MISSION: The Citizens Environmental Council Burlingame (CEC Burlingame) is a group of volunteers whose mission is to champion a more environmentally and economically sustainable community. CEC Burlingame provides leadership in local green efforts and an educational resource for residents, businesses and institutions.

HISTORY: The CEC Burlingame is an outgrowth of the Green Ribbon Task Force that culminated in the Burlingame City Council adoption of the Climate Action Plan in June 2009.

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN: The Climate Action Plan serves as non-binding guide to identify methods that the City and Community can implement to significantly and cost effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is an important first step toward meeting the requirements mandated by new California legislation, known as Assembly Bill 32, California‘s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which requires emissions to be reduced 15% below current levels (as measured in 2005) by the year 2020 and to be reduced by 80% by the year 2050.

• Citizens Environmental Council Burlingame website
• read the Climate Action Plan

• reduce carbon emissions
• reduce energy usage
• reduce water consumption
• reduce waste and increase recycling
• reduce pollution and toxins