We don’t take for granted living in a county and state committed to making voting convenient for all eligible citizens.

Today we dropped off our completed ballot ✅ for the June 2, 2026 Primary Election at a Monterey County Elections official dropbox, just outside Seaside City Hall, next to Seaside library 📚. Very soon we’ll receive an email from the California Secretary of State's office, on behalf of our county, that our ballot was received and counted.💚 ✅ [Update: That email arrived in LESS THAN 24 HOURS. Our county and state’s voting system rock!] 😎 🇺🇸

If you live in the U.S. and need voter info, here’s one place to start: https://bikemonterey.org/usa-general-election-and-voter-registration-deadlines.html

#USA #Vote2026 #Vote #Democracy #MontereyCounty #California #ElectionIntegrity #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #ClimateHope #ClimateJustice

The Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) FREE #Monterey Trolley service for summer 2026 will begin on Saturday, May 23, and will operate daily from 10 AM to 6 PM through Labor Day, Monday, September 7. https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-salinas-transits-summer-trolley-service.html Tips for taking bicycle aboard trolley or any large or small MST bus— with the exception of MST’s ADA Paratransit (RIDES) buses: https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-salinas-transit-tips-for-people-who-bike.html

Among other service changes announced 5/19/26 https://mst.org/news_items/monterey-salinas-transit-mst-service-changes-go-into-effect-beginning-saturday-may-23rd/:
"Line 84 (King City – Paso Robles): Major schedule updates will improve connections to San Luis Obispo RTA Route 9 in Paso Robles. All southbound Line 23 (King City) trips will continue to Paso Robles without requiring a transfer. Service to Bradley will also be restored.”

#MontereySalinasTransit #MontereyCounty #PublicTransit #PublicTransportation #ActOnClimate #bus #trolley

We cut these flowers from our yard on Saturday to take to a friend’s 80th birthday celebration. Wish we could likewise take some to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, in gratitude for their May 2 and May 5 donations. These faithful donors—they pitch in every month!—are so appreciated.

How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #OrganicGardening #flowers #dianthus #SweetWilliam #ForgetMeNots #borage #gardening

RT by @catherinemep: In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate

In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate

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Heartbreaking: Thousands of fluffy emperor penguin chicks have drowned as Antarctic sea ice shatters beneath them — too early for the babies to swim or stay warm.
The IUCN has now officially listed emperor penguins as Endangered. Record-low sea ice, driven by global heating, is collapsing their breeding grounds. Entire colonies are falling into the ocean. Chicks that don't drown often freeze to death, soaked and helpless.
This isn't some distant future scenario. It's happening now — in 2022 alone, four out of five colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea were wiped out. Scientists are calling them a "sentinel species": what we're doing to the planet is playing out in real time on the ice.
The emperor penguin’s move to endangered is a stark warning: climate change is accelerating the extinction crisis before our eyes.

#ClimateCrisis #EmperorPenguins #Antarctica #SaveOurSeas #ActOnClimate

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction

We stop for wildflowers! And to “send” these flowers from our April 3 ride to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, with gratitude for their April 2 and April 5 donations—deeply appreciated!

How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #wildflowers #SpringFlowers

We stop for wildflowers! And to “send” today’s flowers to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, with gratitude for their March 2 and March 5 donations—so helpful and appreciated! How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #wildflowers #SpringFlowers

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, join environmental justice advocates, elected officials, policy experts & business leaders for The Climate Center’s fourth annual #CAClimateSummit. theclimatecenter.org/summit2025

We’ll gather to discuss California’s transition away from fossil fuels, how to make polluters pay for climate damages and more!

#CAClimateSummit
#ED2025
#EarthDay
#ClimateSafeCA
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateJustice
#ActOnClimate