CEC is excited to announce #CelebrateClimateLeadership, a virtual Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival, from April 22 through April 24.

WALK INTO WILDFIRE OPENING RECEPTION
An Immersive Multimedia Exhibit

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 1:00-4:00 pm, Buellton Recreation Center, 301 2nd Street, Buellton, CA
www.BurnCycleProject.com, (805) 688-1086
The Burn Cycle Project and artist Ethan Turpin present Walk Into Wildfire, a free family friendly immersive multimedia exhibit designed to give participants an experiential, proxy view inside a wildland fire. Audiences of all ages can both hear and see how fire moves through landscapes from a rarely seen perspective. This new installation includes recent footage within fires on the Central Coast and wondrous time-lapse video of green, post-fire growth. By having the experience of “being there” viewers have a unique point of view that captures the attention and induces important discussions about fire’s place in nature, fire preparedness, defensible space, prescribed burning, and resilience.

Opening Reception Saturday. April 24, 1 - 4 pm featuring Fire Awareness Resources, Fun Activities, Live Music with Sean & Jaime Montgomery, and Ribbon Cutting. Presented in collaboration with Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council and The City of Buellton Arts and Culture Committee.

The LWV Santa Barbara and CEC will host a forum for the community to learn more about nature-based solutions.

What is the history of ecological land stewardship in this region? How can our agricultural and natural lands build climate resilience? How can our region’s land draw down carbon and improve our carbon and water cycles? What are the barriers to pace and scale ecological land stewardship? Forum Moderator: Allegra Roth, Food and Climate Program

The Burn Cycle Project and artist Ethan Turpin present Walk Into Wildfire, an immersive multimedia exhibit designed to give participants an experiential, proxy view inside a wildland fire. Audiences of all ages can both hear and see how fire moves through landscapes from a rarely seen perspective. This new installation includes recent footage within fires on the Central Coast and wondrous time-lapse video of green, post-fire growth. By having the experience of “being there” viewers have a unique point of view that captures the attention and induces important discussions about fire’s place in nature, fire preparedness, defensible space, prescribed burning, and resilience. April 24 - May 1, 2-6pm daily at the Buellton Recreation Center, 301 2nd Street, Buellton, California. Visit www.BurnCycleProject.com for more information.

Join Inside Wine Santa Barbara--a fun and educational wine Meetup--in a virtual tasting with the winemakers of Falcone Family Vineyards.

Join CEC’s annual Climate Leadership Summit facilitated by CEC’s CEO, Sigrid Wright and CEC Board member, David Pellow (UC Santa Barbara Dehlsen Chair of Environmental Studies) on Saturday, April 24 from 4:30pm-5:30pm followed by a networking session from 5:30pm-6:30pm. Join this annual Earth Day gathering to connect with climate activists of all ages across the region.

Graduate pianist Lucía Álvarez Núñez will present a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. The program will include works by Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann. Álvarez Núñez is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Paul Berkowitz.

For more information and a direct link to the Youtube premiere visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2198

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper's Watershed Brigade will host a dispersed clean-up event April 24-25 to complement Santa Barbara's Virtual Earth Day celebration.

Zero Contact Electronic waste recycling event! Bring your e-waste to La Cumbre Plaza on April 24- 25 from 9am-3pm and we’ll get rid of it for you!

Learn the basics of watercolor painting from SBMA Senior Teaching Artist Itoko Maeno. Focusing on landscape, this one-hour class is inspired by Stuart Davis’ "Yellow Hills" (1919). Study the artwork or use a photograph of a local landscape as inspiration while you paint.