Plot Timeline

๐ŸŒŽ= Climate-Related Event or Environmental struggle


  • Tuesday, July 30, 2024: Astronaut on Mars Mission is killed.
    • Adults feel that government is wasting money on space exploration
    • Children feel that there is hope in space for humanity
  • Tuesday, July 30, 2024: Water peddlers who sell to street poor are getting killed because water prices go up again
  • Monday, August 12, 2024: Mrs. Sims is found after she committed suicide. Her house had been robbed and she had been raped, and her extended family had died in an arson fire
  • ๐ŸŒŽSaturday, February 22, 2025: Humans vs animals: people have to kill squirrels, rats, and birds to prevent them from eating the food in their garden.
  • ๐ŸŒŽ Sunday, March 2, 2025: Rained for the first time in 6 years
  • Tuesday, March 4, 2025: Three year old Amy Dunn is shot through the neighborhood gate and killed
  • ๐ŸŒŽWednesday, March 5, 2025: Diseases spreading across the country like cholera and measles- tornadoes and blizzards are killing people.
  • Saturday, March 15, 2025: Started official neighborhood watch after garden thieves start breaking into the community. They are getting more desperate so neighbors must become more defensive
  • Saturday, August 2, 2025: Keith starts slipping out of neighborhood 
  • Wednesday, August 26, 2026: Keith is found dead outside the neighborhood
  • ๐ŸŒŽTuesday, October 20, 2026: Coastline is crumbling due to rising sea level at Olivar community
  • Saturday, November 14, 2026: Garfields are accepted at Olivar (company town). First family to leave Robledo.
  • Saturday, December 19, 2026: Funeral held for missing Reverend Olamina (Lauren’s father).
  • Saturday, July 31, 2027: Paints (people on pyro) broke into the neighborhood and burned everything. Raped and killed many children and adults. 
  • Thursday, August 5, 2027: Survivors of Robledo saw the ocean for the first time. Decided to camp out near the beach because people seemed safer and there was somewhat potable water
  • Sunday, August 15, 2027: Lauren begins converting members of the group to Earthseed
  • Friday, August 27, 2027: Group helps Allie and Jill Gilchrist out of a collapsed home after an earthquake
  • Saturday, August 28, 2027: Group must change plans after hearing that the Bay Area is in chaos. Have to go inland and around the coast.
  • Sunday, August 29, 2027: Bankole finds an orphaned child named Justin Rohr
  • Monday, August 30, 2027: Arrive at San Luis Reservoir where people have permanent camps and gardens
  • Tuesday, September 14, 2027: A group of Paints attack their camp. Jill is shot trying to protect Tori and dies. Lauren gets injured.
  • ๐ŸŒŽTuesday, September 14, 2027: Brush fire set by Paints spreads quickly and easily, threatens safety of the group and forces them to push their limits.
  • Sunday, September 26, 2027: They reach Bankoleโ€™s land only to find out that his familyโ€™s property has been burned. They decide to stay
  • Sunday, October 10, 2027: They hold a funeral for their dead and name the settlement Acorn