CEC’s 2025 Green Gala

Saturday, September 27, 2025

The Bakery Block in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone
120 Gray Avenue

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

21+ After Party 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Celebrate With Us!

CEC’s 2025 Green Gala will return to the Santa Barbara Funk Zone's newest event venue, featuring a seated dinner of climate-smart cuisine and beverages, local entertainment, and a live auction, with ample opportunities to connect and network with other climate-focused community members.

Don’t miss this evening of resilience, strength, and climate action.

Join Us

About CEC’s GREEN GALA

The Green Gala is CEC’s annual fundraising event, attended by more than 250 community leaders, philanthropists, and climate activists. Proceeds from the Green Gala will help fund CEC’s critical work protecting California’s Central Coast from the climate crisis. CEC and our partners are working every day to ensure that our region is a tangible, real-world model of what healthy, equitable, climate-safe communities can look like.

The Green Gala fundraiser supports:

Climate leadership programs, including CEC's youth workshops, Climate Stewards training, and free public events at our Environmental Hub.
Wildfire resilience projects designed to prevent and reduce the risk of wildfires.
Heat action plans to ensure outdoor works are safe from extreme heat events.
Advocacy for an oil and gas phaseout in Santa Barbara County.
Outreach to low-income residents and marginalized communities to ensure they have access to green technology through our EVs for Everyone programs and Electric Ride 805 network.

Geoff Green, Sigrid Wright and Ethan Maday attend CEC's 2024 Green Gala.

"It was an honor to participate in CEC's Green Gala. CEC's climate leadership programs provide the tools we need to take action, and a place to join forces. If we’re going to protect our home and the planet from the impacts of climate change, we can’t just sit from the sidelines and watch."

Ethan Maday
Youth Climate Activist
2024 Green Gala Keynote Speaker