For Residents
The Sustainability & Resilience Department partners with City residents on a variety of efforts to improve the quality of life and environment for all.
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Streamlining solar, battery storage and EV charger permits through an OnDemand program supports an energy-resilient Santa Barbara.
Sign up for our newsletters, follow us on social media, or get in touch with us to plan an event for your organization by visiting our Volunteer Opportunites page.
The Creeks Division’s Creek Tree Program partners with creek side property owners to restore riparian habitat through the planting of native trees along the City’s creeks. Learn more!
The Sustainability & Resilience Department manages the City's waste collection contract with MarBorg Industries, and the City's carbon free energy utility SB Clean Energy.
The City supports programs to provide safe, efficient, and affordable transportation options that reduce climate impacts from greenhouse gas emissions.
Yard waste collected by MarBorg in the City of Santa Barbara is ground up and turned into mulch. You can use mulch to return fertility to the soil, block sunlight from weeds, and increase your soil’s water retention.
Santa Barbara Clean Energy is continually developing incentives and programs to address carbon emissions from electricity, gas, and transportation.
The main focus of this effort is to remove non-native, invasive plants from City creeks in order to restore riparian ecosystems. In general, invasive plants have the ability to negatively affect native species (both plants and animals) and cause significant degradation of ecosystem processes.