now i believe yeah yeah 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:08.360 so we only we only run the pollinator garden 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.399 but honestly it's okay the pollinator garden 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.920 itself is kind of a lot of work so yeah i can 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.980 imagine where is the pollinator garden on campus 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:21.000 yeah so i okay so basically it's right by the 00:06:21.420 --> 00:06:25.199 I'm pretty sure it's the child something child 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.660 center but it's right across the street from 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:30.379 the police department so oh and the transit center 00:06:30.379 --> 00:06:36.040 yeah so if you were to walk like past PS1 and 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.319 walk all the way down literally all the way down 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:41.620 that road make a right there's like a parking 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:44.019 lot over there I can't remember the life of me 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:47.139 with the parking lot which one it is but um you'll 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:48.600 see it we're kind of tucked away in a corner 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.240 but yeah i would say it's by the police department 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:53.459 the transit center gotcha it's right outside 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:56.240 the daycare yes yeah okay okay yeah it's the 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.160 daycare yeah yeah i think i've been there like 00:07:00.250 --> 00:07:02.709 probably like once or twice but it was for class 00:07:02.709 --> 00:07:05.589 too yeah yeah exactly I know it's kind of like 00:07:05.589 --> 00:07:07.050 out of the way like I wouldn't have known about 00:07:07.050 --> 00:07:10.329 it unless I was in ESA so yeah we try to so we 00:07:10.329 --> 00:07:11.589 try to advertise as much as we can we're like 00:07:11.589 --> 00:07:13.850 yes like come to the garden so people more people 00:07:13.850 --> 00:07:16.470 know about it people know and so people can help 00:07:16.470 --> 00:07:18.629 too yes exactly yeah we can use all that we need 00:07:18.629 --> 00:07:22.970 all the help we can get honestly and why is maintaining 00:07:22.970 --> 00:07:27.069 that garden important for ESA I mean it's just 00:07:27.069 --> 00:07:29.290 I feel like it's one of the things on campus 00:07:29.290 --> 00:07:32.829 that we own personally and so I just think it's 00:07:32.829 --> 00:07:35.910 it's always had a special place like in ESA like 00:07:35.910 --> 00:07:39.329 for this organization like it's our garden and 00:07:39.329 --> 00:07:41.970 it is our responsibility to take care of it and 00:07:41.970 --> 00:07:47.110 I think it's a great way to kind of educate others 00:07:47.110 --> 00:07:52.149 on just because I myself like when I was a freshman 00:07:52.149 --> 00:07:54.689 I didn't know much about gardening but even just 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.139 like being a part of the club and like going 00:07:57.139 --> 00:07:59.319 to the garden i learn about like native plants 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:01.279 and why it's really important to maintain native 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:04.660 species in like only native species and try not 00:08:04.660 --> 00:08:07.839 to bring in too many invasive species and why 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.579 it's important for ecosystems as well i think 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:11.879 it's just a really good learning opportunity 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.680 for students and yeah do you think anyone can 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.819 have a green thumb then in that case i think 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:19.720 anyone can have a green thumb honestly literally 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:21.959 all you got to do is get a shovel get a get a 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.790 weed picker and just Get your hands dirty. Not 00:08:23.790 --> 00:08:25.209 be afraid to get your hands dirty. That's the 00:08:25.209 --> 00:08:27.470 main thing. But it can be a lot of fun, especially 00:08:27.470 --> 00:08:29.350 I think our garden meetings are a lot of fun. 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:32.230 We have music going. We're all chatting. It's 00:08:32.230 --> 00:08:34.929 fun. Oh, that's fun. Yeah. I know. It's been 00:08:34.929 --> 00:08:37.750 really hot lately, too. Yeah. You should bring 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:40.210 some water. Definitely bring some water. Don't 00:08:40.210 --> 00:08:43.009 wear heavy clothes. It gets really hot. It's 00:08:43.009 --> 00:08:45.309 hard work, but it's worth it, in my opinion. 00:08:46.009 --> 00:08:51.049 Fun. Nice. We would also like to know how... 00:08:51.710 --> 00:08:55.350 like, being in ESA has changed your student experience? 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:57.750 Like, how, like, what are the different things 00:08:57.750 --> 00:08:59.029 you're, like, you're thinking about, like, after 00:08:59.029 --> 00:09:01.769 you've been in ESA? Or, like, I don't know, your 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:03.809 connections with people, maybe your professors? 00:09:04.250 --> 00:09:08.029 Yeah, I mean, I've been a part of ESA since freshman 00:09:08.029 --> 00:09:10.269 year, so I haven't really known a time without 00:09:10.269 --> 00:09:16.750 it, but I think it just, being involved in anything, 00:09:16.889 --> 00:09:18.909 honestly, on campus, I think it kind of brings 00:09:18.909 --> 00:09:22.210 you It makes you feel, like, more closer to the 00:09:22.210 --> 00:09:24.570 campus environment in general. I remember I, 00:09:24.750 --> 00:09:27.029 like, joined ESA, like, my freshman year. And, 00:09:27.049 --> 00:09:29.889 like, the people in it were so welcoming. They 00:09:29.889 --> 00:09:31.450 literally, like, I was just, like, scared little 00:09:31.450 --> 00:09:34.429 freshman. And, like, I had, like, the older members 00:09:34.429 --> 00:09:35.889 of, like, the cabinet, like, coming up to me, 00:09:35.909 --> 00:09:37.690 like, introducing themselves. And it just made 00:09:37.690 --> 00:09:39.610 me feel so welcomed. And I was, like, I really 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:42.210 like this environment. And in general, I feel 00:09:42.210 --> 00:09:43.789 like people who love the environment, like, they're 00:09:43.789 --> 00:09:45.429 really nice. Like, they're just, we're just cool 00:09:45.429 --> 00:09:47.950 people. I don't know. I've always. i've always 00:09:47.950 --> 00:09:49.710 noticed that like everyone is just super kind 00:09:49.710 --> 00:09:53.029 we're all there for like a similar reason like 00:09:53.029 --> 00:09:56.169 we all care for the environment so i think it 00:09:56.169 --> 00:09:59.070 just gave me a good sense of community um especially 00:09:59.070 --> 00:10:02.330 like coming here not knowing anyone like i think 00:10:02.330 --> 00:10:03.990 it just gave me a good sense of community and 00:10:03.990 --> 00:10:07.669 it kind of gave me a taste for people fighting 00:10:07.669 --> 00:10:10.870 for the same cause like it's very inspiring to 00:10:10.870 --> 00:10:14.899 see your peers like fighting for something that 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:17.179 you also believe in and like being able to share 00:10:17.179 --> 00:10:19.159 that with each other. Like, I don't know, I feel 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.179 like it's just so inspiring. And I think ESA 00:10:22.179 --> 00:10:24.919 has given me the chance to learn a lot more about 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.080 environmental issues and being more conscious 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.120 about my impact on the environment and educating 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.370 my friends, my peers about the environment. I 00:10:34.370 --> 00:10:36.149 think if I didn't have that, I think I would 00:10:36.149 --> 00:10:38.070 just be like, oh, yeah, I like the environment, 00:10:38.110 --> 00:10:40.090 but I don't think I would be as involved. And 00:10:40.090 --> 00:10:41.830 so I really appreciate ESA for giving me the 00:10:41.830 --> 00:10:44.029 opportunity and the friends I've made to the 00:10:44.029 --> 00:10:47.049 people I've met, just amazing people. So, yeah, 00:10:47.110 --> 00:10:51.019 that's fun. I know I'm a I've always been a commuter 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:53.879 so like freshman year I was just like here and 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.220 out because I was also working like 30 hours 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:58.980 a week oh my goodness I can't do that again yeah 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:02.899 um but like joining into parts of school whether 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:06.600 it was like in a club or just finding um little 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:09.039 activities around campus for sure like I totally 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.620 if I would have known about ESA yeah I would 00:11:11.620 --> 00:11:14.960 have been in that garden. But that's cool. I 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.179 love that. Yeah. She's like fine community in 00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:19.179 that. For sure. It's just a lot of fun to just 00:11:19.179 --> 00:11:21.460 like be there. We're all just like, we all just 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:22.480 like the environment. We're all just hanging 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.700 out. It's, I feel like ESA is very much like, 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.220 it's not a high stakes club. It's a very chill 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:29.620 club. Like no one there is like judgmental. No 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.320 one there is like expecting anything. We're just, 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.240 we're all there for the same reason. And that's 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.940 like, I think a very beautiful thing. Yeah. Yeah. 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:39.980 Okay. So. Kind of going along with community, 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:43.399 what is it that you think students get most excited 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.000 about or the most engaged when talking about 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:51.019 climate justice? Oh, that's a good one. I think, 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:52.799 okay, well, in general, like when we're advertising 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.720 the club to people, like people who care about 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.879 the environment are the ones coming up to our 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.860 booth, obviously. So actually, sometimes we get 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:01.340 people that I've never really thought about it, 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:05.080 but I feel like we average. I noticed that we 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.039 advertise it people get interested when we talk 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.740 about like our like cleanups like a lot of the 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:12.399 times when it's like beach cleanups trail cleanups 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:15.340 because I think a lot of people are going to 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:17.379 these places and seeing all the trash and thinking 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.200 about it like wow like this place like could 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.679 use some cleaning up but then they don't do anything 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:22.519 you know which is like fine that's like human 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.539 I feel like I've been victim of that as well 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:27.980 like I've done that but I think our club kind 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:29.879 of gives people the opportunity to be like oh 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.019 wait like i have noticed that this is an issue 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:34.740 like i could be a part of the the solution and 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:38.940 i think like people realizing they can be a part 00:12:38.940 --> 00:12:42.039 of the solution when they probably before we're 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.720 thinking oh it's such a big problem i couldn't 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.320 do anything like it's such a what would my impact 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.799 do i think we kind of give people that outlook 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.240 of like no like you can like just come on a trail 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.799 clean up with us like that's In its own, you're 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:56.700 helping the environment in some way. And I think 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:58.600 when people realize that it doesn't take much, 00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:00.940 you know, you just have to be a little more conscious 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:04.059 and maybe join us on like a hike and pick up 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:06.200 a couple pieces of trash. They realize, wow, 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.100 like I could get into doing this more often. 00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:12.220 And then, yeah, I think just that in its own, 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:15.679 it gets people more interested and engaged. so 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:17.860 giving people like that opportunity yeah because 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:20.200 it's like it's it's one thing when we do it ourselves 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.720 we know where to recycle where to throw trash 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:25.500 where to compost but it's like having that community 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:28.120 having that group of people at that group effort 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.679 i feel like that's what gives people hope that's 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.559 what gives people that opportunity to say like 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:36.399 yeah we can do something about this because i 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:38.620 feel like Talking about the environment, I feel 00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:40.059 like it can be really overwhelming sometimes 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:42.000 when you get all these words like climate change 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:46.700 and global warming. I don't know, but I think 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:50.179 we kind of give people a more easy, no, this 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:51.860 is something you can do and we'll help you. We'll 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:53.539 explain it to you. We'll be there along the way 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:55.700 with you. We're kind of all learning too. It's 00:13:55.700 --> 00:14:00.120 not high stakes and I think that's good. It's 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.279 a good thing for people who don't really know 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:02.860 much about the environment to get involved with 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:06.169 that. yeah and especially like a trail cleanup 00:14:06.169 --> 00:14:08.990 or a beach cleanup it's a very tangible solution 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:11.990 yeah so like people because people can see it 00:14:11.990 --> 00:14:15.110 and then they can remove the trash exactly um 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:18.230 and i feel like i feel like our generation like 00:14:18.230 --> 00:14:21.649 gen z we've had like the the doom and gloom of 00:14:21.649 --> 00:14:24.370 like climate change global warming climate crisis 00:14:24.370 --> 00:14:27.289 like hanging over our heads yeah so it feels 00:14:27.289 --> 00:14:31.149 like so terrifying but also inevitable because 00:14:31.149 --> 00:14:34.149 we've been hearing about the climate crisis forever 00:14:34.149 --> 00:14:39.049 but when we get opportunities to do like tangible 00:14:39.049 --> 00:14:42.529 stuff like a beach cleanup yeah i feel like that 00:14:42.529 --> 00:14:44.870 makes a lot of sense of why people would be excited 00:14:44.870 --> 00:14:47.409 about that and like wanting to do those kinds 00:14:47.409 --> 00:14:49.429 of things because i think it's in the back of 00:14:49.429 --> 00:14:51.070 people's minds a lot of the time but they're 00:14:51.070 --> 00:14:53.110 just they don't really take that leap of like 00:14:53.110 --> 00:14:56.350 oh starting to do cleanups and stuff but then 00:14:56.350 --> 00:14:58.009 we kind of give them like the push like no like 00:14:58.009 --> 00:15:00.669 join us like come come do it with us and i think 00:15:00.669 --> 00:15:02.940 like then they get more involved that's when 00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:05.080 they start to more so like get more involved 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.980 like with other organizations as well and like 00:15:07.980 --> 00:15:10.860 getting just doing more in general and like being 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:13.080 more educated so i think it's kind of like a 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:15.460 pipeline like you know okay like we'll start 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:17.259 with this and then we'll do more and more which 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:19.340 is the goal ultimately to get people to be more 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:22.480 environmentally conscious and live more sustainably 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.200 so yeah yeah um what do you hope students will 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:30.620 take away from being an esa And what impact do 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:33.000 you hope ESA will have on the campus culture? 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:39.179 Okay. Well, I think a goal of the club in general, 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:41.779 at least for since I've been president, is to 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:46.139 educate those who probably aren't that educated 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.980 and who probably initially wouldn't have been 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:51.720 that interested. Like, I think just having a 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.559 place, a good, like you're saying earlier, like 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.740 community is really important to get people involved. 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.740 it's not something that you have to do alone 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:02.360 because it climate change is a very impending 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.860 it feels like impending doom like oh there's 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:06.679 nothing we can do but having a community of other 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:10.120 people that care and just doing little things 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.419 to help like even just in our own community i 00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:15.960 think it's so important and i i hope that like 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.799 our members like take away like um that's what 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.419 they take away is that um they can do something 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:24.820 it doesn't matter how big or small like i think 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:28.149 if everyone just does like a lit like has a little 00:16:28.149 --> 00:16:29.929 impact or picks up trash from time to time, like 00:16:29.929 --> 00:16:33.350 I think given a huge difference. And, um, yeah, 00:16:33.429 --> 00:16:36.990 I just hope people will be inspired to kind of 00:16:36.990 --> 00:16:40.549 take, um, the things that we do to in their own 00:16:40.549 --> 00:16:42.850 lives and like practice that outside of the club. 00:16:43.149 --> 00:16:45.259 Um, I think that's the ultimate goal. be more 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:47.700 sustainable people to educate people on sustainability 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:50.440 and hope that it kind of carries on throughout 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:52.500 their adult life as well yeah no matter if they're 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:56.159 like a math major exactly or theater major i'm 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:58.840 theater and literature and writing i know that's 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.580 why we try to encourage like people from all 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:02.379 majors like come join like it doesn't have to 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:05.319 be just like environmental majors or like i'm 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.940 ecology like it we want a diversity of majors 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:11.259 because like environmental just um justice and 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:13.660 sustainability it doesn't have to it's not limited 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:16.299 to just like you know it's it's for everyone 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:18.740 and in the grand scheme of things it affects 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:21.400 everybody everybody doesn't matter your major 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.539 it affects everyone so yeah yeah no matter if 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:28.539 you're like in the sciences or or in the arts 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:31.700 in the humanities like It really does have to 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:34.160 be, you know, it takes a village to raise a child. 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:39.180 It takes a village to save the environment. We're 00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:41.339 all going to have to work together. So I think 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:43.500 that's, yeah, I think that's really cool. I wonder, 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:45.400 like, are you guys planning on doing any kind 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.900 of art projects in ESA? I mean, I remember last 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:52.359 semester I went to one of the meetings and it 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:54.980 was so fun. We did these like turkey hands. That 00:17:54.980 --> 00:18:00.900 was my idea. that was like a fun community thing 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:03.019 but i was wondering like yeah what's the what 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:06.700 does the future of esa look like oh well since 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:09.099 this is my last minister's president but i hope 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:13.700 that like my next my successor i um would hope 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:17.420 that they would continue on like the get more 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:19.119 involved with the community itself that was one 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.279 of my goals as president and i hope that the 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:23.099 next president also tries to get more involved 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:26.400 with the community um as far as art projects 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:31.359 i mean we do want to design or we're trying to 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:33.299 design posters right now for like the club to 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:35.880 get more like networking like around the campus. 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:38.700 So that's something. And I feel like I try to 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:41.279 keep the meetings very chill. I try to do like 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.920 little activities. So like the turkey thing was 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.000 just like a little like a de -stressor because 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.539 it was around like midterms. Yeah. Right after. 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:51.099 Yeah. At the tail end of midterm. For sure. Yeah. 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.920 So I, I try to keep them chill and do little 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.640 activities like that from time to time. So it's 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.759 like, and I feel like, creativity is a very good 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.960 outlet and we actually just had a um meeting 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:04.619 this week at the makery we were making um crafts 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:07.700 for our student market that's coming up oh yeah 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:10.960 i think you showed me yeah yeah yeah um so we 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:14.140 were just there doing crafts and yeah i don't 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:18.069 know it's that is nice I remember in middle school, 00:19:18.490 --> 00:19:22.490 they, I went to high tech high, so high tech 00:19:22.490 --> 00:19:26.589 middle school. They made a giant whale out of 00:19:26.589 --> 00:19:30.309 like net and like plastics that they found. I 00:19:30.309 --> 00:19:32.630 don't know if it was, I can't remember where. 00:19:32.690 --> 00:19:34.549 I don't know if it was like a beach cleanup or 00:19:34.549 --> 00:19:37.160 if it was. be a lot of feels found around campus 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:40.059 yeah but it's like i know like communal art pieces 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:43.220 like that always kind of help everyone to be 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:46.559 like oh yeah we all made this yeah that we all 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:49.180 like contributed to so it gives them all kind 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:52.039 of like that that um like you said de -stressor 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:56.099 um but it also gives them that opportunity to 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:59.220 like make their mark put in their piece yeah 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:03.779 um i remember um i think it was uh for the uh 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:06.460 what's it called the earth the earth day fair 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.859 that we had last year we had to go through this 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:12.430 and stuff lucas made these um boxes um like it 00:20:12.430 --> 00:20:14.970 was a recycling box a trash remember and a compost 00:20:14.970 --> 00:20:17.569 box and he made it completely out of like recycled 00:20:17.569 --> 00:20:21.130 materials it was so it was really cool yeah and 00:20:21.130 --> 00:20:23.529 i so that's what i think i think like for our 00:20:23.529 --> 00:20:25.710 club it's like it's really the people that make 00:20:25.710 --> 00:20:27.970 it honestly and i think we have such creative 00:20:27.970 --> 00:20:31.529 and minds in our club and it just like it's a 00:20:31.529 --> 00:20:33.509 big help because we're i we need that creativity 00:20:33.509 --> 00:20:37.269 sometimes like to fuel like you know projects 00:20:37.269 --> 00:20:40.049 and stuff like the members my members are super 00:20:40.049 --> 00:20:42.789 creative and it's kind of a wonder to watch sometimes 00:20:42.789 --> 00:20:44.390 i'm like damn how do you come up with that like 00:20:44.390 --> 00:20:46.349 that's that's a really good idea like this is 00:20:46.349 --> 00:20:49.910 on pinterest i was like i saw the boxes i was 00:20:49.910 --> 00:20:51.950 like there's no way you do this by yourself like 00:20:51.950 --> 00:20:54.859 it was yeah It was amazing. That's so sick. I 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:56.839 thought I missed that. No, I, we might bring 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.400 him back. I don't know where they are looking, 00:20:58.500 --> 00:21:01.880 but. Yeah. Maybe we can like, you could send 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:03.559 us some pictures and we'll put it up on our Instagram. 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:06.819 I'll try to get a pic from Lucas. Yeah. Yeah. 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:10.160 um what are like some events that are like coming 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:12.380 up or like meetings that like students could 00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:17.500 get involved in oh okay um well we try to plan 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:22.279 like hikes every every month or so i know we're 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:27.079 doing we um we follow uh the surf rider foundation 00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:30.160 for beach cleanups they do um beach cleanups 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:32.400 all over san diego but um we kind of focus on 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.819 the oceanside ones because that's the closest 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:36.000 one so it's a lot easier for like if we're doing 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.880 carpools because we try to carpool to all of 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:40.900 our events to save on like not use as much like 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:43.119 gas and fossil fuels while we're driving it's 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:44.799 just it's a lot more sustainable it makes sense 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:48.619 yeah exactly for our club um so we stick to the 00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:50.019 oceanside ones and i'm pretty sure that's the 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:52.480 first saturday of every month so we typically 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.190 go to those um for beach cleanups and let's see 00:21:57.190 --> 00:21:59.450 i'm trying to think of our events we have um 00:21:59.450 --> 00:22:01.789 the cougar thrifts like earth day event coming 00:22:01.789 --> 00:22:05.730 up in april i believe it's april 21st don't call 00:22:05.730 --> 00:22:07.670 me on that i'll have to double check but i'm 00:22:07.670 --> 00:22:09.230 pretty sure it's april 21st if that's a tuesday 00:22:09.230 --> 00:22:12.390 that's if that's the day but it's a big thrifting 00:22:12.390 --> 00:22:14.670 event basically that we do every semester on 00:22:14.670 --> 00:22:17.549 campus and all the clothes are free um we as 00:22:17.549 --> 00:22:20.470 a club we sort through them ourselves and um 00:22:20.470 --> 00:22:22.589 yeah so it's a big event we'll have like a bunch 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:25.500 of clothes out just people need clothes they 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:28.039 can go to get it for free and there'll be a lot 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:31.539 of like events going on around as well like more 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:33.880 like because it's the earth day fair some like 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:35.920 sustainability program is going to help a lot 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:38.099 of like booths there's going to be games like 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:41.559 it's just yeah i think we were um climate to 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:43.700 action we were there last year hopefully we'll 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:46.019 be there again i'm sure we will see you guys 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.880 and we'll we'll see each other that'll be fun 00:22:48.730 --> 00:22:50.769 It's a cool event. It is a really cool event. 00:22:50.849 --> 00:22:53.150 I love that event so much. I think the Cougar 00:22:53.150 --> 00:22:57.150 Thrifts is a very big event for us. We get the 00:22:57.150 --> 00:22:59.549 most interest in that event. Obviously, it's 00:22:59.549 --> 00:23:02.470 free clothes. But I think it's such a cool event. 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:07.359 because i'm not it's just for people who can't 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:09.440 maybe don't have access to that many clothes 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.660 and they need it like it's we have all clothes 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.839 from like little kids clothes to like we have 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:17.480 some suits in there like it's we have truly everything 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:19.960 and i think it's such a special event for people 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:22.660 who may not be able to afford clothes like i 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:24.440 don't know it's i think it's really cool i just 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.140 helped you guys when you sorted them like the 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.259 sorting so that's always fun too because it's 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:32.039 like like it makes it easier for you guys because 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.650 of course How many members do you actually have? 00:23:35.130 --> 00:23:38.509 It kind of varies semester to semester. I couldn't 00:23:38.509 --> 00:23:40.089 give an exact number right now. We kind of get 00:23:40.089 --> 00:23:44.910 like different people every time. In our cabinet, 00:23:45.029 --> 00:23:48.509 we have, let's see, we have like eight members 00:23:48.509 --> 00:23:52.569 in our cabinet, I would say. And then plus like 00:23:52.569 --> 00:23:56.930 a couple members each time. we we try we're trying 00:23:56.930 --> 00:23:58.910 to we're trying to grow we're trying to expand 00:23:58.910 --> 00:24:00.809 as much as we can oh yeah and i think that's 00:24:00.809 --> 00:24:02.930 why um we're trying to do like the posters and 00:24:02.930 --> 00:24:04.890 stuff just so we can get the word out about esa 00:24:04.890 --> 00:24:07.529 like the publicity publicity exactly it helps 00:24:07.529 --> 00:24:11.150 a lot i yeah it does help a lot so yeah but yeah 00:24:11.150 --> 00:24:13.630 but that's what i was saying is like you you 00:24:13.630 --> 00:24:15.970 only have so many members and yet you guys get 00:24:15.970 --> 00:24:19.829 so many clothes shoes you get everything yeah 00:24:19.829 --> 00:24:22.450 but um i know that one's like one of the biggest 00:24:22.450 --> 00:24:25.039 ones oh for sure like It gets a lot of word out. 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:30.019 Yeah. We are doing sorting April. I think it's 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.059 the week after we get back from spring break. 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.940 At Tuesday, we're doing sorting. So that's another 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:38.119 event that's coming up is the Cougar Thrift's 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.759 clothes sorting. That's going to be at the recycling 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:43.460 center in Lot F. It'll just be like us there 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:48.019 sorting all the clothes. It's really chill. And 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:51.960 other events I'm trying to think. we i think 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:54.359 that same day it we're doing market day so we'll 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:58.059 be selling a couple things um but we also have 00:24:58.059 --> 00:25:01.880 elections coming up for our club so i know um 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:05.279 we're looking for president vice president treasurer 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:09.700 um and secretary so that's um something that's 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:12.980 coming up as well and i think that's i can think 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:16.259 of at the top of my head um i'm trying right 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:19.009 now i'm trying to get more involved with the 00:25:19.009 --> 00:25:21.410 community so i'm trying i'm planning on reaching 00:25:21.410 --> 00:25:25.069 out to a couple local places about collaborating 00:25:25.069 --> 00:25:28.250 and stuff like that so yeah it's kind of a work 00:25:28.250 --> 00:25:30.789 in progress right now but yeah yeah you got it 00:25:30.789 --> 00:25:35.190 and then kind of our last question um what is 00:25:35.190 --> 00:25:38.349 one climate action that you incorporate in your 00:25:38.349 --> 00:25:42.910 life every day oh i for me it's recycle recycle 00:25:42.910 --> 00:25:46.960 recycle i tell all my friends like if i see them 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:49.640 not recycling i i literally like yell at them 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:51.640 i'm like that's recycling and you know better 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:54.480 like but then they're recycling compost like 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:57.180 because it is confusing and i get it can be confusing 00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:00.299 but honestly learning about it educating yourself 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.880 it's so important like just know what has to 00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:05.220 be recycling what has to be in compost that's 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.259 one thing that i try to do every day is recycle 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:10.299 everything i can compost everything i can um 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:14.819 yeah appreciate it actually Kind of going off 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:17.079 of that, what's one action that you would hope 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:20.460 other people do? What's your call to action for 00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:25.940 others? Educate yourself. Don't be afraid of 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:28.920 the scary word like climate change, global warming. 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:34.240 It is a very heavy topic, but just educate yourself 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:36.420 a little bit. Learn a little bit about it. Don't 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:40.500 listen to misinformation. Just learn about it 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:45.279 yourself. I think just being educated about it 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:50.240 is a step towards being more environmentally 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:54.559 conscious and sustainable. And just kind of be 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:57.819 curious, I would say. Be curious. And check your 00:26:57.819 --> 00:27:00.240 sources. Check your sources. Please check your 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:05.529 sources. Yes. Pick up your trash. But yeah, thank 00:27:05.529 --> 00:27:07.609 you, Scarlett, for talking with us. 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