A Steward for the Planet and the Community Environmental Council
This article by Leslie A. Westbrook originally appeared in the April 2021 issue of Hope Ranch Living. It’s most fitting to introduce…
Biden and the Environment – A Talk with CEC Leaders
As Biden signals a new direction on national climate leadership, CEC still believes that more than half of all climate…
Reverse, Repair, Protect: CEC’s Bold Climate Action Plan – Webinar Transcript
Below is the full transcript from the Reverse, Repair, Protect: CEC’s Bold Climate Action Plan webinar. It is sectioned by…
Zero-Energy Buildings to Zero-Energy Communities
Zero-Energy Buildings to Zero-Energy Communities This op-ed was written by CEC President’s Council Member and Allen Construction Chair Dennis Allen. It…
Raise the Red Flag on the Causes of Wildfire
Raise the Red Flag on the Causes of Wildfire This op-ed was written by CEC Board Member and former Santa…
Feeding Our Soils and Feeding Ourselves
As a leader of CEC’s regenerative agriculture efforts, I spend a lot of time walking through fields of grass and…
Plastic: We Are What We Eat and Breathe
When I became a climate activist more than a decade ago, focusing on single use plastics seemed like a great…
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…
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 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.…
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.
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…
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…
Combatting Hunger and Pollution with CalRecycle Grant #rethinkfood
CEC is proud to announce that we are one of 36 grant recipients chosen by the California Department of Resources…
The Oil Spill Heard ‘Round the World
This piece by Linda Krop and Sigrid Wright originally appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent on January 28, 2019. Fifty…
