2025 Public Square

Connect with organizations doing good work and see how you can get involved, spend time with your elected officials and learn what government agencies are doing to help us all be more sustainable.

3CE

8 Billion Voices

An Hourbook on A Regenerative Economy

BeSmart

Butch Ware for Governor 2026 (Sunday only)

Bye Bye Mattress

California National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

California Nature Art Museum (Saturday only)

CalPG

Citizens Climate Lobby

Citizens Planning Association

City of Santa Barbara

Community Environmental Council

County of Santa Barbara

EF International Language Campus, Santa Barbara

Elected Officials Booth

Environmental Defense Center

EQ25

Explore Ecology

The Farmer and the Flea

Fielding Graduate University

Friendship Center

Gaviota Coast Conservancy

GetOilOut! (Saturday only)

Goleta Sanitary District

Goleta Water District

Heal the Ocean

Health Care for All

League of Women Voters Santa Barbara

Los Padres ForestWatch

Los Padres National Forest

MarBorg Industries

Martin Luther King Jr., Committee of SB

MERITO Foundation

Moorea Coral Reef / Santa Barbara Coastal Long-term Ecological Research sites

Pachamama Alliance

Pacifica Graduate Institute

Planet Protectors

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

Santa Barbara Audubon Society (Saturday only)

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council
Santa Barbara Family YMCA

Santa Barbara Foundation

Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara Middle School (Sunday only)

Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

SB Surfrider Foundation

Sea League (Saturday only)

Share International USA

ShelterBox

Sierra Club SB

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

The Colleges of Law

Tribal Trust Foundation

UC Master Gardeners

UNA-USA/Santa Barbara Peace Corps

World Dance for Humanity

Meet Your Elected Officials
Public Square 2025

Saturday, April 26

11:00 a.m. - Wendy Santamaria, Santa Barbara City Council

11:30 a.m. - Wendy Santamaria, SB City Council; Luz Reyes-Martin, City of Goleta

12:30p.m. - Stuart Kasdin, Goleta City Council

1:00 p.m. - Eric Friedman, SB City Council

1:30 p.m - Gregg Hart, CA Assembly

2:00 p.m. - Monica Solorzano, Vice Mayor, Carp City Council and Gregg Hart, CA Assembly

3:00 p.m. - Joan Hartmann, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

3:30 p.m. - Supervisor Joan Hartmann

5:00p.m. - Senator Monique Limon

Sunday, April 27

11:00 a.m. - Roy Lee, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

Climate Action Stage

Saturday, April 26

11:00 a.m. - The Power of Conscious Consumerism with Natural Haven

11:30am - Brighten Solar and the Power of Renewable Energy

1:00 p.m. -  Direct Relief - On the Frontlines of Climate Disasters

1:30pm - Kiki Reyes, Acoustic Guitar and Vocals

2:00 p.m. - Sierra Club SB - Local Environmental Activism Panel

2:30pm - Mindful Earth Connections

3:00 p.m. - Diego Magana - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals

3:30pm - “The Forest Within Me; a Poetic Portait of Self”

4:00 p.m. - Black Dog Trivia - Earth Trivia (Prizes!)

Sunday, April 27

12:00 p.m. - Tribal Trust Foundation Water Ceremony

12:30 p.m. - Guitar and ukelele performance

1:00 p.m. - Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Panel Discussion

2:00pm - Legacy Lounge - Jack Azar and Kathi King in conversation about Earth Day

3:00 p.m. - Black Dog Trivia - Earth Trivia (Prizes!)