Green New Deal at UCSD

Green New Deal at UCSD is a climate action and climate justice movement that was formed following the UCSD Climate Action March on 27th September 2019:

ucsdgreennewdeal.net

This is the Deal (2020) is 20-minute documentary describes our work as an environmental movement while also demanding that UC San Diego take action towards climate justice in our region.

Written and Directed by: Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian
Camera: Andre Salehian
Voiceover: Carolina Montejo

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CBS 8 San Diego
San Diego Tribune
FOX5 San Diego
UC Board of Regents
KPBS San Diego
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Sunrise Movement
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Coming Clean, A Demand for a Fossil Free UC (2021) is a 42 min film directed by Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian, members of the grassroots movement UCSD Green New Deal. The film explores the issues with the UC’s Carbon Neutrality Plan and the need to step into the needs and demands of the 21st Century by keeping fossil fuels in the ground. Through various interviews with expert UC professors, students, labor unions representatives, and environmental justice advocates, the film addresses why the trending market of carbon offsets is allowing corporations and institutions to avoid taking genuine responsibility in the face of climate change. By including perspectives from diverse movements, Coming Clean shows the overlap of the environmental movement with that of social justice, labor, and climate action, as well as the importance of local mobilization and people demanding change where they have a voice.

Written and Directed by: Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian
Producer: Adam Aron
Animations: Marty Davis