Santa Barbara-Ventura Blog

Climate Fridays Santa Barbara meets on the first Friday of every month from 3:30 to 5 pm at Community Environmental Council (CEC) Hub, 1219 State St Suite A, Santa Barbara, to educate and organize local action on climate issues.  

Learn the fundamentals of backpacking during a Basic Backpacking Course offered by the Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Our watchdog and chronicler Conservation Chair Jim Hines covers the last two months

Chapter Energy Chair Katie Davis takes us step by step on the journey to an all-electric life.

The most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the U.S. needs your help.

For the time-being, our Pacific Ocean is safe from new oil leases thanks to Joe Biden, but ones on Gaviota Coast still loom.

Amid the chaos in the first weeks of the new Federal Administration, we have plenty of ongoing fights in our region, and no time to shift gears.

Divestment is an effective strategy for limiting the influence of fossil fuel companies and prevents them from expanding operations at a time of growing climate crisis during an increasing need for climate justice especially in frontline communities.

Welcome our new volunteer Executive Committee members

The state waiver is a major step toward Sable Offshore Corp. restarting oil production from the Santa Ynez Unit’s three offshore oil platforms and transporting that oil through pipelines traversing state waters and three California counties.