| As Federal climate leadership stalls, cities, states, and local organizations are taking action to build climate resilience from the ground up. In this vein, the Community Environmental Council (CEC) remains committed to fostering grassroots climate action along California’s Central Coast.
This month, CEC is proud to co-host the 55th annual Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival, an opportunity to educate, advocate, and mobilize around climate action. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our Power, Our Planet, inviting everyone around the globe to unite behind renewable energy, and to triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030.
We hope you plan to join us on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, in Alameda Park for climate talks, interactive exhibits, and hands-on experiences. The ever-popular Green Car Show features the latest electric vehicle (EV) technology and offers a chance to see the newest clean air vehicles from leading brands. Our Electrify Your Life team will be on-hand in the CEC Green Car Show booth to answer questions about EVs and home electrification options. The festival also features a plant-forward food court, live entertainment, and an award ceremony to honor our 2025 Environmental Hero. By fostering connections and inspiring action, CEC helps turn Earth Day momentum into lasting impact.
We are grateful for the vital role our Legacy Donors play in supporting meaningful action towards a sustainable future for the Central Coast and beyond. We hope to see you at this year’s festival!
Kathi King
Director of Outreach and Education
FEATURED LEGACY DONORS
Marc McGinnes: In Love With Earth
Some of our readers may have seen the man on stilts, hovering above the crowds at over eight feet tall, at many of Santa Barbara’s past Earth Day celebrations at Alameda Park. That’s Marc McGinnes, a leader in the local and national environmental movements that emerged after the 1969 oil platform blowout and oil spill, and a co–founder of the Community Environmental Council. While today, you may find him on stilts, Marc started his life as an “atomic city kid,” raised next to the barbed–wire perimeter of Richland, Washington’s Hanford Project Site, where hastily-built nuclear reactors produced plutonium for atomic weapons.
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