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A vibrant, just, and climate-resilient Central Coast

That’s our vision. That’s why we take time out of our busy work schedules to work as volunteers on climate action. To learn more about what makes us tick, read on…

Our Mission

The SLO Climate Coalition brings together community expertise, creativity, and resources to champion high impact regional climate solutions.

SLO Climate Coalition Members at Ludwick Center - March 21, 2019

Our Core Values

Environmental Justice

We focus on solutions that will support and empower those disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. We are committed to everyone having a seat at the table and collectively building a community driven response to our most pressing climate issues. 

High Impact Solutions

We prioritize solutions that will have the biggest positive impact on the climate crisis. The solutions we advance will dramatically increase our region’s decarbonization, resilience, equity, and economic vitality. This will look like a future powered by carbon free energy; healthier, resilient, and more affordable homes; electrified transportation and people-centric communities; natural spaces and technologies that store carbon; and a circular economy that creates zero waste. 

Economic Vitality

Economic vitality requires stability. Pitting jobs against a stable climate is a false argument. In fact, we believe addressing the climate crisis is the greatest wealth creation opportunity of our time. We are committed to partnering with business to innovate, develop career opportunities, and increase profits while becoming a socially just and climate-resilient Central Coast. 


Our Roots

In 2012, a small group of disillusioned San Luis Obispo, CA residents stood commiserating with each other in a parking lot at Cuesta College. They had just witnessed another blow to climate action, and in particular community choice energy, a program that would have enabled local control of their community’s energy and economic future.

Undaunted, they decided to double down and create SLO Clean Energy, an organization committed to creating a clean energy economy on the Central Coast. Over time, more people heard about their efforts and joined the cause. 

Over the next five years, these activists conducted research, talked with policymakers, attended countless meetings, gave presentations, hosted event booths, wrote articles and newsletters, and collaborated with other organizations.

It was worth it!

In 2017, after a few very successful local elections, the committed group of volunteers who created SLO Clean Energy came together with other concerned community members, climate and energy professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders, and the City of San Luis Obispo to form the San Luis Obispo (SLO) Climate Coalition with a revitalized commitment to address the climate crisis on an even wider scale.

In 2018, the SLO Climate Coalition, having instilled great confidence and trust in SLO City’s leadership, successfully advocated for the city to commit to the most ambitious climate goal in the nation: carbon neutrality by 2035.

SLO Climate Coalition logo

That same year, with unanimous council support, the Cities of San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay announced that they were partnering with our regional Community Choice Energy program, Monterey Bay Community Power, finally realizing our decade-old vision for Central Coast communities to control our own energy and economic future.

We invite you to join us as we create a future powered by carbon free energy; healthier, resilient, and more affordable homes; electrified transportation and people-centric communities; open spaces and technologies that store carbon; and a circular economy that creates zero waste. 

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2 Comments

  1. I applaud your foresight and action to identify solutions to the status quo. You have a vision that I would like to contribute to.

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