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About my Organization
Organization Type
Local Communities
Overview
Snapshot
We advance regional solutions to climate change in the 805 region (Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties).
Organization Overview

Community Environmental Council (CEC) is a Santa Barbara-based non-profit organization with a reputation for

positive social change and community engagement. Since 1970, we have been a leader in creative solutions to

our region’s toughest environmental problems. For more than a decade, we have focused on inspiring,

innovating, and implementing regional solutions to climate change. Our programs lead to cleaner

transportation, renewable energy, resilient food systems, and eliminating food waste and plastic pollution. CEC

is committed to climate action that is centered on our most impacted communities, including low-income

households, rural communities, and communities of color that currently bear a disproportionate burden of both

environmental pollution and climate change impacts. We have a vision for transformative action that will

address complex issues of social, economic, and climate justice.


Community Environmental Council (CEC por sus siglas en ingles) es una organización sin fines de lucro con sede

en Santa Bárbara con una reputación de cambio social positivo y compromiso comunitario. Desde 1970, hemos

sido líderes en soluciones creativas para los problemas ambientales más difíciles de nuestra región. Durante más

de una década, nos hemos centrado en inspirar, innovar e implementar soluciones regionales al cambio

climático. Nuestros programas conducen a un transporte más limpio, energía renovable, sistemas alimentarios

resistentes y eliminando el desperdicio de alimentos y la contaminación plástica. CEC está comprometida con la

acción climática que se centra en nuestras comunidades más afectadas, incluidos los hogares de bajos ingresos,

las comunidades rurales y las comunidades de color que actualmente soportan una carga desproporcionada de

la contaminación ambiental y los impactos del cambio climático. Tenemos una visión para la acción

transformadora que abordará cuestiones complejas de justicia social, económica y climática.

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Disadvantaged Community
Low Income Community

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Location
26 W Anapamu St, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 93101
Experience
Area of Expertise
Distributed Energy Resources
Climate Adaptation/Mitigation
Transportation
Energy Storage
Energy Efficiency & Demand Response
Fundraising

Training and Assistance
Agriculture and Forestry
Food
Resilience
Development
Environmental Justice
Equity
Alternative Fuels
Community Concerns
Air pollution
Water Pollution
Access to Transportation
Energy Affordability
Power Outages
Environmental Literacy
Water Affordability
Job Training
Economic Development
Organization needs
We need to expand our presence
We need to grow our staff
We need to find demonstration host sites for our solutions