January Newsletter

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Community Voices Wanted: Join Our Committee!

We are looking for three community members to join the Coordinating Committee for the Guadalupe-Lompoc Climate Action Initiative (GLI). If you live or work in or around Guadalupe or Lompoc, this is your chance to support meaningful local climate action!

What is the Guadalupe-Lompoc Climate Action Initiative?

The GLI is a multi-year collaborative effort that supports community-serving organizations and local governments across Santa Barbara County with capacity building, planning, project development, and community engagement so they can address air quality, extreme heat, water supply, food security, and wildfire risk. Learn more here.

What Does the Coordinating Committee Do?

This committee helps ensure the GLI’s success by coordinating projects and timelines among grant partners, supporting community engagement and communications, and sharing resources and fostering peer learning.

Apply today or share this opportunity with your network!

Applications due by Sunday, February 16th, 2025

Highlights from Our First Committee Meeting

The Guadalupe-Lompoc Initiative held its first Coordinating Committee meeting in November. Here’s what we accomplished together:

• Established committee guidelines and decision-making processes
• Reviewed next steps for selecting community members
• Advanced the GLI Roadmap and discussed communication resources
• Shared updates from all grant partners

The Resilient Garden Project is thriving with exciting developments! This growing season, we celebrated a bountiful harvest of vibrant broccoli and peppers, while nurturing new crops like cauliflower and purple cabbage. Our next initiative will focus on beautifully designing decomposed granite pathways to improve accessibility and functionality of our garden space. 



Our garden serves as a vital platform for local youth, who earn high school volunteer hours by helping maintain the garden. We are also excited to announce our collaboration with a Lompoc High School student who has founded the Community Garden Care Club. This initiative, alongside our partnership with Route 1 Mobile Market, will facilitate a cohesive effort to cultivate, design, and educate participants about the intricacies of garden maintenance. 

Looking ahead, we’re exploring a partnership with the White Buffalo Land Trust to incorporate into our project their sustainable gardening practices and farming techniques. Through this initiative, we aspire to provide essential resources and knowledge that empower our community. Together, we can create a thriving garden that reflects our values and enriches our lives.

Announcements & Resources

Watch the “How to Collaborate with Promotores” Training recording

This training will teach you how to work with Children and Family Resource Services and the Santa Barbara County Promotores Network so they may support your project with linguistically and culturally appropriate outreach.

See Webinar Presentation

Watch Webinar Recording (Passcode: E&j8?!Bn)

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center Brings Climate Education to Kids

 

At the Mary Buren Fall Festival, staff from the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center engaged children with interactive lessons on climate resilience and conservation. Each child created a unique pledge pin adorned with green, blue, and brown beads, symbolizing the earth, oceans, and plants.

Community Voices Drive Guadalupe’s Bike Hostel Vision

The Guadalupe Business Association distributed 2,500 bilingual surveys via utility bills and community networks. The input gathered will inform the upcoming feasibility study for the Bike Hostel Project, a critical step in shaping Guadalupe’s future.

Stay updated on the project’s progress at guadalupesfuture.org.

Dive Deeper into the GLI Projects

Interest in learning more about the vast array of projects funded under this initiative? Recent updates to the website now showcase a summary of our 14 grant partner’s projects. On the website you can learn more about the project’s goals, benefits, and other details.

Read more on our website.

GLI Partners

Thank you, 

Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative 

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To ask questions, provide input, or get more information contact Malia Josephine at mjosephine@countyofsb.org