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Community Environmental Council
www.cecsb.org
(805) 963-0583
CEO: Sigrid Wright
Mission
The Community Environmental Council (CEC) advances rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis – including ambitious zero carbon goals, drawdown of excess carbon, and protection against the impacts of climate change. CEC was recognized as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year and a City of Santa Barbara Climate Hero and is led by CEO Sigrid Wright who was recently named 2022 Congressional Woman of the Year. CEC has worked since 1970 to incubate and innovate real-life environmental solutions that directly affect the California Central Coast. Our programs lead to clean vehicles, solar energy, resilient food systems, and reduction of single-use plastic.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
Clear Thinking on Climate Change
CEC helped me understand the basics and the complexities of climate change, and how to take steps in my life to make positive changes. I also gained a deeper understanding of how to strategically bring environmental sustainability into my work to help clients be successful.
Teaching Teens to be Climate Stewards for a Better Future for All
Community Environmental Council (CEC) piloted their Climate Stewards certification program for teens as a one-day-only workshop in the fall of 2023. The nonprofit is now raising funds to support the development and implementation of the Youth Climate program to launch more fully in 2024.
Every donation, no matter the amount, is critical toward CEC’s mission to ensure a sustainable and resilient future for California’s Central Coast through such local-led initiatives that advance rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis, while also fostering greater community connections.
Key Supporters
Anonymous
Anonymous in honor
of Karl Hutterer
Mary Becker
Leslie Sweem Bhutani
& Ashish Bhutani in honor
of Pat & Derrell Sweem
Diane Boss
James S. Bower Foundation
Patricia and Paul Bragg
Foundation
Sheila & Tom Cullen
Emily, Dan, Casey
& Willow Engel
G. A. Fowler Family
Foundation
Dorothy Largay
& Wayne Rosing
John C. Mithun
Foundation
Mithun Family Foundation
Charles & Betsy Newman
Natalie Orfalea
Foundation
Hutton Parker Foundation
Michel Saint-Sulpice
Judy Stapelmann
Suzanne & John Steed
Elizabeth Weber
Yardi Systems
Zegar Family Foundation