Citizens' Environmental Coalition (Houston)

Citizens' Environmental Coalition (Houston) Fostering dialogue, education, and collaboration on environmental issues in the Houston / Gulf Coast region since 1971. CEC Website (www.cechouston.org).

On-going CEC programs include:

Environmental News Update. Free weekly newsletter is e-mailed to about 5000 subscribers. It covers environmental news from our 13-county region, and focuses on local environmental topics, legislative news, and updates on our member groups’ activities. Also lists Green Jobs and Green Grants, and provides a calendar of special events. In addition, it links readers to national and international news stories that have a bearing on our local community. This important tool offers a link to each of our member groups’ Websites, a comprehensive calendar of all environmental events hosted by our member groups, Green Jobs listings, and archives of our past weekly newsletters. The 2008 Resource Guide is also available on the website. Earth Day Houston. CEC has been hosting Earth Day celebrations in Houston since 1970. Most recently, it began partnering with Discovery Green Conservancy to host Earth Day Houston. Houston Green Films & Festivals. With partners, CEC hosts the Wild About Houston Green Film Festival, part of a series of monthly environmental film events. Environmental Education. CEC leads efforts to collaborate to provide teachers and other educators with the resources and training to to teach about the environment. Information & Referral. CEC serves as a call and email service center to help direct environmental inquiries to the appropriate organizations. Environmental Resource Guide. A hard-copy and online profile directory of our member organizations representing a majority of local environmental non-profit organizations focusing on everything including air quality, water quality, land protection, climate change, urban forestry and more. Your one-stop guide for environmental opportunities in Houston. Annual Meeting. CEC holds an annual meeting to gather activists to exchange ideas and discuss a timely topic which affects our environmental community. Outreach. The CEC staff, board members, and volunteers are available for speaking engagements concerning the general state of the environment in our region and for hosting tables at environmental fairs. The CEC also co-sponsors outreach events with other groups.

🌱Come and join us as we learn, work on solutions, and connect at the Greater Houston Environmental Summit October 23 - 2...
10/06/2026

🌱Come and join us as we learn, work on solutions, and connect at the Greater Houston Environmental Summit October 23 - 24 2026! We will explore practical ways to build a more resilient future. Conversations will include resilient infrastructure, nature-based solutions, the circular economy, and more!

Next-Gen Grey: Engineering Structural Continuity and Energy Reliability for the Gulf Coast panelists will discuss that modernizing grey infrastructure requires hardening legacy systems while adapting to a rapidly evolving energy grid and explore how large institutional anchors, utilities, and civil engineering frameworks are coordinating mitigation and adaptation strategies across Greater Houston. Panelists will examine practical approaches to load balancing, critical facility continuity during extreme weather, energy efficiency mandates, and innovative financing mechanisms like PACE to build long-term structural resilience.

For more information and to register: https://cechouston.org/2026summit/

🌱Read They Poisoned the World, and join us as we discuss the story of how government and industry colluded to cover up t...
10/01/2026

🌱Read They Poisoned the World, and join us as we discuss the story of how government and industry colluded to cover up the hazards of forever chemicals for decades and how the town whose residents had been being poisoned for years brought the cover-up to light. Reads like fiction.

In October, in addition to our regular in-person meeting at The Black Hole Coffee House on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 7 p.m., we will also be holding a virtual meeting on Monday October 12, 2026 at 7 p.m. for those who cannot attend the in-person meeting.

For more info and the link to the virtual meeting, see our CEC Environmental Book Club webpage: https://cechouston.org/environmental-book-club/

🌱📢 The Member Spotlight of the Week is the Galveston Bay Estuary Program! 🌊The Galveston Bay Estuary Program (GBEP) is ...
09/30/2026

🌱📢 The Member Spotlight of the Week is the Galveston Bay Estuary Program! 🌊

The Galveston Bay Estuary Program (GBEP) is a non-regulatory program managed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) dedicated to preserving & managing the health of Galveston Bay.

Their mission is to promote collaborative ecosystem management, protect living resources, & preserve multiple uses of the bay (commercial, recreational, & industrial).

🌱Come and join us as we learn, work on solutions, and connect at the Greater Houston Environmental Summit October 23 - ...
09/29/2026

🌱Come and join us as we learn, work on solutions, and connect at the Greater Houston Environmental Summit October 23 - 24 2026! We will explore practical ways to build a more resilient future. Conversations will include resilient infrastructure, nature-based solutions, the circular economy, and more!

Microclimates of Resilience: Nature Based Solutions for Communities panelists will discuss integrating natural ecosystems into the urban fabric as a critical frontline defense as the Gulf Coast faces rising temperatures and compounding flood risks. This discussion highlights high-impact nature-based interventions, focusing on selecting resilient native tree and plant palettes, deploying cool and permeable pavement technologies, and expanding urban canopy equity. Speakers will address how municipal policy, developer incentives, and community-led restoration can combine to lower ambient neighborhood heat and enhance regional resilience.

For more information and to register: https://cechouston.org/2026summit/

🌱We will have expert panelists and speakers delving into using nature-based solutions to achieve resilience at the commu...
09/23/2026

🌱We will have expert panelists and speakers delving into using nature-based solutions to achieve resilience at the community level, how to address resilience given the exponential growth of data centers and their demands for water and energy, waste solutions for a more resilient future, and how to better design our systems today in the Houston region for a more resilient future.

New this year: we’ve moved to a two-day schedule to make the summit easier to attend and will have a Speed Mentoring Lab with regional experts, among other fun opportunities for learning and networking!

Don’t miss out — get your tickets today! https://cechouston.org/2026summit/

🌱📢The Member Spotlight of the Week is Urban Harvest! 🌽🫐Urban Harvest is a prominent Houston-based nonprofit organization...
09/23/2026

🌱📢The Member Spotlight of the Week is Urban Harvest! 🌽🫐

Urban Harvest is a prominent Houston-based nonprofit organization founded in 1994 that transforms food accessibility & promotes organic gardening in the Greater Houston with volunteer community gardens, farmers markets, mobile markets in food-insecure areas, & education.

🌱📢The Member Spotlight of the Week is the SPARK School Park Program! ⛹️The SPARK School Park Program is a non-profit ini...
09/16/2026

🌱📢The Member Spotlight of the Week is the SPARK School Park Program! ⛹️

The SPARK School Park Program is a non-profit initiative founded in Houston in 1983 by late City Council Member Eleanor Tinsley to turn public school grounds into community parks. The program has built over 200 parks across multiple school districts in the Greater Houston area.

🌱Join the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition (CEC) and Houston Renewable Energy Group (HREG) at IKEA Houston for a roofto...
09/15/2026

🌱Join the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition (CEC) and Houston Renewable Energy Group (HREG) at IKEA Houston for a rooftop solar tour, plug-in solar show and tell, and conversation about plug-in solar, an emerging technology coming to home energy.

Unlike traditional rooftop solar, plug-in solar systems are designed to offer a smaller-scale and potentially more accessible way to generate electricity at home, including for renters and households where rooftop solar may not be an option.

You’ll get to tour IKEA Houston's 1193 kWh rooftop solar installation with 1913 panels, see a show and tell of plug-in solar equipment, hear a panel discussion focused on the opportunities, state of the art, and policy considerations. Have a chance to win a signed copy of Bill McKibben’s Here Comes the Sun or IKEA products.
And more!

For more information and to register for this free event,go to
https://cecmembers.houstonenvironment.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=65916

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Houston, TX
77001

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