CEC is exploring how, together with you, we can turn the COVID-19 pandemic into a catalyst moment for how we build deep community resilience and address the impacts of climate change in our region.
Read below for resources, thought pieces, and actions you can take now.
Saving Food, Saving Lives: CEC’s Julia Blanton Earns Local Hero Award for SBC Food Rescue COVID Efforts
Update: On November 24, 2020, Food Rescue Program Coordinator Julia Blanton was named a 2020 Local Hero by the Santa Barbara…
Future Ancestors
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright occasionally sends our leadership team about the…
Some moments change your life. Algunos momentos cambian tu vida.
Some moments change your life. It was January 2011 and I was crossing the street with my children in our…
Getting Real About Plastics and Recycling – Webinar Q & A
Below are questions and answers that were posed in our Getting Real About Plastics and Recycling Webinar. CEC staff and…
Finding Solar Joy – and Savings – During the Pandemic
We’re spending more time at home, which means many of us are rolling up our sleeves on long-delayed home improvement…
Inside Julia’s Kitchen: Meet Julia Blanton, SBC Food Rescue Program Coordinator
Recently on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, a podcast of The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, host Todd…
Embajador de la Comunidad: Being a CEC Ambassador To and For the Community
Embajador de la Comunidad: Being a CEC Ambassador To and For the Community Recently, I needed to translate “Community Ambassador”…
TEDxSantaBarbara: The Pandemic Did Not Solve the Climate Crisis
TEDxSantaBarbara: The Pandemic Did Not Solve the Climate Crisis CEC's CEO Sigrid Wright recently joined TEDxSantaBarbara's Mark Sylvester to discuss…
For The Community Environmental Council, The Show Must Go On
For The Community Environmental Council, The Show Must Go On, by Kara Shoemaker This article was originally published by…
Navigating by New Constellations
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright occasionally sends our leadership team about the…
Adaptive Leadership Practices: CEC CEO Sigrid Wright on Adapting During a Crisis
Resilience From the Ground Up
Climate resilience and community resilience are so intimately connected, it’s hard to think about one without the other, as the…
Unraveling the Kinks in the Local Food Chain to Build and Sustain a Resilient Food System
Like a heat map, the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to areas of strain, places where we need to pay…
The Long Emergency
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright occasionally sends our leadership team about the…
Burn Your Maps
The following is part of a series of reflections CEC’s CEO Sigrid Wright occasionally sends our leadership team about the…
The Earth Without Us: An Earth Day Reflection from Sigrid Wright
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.…
How the Pandemic Could be a Crossroads for the Climate
Bold, Timely Solutions That Can Inform COVID-19 Community Needs #climateresilience
Here’s what a coronavirus-like response to the climate crisis would look like
Coronavirus Shows Us Rapid Global Response To Climate Change Is Possible
Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus
How You Can Take Action Toward Climate Resilience
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Please contact our Outreach & Education Director, Kathi King, at [email protected] if there are resources we should add to this page or other support we can provide during this challenging time.