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By the Community Environmental Council
The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is hosting its inaugural Extreme Heat Forum on Tuesday, August 15 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at its new Environmental Hub in downtown Santa Barbara. This free community event, presented in partnership with the Gray Panthers Santa Barbara Network and the Society of Fearless Grandmothers Santa Barbara, will address how our seniors can prepare for extreme heat and play a more direct role in building a resilient community.
Extreme heat events have been felt throughout the United States and the rest of the world during the month of July. In fact, July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded, by a wide margin. Furthermore, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, shared his deep concern over increasingly intense and frequent heat waves by warning the public that “The era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived.” It is crucial now more than ever to stay informed about extreme heat and learn how to stay cool during these extreme events.
Dr. David Labell and Rich Appelbaum of Gray Panthers, Pam Bury and Maureen Ellenberger of Fearless Grandmothers, Yumi Sera, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and Em Johnson, CEC’s Director of Climate Resilience will lead a discussion of the real and lasting impacts on heat and climate change on our elderly communities, how seniors can play a more active role in protecting our most vulnerable populations, and what actions are needed to ensure we not only support resiliency at the neighborhood level, but also at the policy-level.
CEC’s Extreme Heat Forum will be offered in person at the Environmental Hub (1219 State Street) and live streamed via Zoom on Tuesday, August 15 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Space is limited for the in-person option and an RSVP is required to attend (both for in person and via Zoom). RSVP now using this link (attending via Zoom is an option upon “check out”). For more information, visit: cec.pub/23heatforum
About the Community Environmental Council (CEC): CEC advances rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis—including ambitious zero carbon goals, drawdown of excess carbon, and protection against the impacts of climate change. CEC was recognized as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year and a City of Santa Barbara Climate Hero, and is led by CEO Sigrid Wright who was recently named 2022 Congressional Woman of the Year. CEC has worked since 1970 to incubate and innovate real life environmental solutions that directly affect the California Central Coast. Our programs lead to clean vehicles, solar energy, resilient food systems and reduction of single-use plastic. Find CEC on the web at CECSB.org and on Facebook.com/CECSB, Instagram.com/CEC_SB, Twitter.com/CECSB, and Linkedin.com/company/cecsb/.
