Upcoming Events
Chapter Backyard Social
Join us for an exciting gathering in Huntington Beach (address provided upon registration). Our Climate Reality OC Chapter is hosting a backyard social and chapter meeting, and we can't wait to see you there. This in-person event will be a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow climate enthusiasts and make a difference in our community. Bring a dish or drink to share—extra points for vegan/vegetarian. RSVP here.
Ask Sean How To Electrify Your Home!
Holiday Special!
Tuesday, November 12th at 5:30 PM Via Zoom
A fun show offering affordable tips to electrify your home!
RSVP Here.
We have teamed up with Sean Armstrong of Redwood Energy, so we can all learn more about how affordable and doable it is to electrify your home.
We will share “how-to” case studies, electrification tips, rebate info, and answer your questions on how to get started. Bring your own questions to the call so we can all learn from each other and Sean!
Sean Armstrong: Clean Energy Champion, Clean Energy Hall of Fame, Innovation Award from the Department of Energy-2020.
Going Green This Holiday?
Check Out Our Gift Guide
With the holidays coming right around the corner, we hope you feel good about the gifts you make, thrift, or purchase. Our chapter has compiled a shortlist of some of our favorite socially responsible and sustainably made brands and products to help you create your perfect holiday gift list this year! Plus see 12 ways to reduce plastics this year as a gift to ourselves and our planet! Email us with your ideas and tips at: climaterealityprojectoc@gmail.com
Local Climate Action Series
No Such Thing As Waste!
Sustainable Practices and Local Responsible Food Sourcing
At Our Chapter Meeting, Thursday, September 19th at 6:30 PM
Join us for an inspiring journey toward sustainability with our special guest and speaker, Jessica Waite, co-CEO of The Plot Restaurants, voted the most sustainable vegan restaurant nationwide by Veg Out! Jessica is also the president of the local non-profit Berry Good Food and sits on the board of One Kitchen Collaborative. She works within her community to promote local and responsible food sourcing. Her goal is to build regenerative businesses that benefit all partners, community members, and the planet.
Discover how Jessica has embraced that there is no such thing as waste. She shares tips and practices for adopting a zero-waste ethos and local food sourcing in our homes and lives. Plus, find out how the local nonprofit Berry Good Food provides grants to K-12 schools and community educational organizations with garden projects that support healthy food education. Their overarching mission is to ensure that all people have the option to choose locally and sustainably produced food.
We hope you will register for this chapter meeting filled with ways to bring sustainable practices into your life. Plus, we are giving away gift cards from the plot restaurants in Costa Mesa, CA. The plot, a 100% plant-based oasis, focuses on the whole vegetable and the total utilization of fresh, boundary-pushing ingredients — some of which are grown directly behind the restaurant. The plot is also a Surfrider ocean-friendly restaurant.
For special chapter meetings, join us every third Thursday of the month, except holidays. Reach out anytime at climaterealityprojectoc@gmail.com.
Local Climate Action Series
Join Us! Special Chapter Event
Orange County’s First Community Choice Energy Provider Thursday, June 20th at 6:30 PM Via Zoom
Hear all the good news about Orange County's 1st CCE, Orange County Power Authority (OCPA)! Join us as we welcome Linda Kraemer, OCPA Community Engagement Manager, and other invited guests to learn about the significant emissions reductions, lower costs, and program launches from OCPA that benefit our community.
Learn how Community Choice Energy helps communities as a not-for-profit provider and OCPA's recent activities in Orange County.
Discover how your support can help OCPA's efforts to bring affordable, cleaner, more affordable energy to all of Orange County. RSVP for the Zoom link.
Join us every third Thursday of the month, except holidays, for special chapter meetings and the Local Climate Action Series.
Reach out anytime at climaterealityprojectoc@gmail.com.
Plastics:
What Can We Do!
Don't miss this unique opportunity to delve into the world of plastics and discover effective strategies to reduce plastic consumption. Stay updated on upcoming local events, committee news, and actions we can take together! RSVP here.
Ask Sean How To Electrify Your Home!
Monday May 6th at 5:30 PM Via Zoom
A fun show offering affordable tips to electrify your home!
RSVP Here.
We have teamed up with Sean Armstrong of Redwood Energy, so we can all learn more about how affordable and doable it is to electrify your home.
We will share “how to”case studies, electrification tips, rebate info and answer to your questions on how to get started. Bring your own questions to the call so we can all learn from each other... and Sean!
Sean Armstrong Clean Energy Champion, Clean Energy Hall of Fame, Innovation Award from the Department of Energy-2020
Earth Month Challenge
Take the Earth Day Challenge
A Day Without Plastic on 4/21/2024
Refuse and Don't Use Plastics For the Day & Enter A Drawing For A $50 Gift Card Toward Eco-Friendly Products. This challenge builds awareness around how plastics are everywhere and how we can take actions in our own lives to reduce plastics in our oceans, in our environment, and in our community. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Earth Month
Chapter Meeting
Join us for our next Chapter Meeting on April 18th at 6:30 pm for the latest in climate action, ways to act locally, sustainable living, green businesses, policy and chapter updates.
Register via zoom for our upcoming chapter meetings on the 3rd Thursday:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. See you there! 😊
RSVP For Our Chapter Meeting
Previous Events
Special invitation to our local Green Businesses! Join us to recognize our local certified Green Businesses at the Lab in Costa Mesa with a happy hour reception and refreshments following the recognition event!
Congratulations to our local green businesses!
Youth Activism:
Through the Lens of Climate Literacy
Join us as Sky Keyoung, Chapter Youth Action Chair and founder of nonprofit ClimateLitNow talks about the importance of youth activism and the impact of climate literacy on the next generation.
Local Action and Chapter Updates: This chapter meeting will also cover local actions you can take including a proposed Utility Tax impacting rate payers across California. Let's all act locally together!
Thursday, February 15th at 6:30 PM | RSVP For Zoom Link
Local Climate Action Series
Thursday, November 16th Via Zoom
Chapter Meeting at 6:30 PM Presentation at 7 PM
Where Do My Greens Go?
And egg shells, pizza boxes, and organic waste?
Learn About Organic Waste Composting and Complying with California’s Composting Law
Come get a crash course on home composting!
Learn about where local waste haulers and municipalities are in their timelines to comply with SB 1383
Hear about their organics recycling programs and what we should be doing with our kitchen scraps.
Bring your toughest questions to our waste experts, and challenge them to move even faster towards total compliance!
Join us every third Thursday of the month, except holidays, for special chapter meetings and Local Climate Action Series. Reach out anytime at climaterealityprojectoc@gmail.com.
Ask Sean How To Electrify Your Home!
Monday October 30th at 5:30 PM Via Zoom
The Ask Sean Show is back!
A fun monthly show offering affordable tips to electrify your home! Plus learn all about IRA + Rebates!
We have teamed up with Sean Armstrong of Redwood Energy, so we can all learn more about how affordable and doable it is to electrify your home.
We will share “how to”case studies, electrification tips, rebate info and answer to your questions on how to get started. Bring your own questions to the call so we can all learn from each other... and Sean!
Sean Armstrong
Clean Energy Champion and Clean Energy Hall of Fame
Innovation Award from the Department of Energy-2020
Local Climate Action Series
Join Us! Special Chapter Event
October 19th Via Zoom Chapter Meeting at 6:30 PM
Local Climate Action Presentation at 7 PM
Join us to talk active transportation and city sustainability with Special Guests Arlis Reynolds, Costa Mesa City Council Member and Brett Atencio Thomas, Costa Mesa's Active Transportation Manager. They will share about their successes in increasing access to pollution-free transportation in their community and how we can push for it in our own cities!
Join us every third Thursday of the month, except holidays, for special chapter meetings and Local Climate Action Series.
Reach out anytime at climaterealityprojectoc@gmail.com.
2023 SPECIAL EVENT
🌎
CLIMATE CAREERS: JOBS THAT MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
Let's explore the careers and job opportunities that impact our communities for the better and green our communities! And learn about all the ways you can bring climate solutions to your community that green our economy, preserve our beautiful oceans and outdoor spaces, and improve our way of live - just by volunteering with local eco-groups.
Join us June 1st at 6:30 PM, 2023! RSVP HERE
Join Us For Climate Careers
Earth Day Is Every Day
Let’s Come Together On Saturday, April 22nd
Let’s Make This the Best Earth Day Ever!!
Costa Mesa Earth Day
Saturday, April 22nd, 10 am to 2pm
Want to join us at our chapter table? Sign-Up for a time slot!
All Kinds Of Fun + Activities. Let's Make A Difference Together! 🌎🪴
Check out all the fun in 2022 + Save The 2023 Earth Day Date
Newport Bay Earth Day
Saturday, April 22nd, 10 am to 4pm
Volunteer with us! Sign-Up for a time slot. Reform & Sustain will be there too!
Come For A Beautiful Day Filled With Family Fun. RSVP Here to attend the event🦋🌷
Music, Arts & Crafts, Scavenger Hunt - All By The Bay
More Earth Day Events🌈☀️
Irvine's Earth Day Activities HERE | Lake Forest Earth Month Schedule HERE
Take a look at various Earth Day Events held in Orange County
Email uswith local Earth Day Events. so we can share!
Every customer in Orange County deserves to know the benefits of choice. Join Climate Reality OC for a conversation with representatives from CCE agencies that are providing amazing opportunities and programs for their customers AND keeping rates competitive. Learn how CCE’s are accelerating EV charging infrastructure, building community resilience, helping businesses thrive and keeping customers happy. Join us June 23rd at 4pm via Zoom. FREE RSVP here.
Powering Our Future
Learn How Electricity Choice is Good For Us & Our Communities
Check out previous events from your chapter
2022 SPECIAL EARTH MONTH EVENT 🌎
Let's Talk About Making The Switch To All-Electric
At Our Next Chapter Event!
Join us on April 28th at 5:30 PM, 2022— as we share the important work of the New Building Instituteand the Building Decarbonization Coalition to unite stakeholders to power our nation's homes and workspaces with clean energy. Plus be one of the first to hear about The Switch Is On program in California and Redwood Energy's Zero Net Energy Multifamily Housing Projects.
The Switch Is On!
Previous Event: Join Surfrider Orange County Chapters for Climate Change and Community Choice on Wednesday March 23rd, 2022 at 6pm. Climate Reality OC Chapter Chair and long-time CCE advocate Linda Kraemer will be
joined by Ayn Craciun with Climate Action Campaign and Councilman Dan Kalmick for a panel discussion on Climate Realities, Why CCE, Getting to 100% Renewable and much much more!
Check our Surfrider’s local chapters here:
https://www.hsbsurfrider.org/,
Climate Change and Community Choice Energy Programs
Join Us For The Coolest Chapter Event Ever!🌎💙
On Thursday, October 14th from 7 to 8 pm.
Featuring Special Guest Sona Coffee, Environmental Programs for the City Of Irvine.
Learn About Irvine's Cool City Challenge - The Coolest Way to Act Locally!
See how neighbors are working together to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
PLUS get the latest on California Climate Legislation -- and take climate actions together!
Meet & Connect with chapter friends!
Join Chapman University's Office of Sustainability and Civic Engagement Initaitives, in partnership with Climate Reality OC and Citizens' Climate Lobby, for a conversation with leaders championing efforts on climate change, clean energy, and civil rights.
Climate Champions
In honor of Earth Day, Climate Reality OC and Impactree invite you to come together to take action to create real change in real-time!
Earth Day Action Party
Clean City, Green City
Virtual Cleanup
Clean City, Green City is a CivicSpark fellow-led virtual cleanup initiative in partnership with the City of Cupertino, City of Signal Hill, Climate Reality Project Orange County and Climate Reality Project Los Angeles. In celebration of Earth Day 2021, this volunteer engagement project aims to increase awareness of waste management issues and their impact on the environment and climate change.
Though the pandemic has limited our ability to volunteer in person together, this virtual cleanup solution allows volunteers to safely participate wherever they please, under their own parameters during the month of April! For info on how to participate, click here.
To kick off the month, the Let's Talk Trash webinar will be held on April 1, 2021 at 5PM. The webinar serves to engage volunteers and acts as an informational resource for organizations, interested individuals, and municipalities. Limited tickets, registration required.
Making a Successful Environmental Curriculum
Please join us to learn how to make environmental curriculum for elementary and middle schoolers on the topics of energy, pollution, biodiversity, and food waste! This event is open to all including youth members, teachers, climate activists, and Climate Reality members.
Join Us For This Webinar!
Smart Ways To Green Your Business & Your Life
Part 2 of Leading A Sustainable Life Series
Featuring Fantastic Experts From California Green Business Network, Climate Reality LA, Common Table Creative!
Climate Reality Project OC & Citizens Climate Lobby North OC & SE LA are coming together again to bring you a series of Webinars on Sustainbility!
With all that we are facing, there is hope and opportunities to build a truly sustainable and equitable future where there is opportunity for all. Let's come together and learn about how California is going green! RSVP here.
September Chapter Event: What A Success! Great Turnout!
LEADING A SUSTAINABLE LIFE!
New Ways Communities, Colleges, and Citizens Are Going Green!
Featuing Fantastic Experts From Blue Strike Environmental, Chapman University and Unversity of California, Irvine.
Climate Reality Project OC & Citizens Climate Lobby North OC & SE LA are coming together again to bring you a series of Webinars on Sustainbility!
With all that we are facing, there is hope and opportunities to build a truly sustainable and equitable future where there is opportunity for all. Let's come together and learn about how California is going green! RSVP here.
Information From Past Events
Info sheets & links to resources, events & actions you can take:
Community Choice Energy Programs
50 Things You Can Do for the Earth
Actions to Reduce your Carbon Footprint