Citizens Environmental Council

03/04/2026

There's still time to sign up for Burlingame's Community Meeting about El Camino Real on Thurs. March 5, 6-7:30 pm, at the Burlingame Community Center. Mayor Michael Brownrigg, city staff, and reps from Caltrans, PG&E and the Burlingame Historical Society will be there. Free. Pre-registration requested at https://tinyurl.com/ElCaminoMeet.

02/28/2026

Get your questions answered about the El Camino Real project in Burlingame on Thurs. 3/6 at a Community Meeting, and join us Tues. 3/10 to learn the life-changing impacts of food recovery. Details about these and other free Citizens Environmental Council programs at https://tinyurl.com/CECprograms2026

02/19/2026

Not-so-fun fact: Food waste sent to landfills accounts for 58% of California's methane emissions. Come to our free program on Tues. March 10 to learn about the life-changing impacts of food recovery. 7 p.m. at Burlingame Community Center. Pre-registration required at https://tinyurl.com/FoodRecoverySMC

02/17/2026

Get your questions about Burlingame's El Camino Real project answered at a Community Meeting on Thurs. March 5, 6-7:30 pm, at the Burlingame Community Center. Mayor Michael Brownrigg, city staff, and reps from Caltrans and the Burlingame Historical Society will be there. PG&E has been invited. Free. Pre-registration requested at https://tinyurl.com/ElCaminoMeet. For more info about the project and to register for updates, go to https://tinyurl.com/ECRroadwayrenewal. Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department Burlingame Public Library Burlingame City Hall Burlingame High School Burlingame Parents' Club Burlingame School District

02/03/2026

You're invited to an event tomorrow (Wed.) about how reorienting your life around where you live can benefit you, your community, the economy and the planet. It features Matt Biggar, strategy consultant and former Burlingame High principal and SMUHSD administrator, discussing his new book, as well as local education speakers. Wed. Feb. 4, 7-8:30 p.m. at Burlingame Community Center, 850 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/ConnectedtoPlace. Doors open at 6:30.

Cosponsored by the Citizens Environmental Council, Sustainable San Mateo County, Thrive Alliance, San Mateo County Office of Education and Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department

01/25/2026

Join us in celebrating local sustainability heroes on March 25 at Sustainable San Mateo County's 27th annual awards event in South San Francisco. SSMC has lowered ticket prices to $25 for students and $75 for adults, expanded networking time, and will showcase projects by brilliant local students who are creating tomorrow's solutions. Info & tickets at bit.ly/SSMC-Awards-Tickets

01/23/2026

How Connections to Place Can Improve Well-Being
You’re invited to a special program on Wednesday, February 4, to learn how reorienting people’s daily lives around where they live can benefit them, their community, economy and planet. This event will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Burlingame Community Center, 850 Burlingame Ave. in Burlingame. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required at
https://tinyurl.com/ConnectedtoPlace

01/21/2026

CEC invites you to learn how reorienting your life around where you live can benefit you, your community, the economy and the planet. This "Connected to Place" event features Matt Biggar, strategy consultant and former Burlingame High principal and SMUHSD administrator, discussing his new book, as well as local education speakers. Wed. Feb. 4, 7-8:30 p.m. at Burlingame Community Center, 850 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/ConnectedtoPlace.

Cosponsored by Citizens Environmental Council, San Mateo County Office of Education, Thrive Alliance of Nonprofits, Sustainable San Mateo County and Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department.

01/20/2026

We invite students in grades 4-8 who live or attend school in San Mateo County to learn tips on creating videos at a free student filmmaking workshop offered from 1 to 3 p.m. by students from Burlingame High and Nueva School on Sat. Jan. 31. Admission is free. Visit https://www.burlingamefilmfest.com to register for the workshop and more info.

12/25/2025

CEC team members enjoyed our Christmas Eve tradition of filling hungry bellies and cutting down on food waste. Thank you Trader Joe’s for the food donations and Peninsula Food Runners for getting us organized and getting all this great food distributed to those in need. Hope everyone has very happy holidays!

11/03/2025

How does what you eat affect biodiversity? Join Sustainable San Mateo County on Thurs. Nov. 6 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in Redwood City for a condensed screening of "Eating Our Way to Extinction,” followed by a panel discussion with a local doctor, a climate scientist and a community member who have transformed their diets. Free. Register at
bit.ly/SSMC_Film_Screening Citizens Climate Lobby San Mateo 350 Silicon Valley Sustainability Academy - County of San Mateo

10/30/2025

Here's an Rx for climate anxiety

Attention parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, and guardians: we invite you to save the date for our Anxiety into Action workshop (A2A) happening this fall on November 9th at 4pm PT. With the news of coral reefs hitting their climate change tipping point, climate anxiety is sure to be running rampant, especially in young people. In fact, 76% of young people say they’re frightened of the future. As caregivers, it’s up to us to help them cope with this anxiety and do as much as we can to tackle climate change while we’re here for the sake of their future.

In our workshop, we’ll provide you with information, tools, and resources for you to help the young people (toddlers to teenagers) in your life ease their climate anxiety and turn it into climate action! If you’ll also be joining us for our Effective Climate Conversations (ECC) Training, you’ll also learn great tips on how to have meaningful conversations with the young people in your life about climate change as well! Both A2A 🧠🌱 and ECC 🌎💬 registration links are below; we hope to see you there!

Anxiety into Action (A2A): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9P2bTRanT5yMeb7EASCSIA

Effective Climate Conversations (ECC): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/7r8fX8IPQ4uzq5P7ZTzCsg