California’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 can feel daunting and somewhat elusive. The Community Environmental Council (CEC) believes […more…]

One of Santa Barbara’s longest-running community-organized festivals, our Earth Day celebration is also one of the oldest in the country, […more…]

Over the last couple of years, the Community Environmental Council (CEC) has dramatically increased its efforts to combat climate change […more…]

Santa Barbara nonprofit Community Environmental Council has long been on the forefront of the environmental movement ever since its founding […more…]

Our climate is in crisis. Record-setting heat waves. Larger and more destructive wildfires. An historic megadrought, hotter and drier than […more…]

Everything seems to move quickly these days, but the speed of growth and expansion of the Santa Barbara County Food […more…]

Boasting a year-round growing calendar, Santa Barbara County is known as a food mecca, ranking in the top one percent […more…]

The time for action on climate change is now. For the Community Environmental Council (CEC), an environmental stalwart on the […more…]

In the face of wildfire and drought, these recommendations seek to protect against climate threats Community Environmental Council (CEC), the […more…]

Films include Gaviota: The End of Southern California and Better Together Featured as a part of the Community Environmental Council […more…]

How you can protect and restore mother earth all year round Over 50 years ago, an oil rig experienced a […more…]

With Earth Day 2021 rolling around just a week after the publication date of this issue of the Montecito Journal, […more…]

Despite the pandemic, carbon dioxide concentrations in our atmosphere have just climbed to the highest concentration in recorded history – […more…]

Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA, is the recipient of the Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council’s 2021 Environmental Hero […more…]

The double blow of the Thomas Fire and ensuing debris flow in 2018 left no doubt about the increasing threats […more…]