Due to COVID-19 and San Mateo County health restrictions on gatherings, the 3rd annual Student Film Fest screening and awards ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, has been canceled. But the competition will go on! The deadline for film submittals has been extended until Sunday, March 22. Details about the announcement of winners will be forthcoming. Be sure to check the…
The Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame (CEC) invites the public to six “Green Programs on Hot Topics” focused on current environmental issues during 2020. Admission is free. The programs are: Tuesday, March 24 – Student Film Fest, 6-8 p.m., Burlingame High School Auditorium, 1 Mangini Way, Burlingame Videos created by students in grades 4 through…
Something remarkable is happening on the Peninsula. In recent months, a coalition of more than 100 individuals from 29 nonprofit organizations in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, including CEC, has persuaded 13 local cities to avoid natural gas in new construction. Our local cities are at the forefront of this movement, and other cities…
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…
Plan on attending the next monthly meeting of the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 7:00 – 8:45 p.m. Meeting will be held remotely on the Zoom platform – instructions will be posted prior to meeting Usual meeting place closed: Upstairs Meeting Room Burlingame Main Public Library 480 Primrose Road We invite…
Unfortunately, we are announcing that Bay Area Bike To Work Day will be postponed to September 24. Although we hope it will be possible to have Energizer Stations at that time, we aren’t sure yet if we’ll be able to celebrate the event in the typical format. As for bicycling activities and possible virtual events…
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…
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 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…
On Tuesday, September 24, you can learn what you can do about the overwhelming amount of plastic that is filling our landfills, killing marine life and being absorbed in our bodies at a free program presented by the Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame. It will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Lane…
