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This year, we are focusing on the urban tree canopy, a topic chosen to address the decreasing tree coverage and the correlated health impacts that are effecting more and more communities across San Mateo County.

Register to join us in-person as we unveil the report and welcome guest speakers to discuss solutions for building an equitable tree canopy to support the health and resiliency of our communities.

October 23, 9 – 11 a.m.
in Redwood City

SSMC has presented 195 awards to local sustainability champions since 1999. Our Awards Program is an inspiring celebration and “must attend” event that pays tribute to those working to make our region truly sustainable. We honor three categories of awardees: our Sustainability Award, Youth Sustainability Award and Green Building Award.

Help us find and honor our local champions. Nominate a candidate by Oct. 20.

Nominations Due Oct 20

SSMC’s inaugural SSMC Sustainability Gala & Auction: Investing in Regional Resilience has concluded. Read about this fantastic evening with friends and the Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability where we discussed how local leaders and Stanford can work together on cutting-edge solutions for energy, water and climate resilience to build a thriving future for our region.

Watch this free webinar for a walk-through of our newly expanded Sustainability Dashboard and how you can use the dashboard to accelerate your sustainability efforts. Whether you are involved in advocacy, strategic planning, grant writing or service delivery, this webinar will demonstrate how to leverage the new deeper location-specific reports to power local progress.

Aug. 23, 9 – 10 AM
On Zoom

SSMC hosted this webinar to train community members on how to give public comment and provide input to city governments about programs and policies that can help drive the transition to clean energy, clean air and a more resilient San Mateo County.

In this webinar, we went behind the scenes with a panel of current and former council members and community advocates to see how city policy actually gets made.

May 6 | 5 – 6:16 p.m. on Zoom

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