Community Environmental Council (CEC)

Recognized as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year, CEC advances rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis. See our Impact Report at www.cecsb.org/impact to learn how we are serving California’s Central Coast. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPovbqYTQ9s to hear why 37th District Assemblymember Monique Limón chose CEC as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year.... Text GIVE to 805-600-3360 or visit us at www.cecsb.org/give.

CEC partner and #SBEarthDay speaker Former Vice President Al Gore shares his hopeful climate message to the country. Read his message: https://www.nytimes.com//sunday/biden-climate-change-al-go Watch him speak at CEC's 2020 #SBEarthDay Festival Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOgFfiGhXU&t=1s... #climateresilience #ActOnClimate

Although the drop is likely temporary, it clearly demonstrates the scale of change needed to tackle the climate crisis. #climateresilience #ActOnClimate Read more: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx

Hopefully you are considering local, handmade gifts that build our #communityresilience during this challenging time for small businesses. Why not explore eco-friendly alternatives to wrapping paper while you're at it and reuse what you already have without leaving home? Learn more at https://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-alternatives-wrappi #ditchplastic #circulareconomy #shopsmallbusiness #shoplocal #homemade

California King Tides Project: Snap the shore, see the future. You can participate by safely taking photos of the King Tides on December 13-15 and uploading them to the California King Tides Project website: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/participate.html#upload King Tides are the highest high tides of the year, about a foot or two higher than average high tides. The California King Tides Project helps to visualize future sea level by observing the highest high tides of... today and how those tides interact with our coastal infrastructure, recreation areas, and ecosystems. Find out more about how Sea Level Rise and Flooding impacts our climate resilience at https://www.cecsb.org/climate-resilience-roundtables/. #climateresilience #climatejustice #actonclimate

"Sustainable’ fashion will actually mean something." - Maxine Bédat, Founder and Director of the New Standard Institute 21 visionary climate and justice leaders point the way to progress in the year ahead. See all 21 at https://grist.org//21-predictions-for-2021-climate-justice #climateresilience

Looking for a new podcast to add to your eco-focused subscriptions? Breaking Buildings' Addiction to Fossil Fuels How to Save a Planet addresses how we’ve got to talk about buildings if we’re going to deal with climate change. Donnel Baird founded the startup BlocPower to prove that we can green America’s buildings while creating good jobs in low-income neighborhoods and he wants to build a billion-dollar business while he’s at it. Learn more at https://open.spotify.com/e...pisode/5h72TjOJGECokn53oKDzMo #climatejustice #climateresilience