The Long Emergency
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright has been sending to our leadership team…
Saving Food, Saving Lives: Santa Barbara County Food Rescue During COVID-19
Crisis Response Directly after the stay-at-home order went into effect on March 19, I began hearing about the increased…
Burn Your Maps
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright has been sending to our leadership team…
CEC’s Santa Barbara Earth Day: A Brief History by Paul Relis
"What I love about Earth Day today is that it has become an enormous exchange of information and ideas about…
The Earth Without Us: An Earth Day Reflection from Sigrid Wright
Here we are, weeks and months into an unprecedented global exploration into isolation due to COVID-19. And once again, the most poignant takeaway of this new territory may very well be our keen rediscovery of how our lives depend on one another.
How COVID-19 Could Help Us Get Through the Climate Crisis
This piece originally appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent on April 15, 2020. Read their full Earth Day issue here.…
Food Resilience During the Pandemic: Habits to Learn and Systems to Strengthen
Over the last month, as Californians and communities around the world have shifted their daily patterns – including how we…
CEC Holds Timely Home Energy Storage Workshops #climateresilience
2019 Workshops and Resources In the Fall and Winter of 2019, the Community Environmental Council (CEC) partnered with city and…
How the Pandemic Could be a Crossroads for the Climate
The pandemic could be a crossroads for the climate if we act together now. We’ve learned a few key things from the climate movement that can be helpful here. And vice versa; what we’re learning from this extremely challenging public health crisis could make this a watershed moment for climate change and an enormous opportunity for transformation.
Bold, Timely Solutions That Can Inform COVID-19 Community Needs #climateresilience
The pandemic exposes our region's social, economic and environmental strengths and vulnerabilities – the exact type of community resilience CEC's Climate Resilience Roundtables are designed to help us work toward together. See community-driven solutions we've developed that could support us in this time.
Here’s what a coronavirus-like response to the climate crisis would look like
LA Times
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are global crises with the power to derail economies and kill millions of people.
Society has moved far more aggressively to address the coronavirus than it has the climate crisis. But some experts wonder if the unprecedented global mobilization to slow the pandemic might help pave the way for more dramatic climate action.
Coronavirus Shows Us Rapid Global Response To Climate Change Is Possible
Teen Vogue The way the world has been able to mobilize itself and shut down in the blink of an eye to properly respond to the coronavirus is proof that political leaders actually do have the ability to make rapid change happen if they want. So where is that rapid response for the climate crisis?
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus
New York Times
Global efforts to slow down warming offer a cautionary tale for the effort to slow down the pandemic.
Our Biggest Challenge: An Interview with CEC Board President John Steed #actonclimate
Our Biggest Challenge, by Dr. Peter Brill This post originally appeared in Discovering What Matters, on November 5, 2019 QUESTION:…
The Light Blue Line: 13 Years Later
In 2007 a proposal to stripe a blue line throughout downtown Santa Barbara would have shown the potential sea level…
How You Can Take Action Toward Climate Resilience
Climate resilience is community resilience – a whole community approach that ensures everyone’s wellbeing is considered. It requires deep thinking, surfacing of issues such as inequity and inclusion, and long-term planning so we don’t continue to operate the same old ways in a world that has changed.
Job Opportunity: Executive Director – Santa Barbara Food Action Network
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network (SBCFAN) is searching for an Executive Director to serve as the “central hub” of this emerging and energetic team. This is a new position, intended to support the development and efforts of the network.
Job Opportunity: Community Ambassador / Embajador Comunitario
The intern will have a special opportunity to support development of the Central Coast Climate Justice Network (CCCJN). The network is made up of more than 10 social justice and environmental organizations committed to collaborative climate action that advances social, economic, and environmental justice for Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Action Alert: Help Speed the Transition to Electric Vehicles #driveclean
California’s transportation sector remains the single largest contributor of emissions for both greenhouse gases that exacerbate climate change and many…
Battling Climate Change with Healthy Soils #rethinkfood
CEC is excited to announce that, in partnership with the Ventura County Resource Conservation District, the Limoneira Company, Agromin, and the…