EVENTS

Twelfth Annual Blue Water Ball

Please join us on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 5:00-9:00 pm at the Santa Barbara Woman's Club (Rockwood) for Santa Barbara Channelkeeper's twelfth annual Blue Water Ball. This fun and inspiring event will feature fabulous local wines, delectable hors d'oeuvres, dinner created from local organic ingredients, an exciting auction, live music by Mezcal Martini, and a celebration of Channelkeeper's many recent victories for clean water.

ACTION ALERT

Tell Your Elected Officials to
Ban the Bag!

Channelkeeper is advocating local municipalities to mandate reductions in the use of disposable shopping bags. Californians use 12 billion plastic bags every year (400 bags/second!) Plastic bags have significant environmental impacts - they're produced from nonrenewable resources, are a major component of litter on our beaches and in our oceans, never biodegrade, and are hazardous to marine animals and birds that mistake the bags for food or become entangled in them. Less than 5% are recycled. They also pose a significant economic burden, with state and local governments spending millions each year on litter removal. The good news is that there is an easy solution – reusable bags. Kick the Bag Habit Santa Barbara! Carpinteria is moving forward with a ban on both plastic and paper bags. Tell Santa Barbara City Council to follow suit, and get out and vote for those candidates who have voiced support for an ordinance to address the blight of single-use bags! Kick the Bag Habit Santa Barbara!

Focus On

Channelkeeper Sues City of Santa Barbara Over Leaky Sewer System

Chronic leaks and spills from the City of Santa Barbara’s aging sewer system should become a thing of the past, now that Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is initiating legal action against the city for violating the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). On February 24, 2011, Channelkeeper served the City of Santa Barbara with a Notice of Intent to File Suit giving the city 60 days to comply with the CWA or face a civil lawsuit.
 
Please click here to learn more about this legal action. 

CALENDAR

Stream Team

Ventura -Saturday, Feb. 4th
Goleta -Sunday, Feb. 5th

Stream Team is Channelkeeper's volunteer-based water quality monitoring program. Every month, volunteers join Channelkeeper staff to test for common water quality parameters at our established sampling sites throughout the Ventura River and Goleta Slough watersheds. Come join us and help protect our local waterways. For more information about Stream Team, please visit the Stream Team website.