Climate action, close to home.
Your year-end gift gets the Central Coast ready for what's next.
Your gift will be matched, dollar for dollar.
The people who know CEC best, our Board of Directors and President's Council, are matching the first $70,000 in gifts. Give before the match runs out.
This moment is different.
Our weather now swings between fire seasons and flood seasons, and a strong El Niño this winter could bring the next swing. Federal protections we spent 50 years building have been taken apart, and disaster recovery is falling to local communities.
But there's new momentum, and people here aren't waiting for someone else to act. Since 1970, CEC has shown that local action works.
With your support, we will:
Get ready for El Niño. We're identifying 30 schools, churches, and community centers across six counties to become resilience hubs: trusted spaces with backup power, clean air, and information when storms hit.
Protect the ban on new oil wells. You helped win it. We won't let it slip away.
Help families save money and stay safe at home. We connect residents to rebates for solar, battery backup, and efficient heating and cooling.
Bring people together. More than 8,000 people a year come to our downtown Hub to turn worry into action.
Big headlines. Local answers.
NOAA: El Niño looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook
Here at home: The Central Coast knows what floods and mudslides can do. We're identifying 30 schools, churches, and community centers across six counties to become resilience hubs.
— Lauren Leland
Protect what we’ve built.
Your gift will be matched – doubling your impact.
A livable climate future is not a given — we must fight for it.
Your support helps protect the Central Coast and accelerate
the transition to clean, local solutions.
Make your matched gift today.
The Community Environmental Council (CEC) cannot accept donations, sponsorship, or fundraising from any company in the active planning or permitting phase of a utility-scale renewable energy project in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, or Ventura Counties. CEC will not seek or accept contributions from corporations in the oil or natural gas industry or from mining and mineral companies.