Once again, the CEC will sponsor a Bike to Work Day Energizer Station at the Burlingame Caltrain Station. Look for our blue canopy and smiling faces. Thursday May 14th – 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Southbound platform near the ticket machine. Stop by on your bike, say “hi”, grab your canvass goodie bag and enjoy…
Plan on attending the next monthly meeting of the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 7:00 – 8:45 p.m. Upstairs Meeting Room Burlingame Main Public Library 480 Primrose Road We invite you to get involved, too, in protecting our planet by participating in some of the events being held around our county,…
Burlingame High School senior Jeffery Chen scored a huge victory last Sunday (November 3). The 17-year-old Burlingame resident won the top prize in a global science competition called the Breakthrough Junior Challenge that invited youths between the ages of 13 and 18 to create a 3-minute video to explain a complex topic from the world…
The High School Environmental Intern Program piloted by the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame (CEC) and the City of Burlingame in 2018-19 will be back in 2020 with new partners and a new name, and it will be available to high school students throughout San Mateo County. The deadline for applications is November 11.…
CEC has been awarding scholarships for four years to Burlingame High School seniors with a keen interest in the environment and the potential to build a career around sustainability issues. This year we decided to ask them what they’ve been doing in college, and we’ve been impressed and encouraged by their responses. In…
Your purchases can help benefit the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame (CEC) when you shop on AmazonSmile, use eScrip at your favorite store or buy gift cards with eScrip’s Benefit app. See below for details. If you’re having difficulty, please send an email to Marc Yelnick at CSNSTY@gmail.com. Thanks for your help! When you…
CEC hosted nearly 100 local residents, students and elected officials at our 10th Anniversary Celebration on January 9 at the Burlingame Women’s Club. Speakers included County Supervisor Dave Pine, Burlingame Mayor Emily Beach, three college students who received scholarships from CEC, Burlingame High School senior and filmmaker Jeffery Chen, and donor Sterling Franklin. This was…
If you want to do something about the huge problem of food waste, you may want to join CEC members who are volunteering with Peninsula Food Runners, a nonprofit that distributes close-to-expiration-date food from farmer’s markets, supermarkets, restaurants and other sources to soup kitchens and shelters that need it. You will be amazed at the…
CEC has received several generous donations as a result of a chance conversation between two Stanford ’68 classmates, Mike McCord and Sterling Franklin. When they re-connected in 2017, Sterling learned that Mike was serving as chair of the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame (CEC). As a trustee of the Morris S. Smith Foundation, he reviewed…
