Earth Month Events
Events around town and around the world celebrating our planet
McConnell’s Ice Cream for a Cause
Ice Cream for a Cause
Visit any of McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams seven scoop shop locations on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
Opt for an earth-friendly cone instead of a cup and $1 from every cone sold will benefit the Community Environmental Council.
Fillmore Earth Day
Join us for the City of Fillmore’s Earth Day celebration. There will be a food truck, dessert truck, community yard sale, live music, information & retail booths (Earth Day related), and kids activities. Come find CEC’s table!
Location: Fillmore City Hall Plaza, 250 Central Ave, Fillmore
Guadalupe Earth Day Celebration
Join together with community members and friends for Guadalupe’s second annual Earth Day Community Clean Up and Climate Education event. The Community Environmental Council will join the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center and other organizations for this community-wide event that honors our planet and promotes earth-conscious practices that can help everyone make a difference.
GETTING TO ZERO : The Path to Carbon Neutrality
Many organizations want to reduce emissions but are not able to get to zero immediately, yet there is a path. What technological investments, changes in habits, and emission reductions can happen that result in carbon, and climate, neutrality? Join us for a panel discussion and hear from experts who will discuss this pathway. This event is scheduled for April 19 at Cabrillo Pavilion from 5pm – 8pm.
Panel speakers include:
Phel Meyer, Director of Partner Alliances at Salesforce Sustainability
Owen Barrett, Founder & President of ZNE Capital
If you are unable to visit in person, the programs are professionally recorded and hosted on our YouTube channel.
Santa Ynez Chumash Earth Day 2023
Where: Kitiyepumu' Park, 100 Via Juana Road, Santa Ynez, California
Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office hosts an annual Earth Day event for the community. We encourage families to come out and engage in different environmental organizations along with various nature activities. We wish for everyone to take Earth Day as a time to really appreciate Mother Earth and all that she offers us. By engaging the community in a fun-filled Earth day, we hope that it will influence them to make better decisions about their environmental behavior.
CEC will have a booth - come see us!
Trivia Night at Draughtsmen Aleworks
Test your Eco-Trivia! Bring your friends, grab a taco and have a cold karma pint. Karma Tap in April supports Santa Barbara Earth Day. It is FREE to play and it will blow your mind how much fun you have! Bring friends or make some new ones.
The Children
Set at a remote cottage on the coast of Britain after a tsunami wreaks havoc on a nuclear reactor, a married couple’s lives are further disrupted by the mysterious appearance of a long-lost colleague, who confronts them with a stunning moral dilemma: what does the older generation owe to those who are young?
Karma Tap at Draughtsmen Aleworks
For every pint of KARMA BEER sold in April 2023, Draughtsmen Aleworks will give $1 back to Santa Barbara Earth Day.
Night Lizard Benefit
For every sale, Night Lizard Brewing Company will give $1 back to Santa Barbara Earth Day
I Love Downtown Block Party
Join us as we celebrate all the things we love about downtown Santa Barbara.
Climate of Hope Forum 2023
Join us for our fifth annual Climate of Hope Forum: Artivism - Creative Action for Justice and learn how we are leading the way for just climate solutions. Presented by Regeneración Pajaro Valley Climate Action in partnership with Community Environmental Council
Joyce diDonato - EDEN
EDEN is an iconic, groundbreaking theatrical tour de force from Joyce DiDonato, arguably the world’s top mezzo soprano.
Presented in association with Community Environmental Council, the Music Academy, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Choral Society and UCSB Department of Music