Join us at our next Community Environmental Council (CEC) Youth Climate Workshop: Sustainable Fashion on March 1

Are You Worried About Climate Change?

Do You Want to Make a Difference?

Join us at our next Community Environmental Council (CEC) Youth Climate Workshop:

Sustainable Fashion

In this workshop, we’ll focus on the impacts of the fashion industry and what we can do to lighten our footprint. Come meet local experts and enjoy fun activities!

Featured activities include:

• Mending with artist Eliot Spaulding (bring items in need of repair!)
• Patching with EcoStiks founder Julie Schneiderman
• Info session with fast fashion expert and artist Dass Richardson
• Clothing swap (bring up to five items for the swap!)

CEC Youth Climate Workshops are an opportunity for sixth through twelfth graders to learn from climate experts, meet environmental leaders in our community, and connect with other youth who care about climate change. Each workshop focuses on a different theme and offers ways you can take climate action.

Workshop Details

Who: Sixth through twelfth-grade students who live in the Santa Barbara area

When: Saturday, March 1, 2025 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Where: CEC’s Environmental Hub, 1219 State St., Santa Barbara

Cost: FREE

What you’ll get: Community service hours, a lesson on mending, a designed eco-patch, new-to-you clothing, snacks, and drinks

Participants under 18 years of age must fill out and submit a permission slip. Please email permission slip to kking@cecmail.org or bring a printed copy with you to the workshop.

If you have additional questions, please contact Kathi King at 805-730-0202 or kking@cecmail.org.

Upcoming Events at CEC’s Environmental Hub

“Do I Need This?” Film Screening and Panel – sold out

Thursday, February 27, 2025

4:00 – 9:00 p.m.

CEC’s Environmental Hub

1219 State St., Santa Barbara

Join us for the Santa Barbara premiere of “Do I Need This?,” an acclaimed documentary about consumerism, excess, and the stuff from which happiness is truly made. This quirky, relatable, and profound award-winning film delicately interweaves the filmmaker’s complicated relationship to her family possessions, together with a journey into the homes and minds of her fellow Americans. The screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion.  This event is co-hosted by CEC and the Santa Barbara Sierra Club. Learn more and register.

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Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival

Saturday – Sunday, April 26 – 27, 2025

Alameda Park

1400 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara

Now in its 55th year, the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival is one of the longest-running Earth Day celebrations in the country and is one of the largest Earth Day festivals on the West Coast. Attracting over 30,000 people and 150+ eco-friendly exhibitors each year, the festival features two days of live music and speakers, CEC’s Environmental Hero Award ceremony, Green Car Show and Ride & Drive experiences, and family-friendly programming. Presented by the Community Environmental Council and CarpEvents. Learn more.

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AVAILABLE NOW

Newly Renovated Open-Plan Office Suite in CEC’s Environmental Hub

Located at 1219 State Street in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, this prime location 1,850-square-foot unfurnished second-floor office features a dedicated entrance from State Street, state-of-the-art green building features, private kitchen and restroom facilities, adjacent city lot with ample parking, and discounted event and meeting space. Second floor windows offer views of the iconic Granada Theater and 1200 block of State Street’s historic ARTS District. See photos of the space. Non-profit tenant preferred. Competitive rates.

To learn more and view the space, contact:

The Miramar Group

Geoffrey Carter

geoffrey@miramarsb.com

(805) 233-7988

Support Critical Work Like This

Recognized as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year and a City of Santa Barbara Climate Hero, CEC is led by CEO Sigrid Wright, 2022 Congressional Woman of the Year. See our most recent impact report to learn how we are serving California’s Central Coast by advancing rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis.

Learn more about how you can invest in CEC’s work to accelerate regional climate solutions at cecsb.org/donate.