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2019 Annual ReportSustainable San Mateo County

DEARFRIENDS

OUR VISIONOUR MISSION

Marcia Pagels, inspired by

the Earth Summit in Rio de

Janeiro, brings together

like-minded friends and

forms the Peninsula

Sustainability Project, which

later becomes Sustainable

San Mateo County.

1992: FOUNDING

SSMC: KEY MILESTONES

SSMC issues its first

Indicators for a Sustainable

San Mateo County in March

1997 and presents its first

Sustainability Awards to

honor local community

members, businesses and

organizations in 1999.

LATE 90'S: FIRST

INDICATORS &

AWARDS ISSUED

Under the direction of Chair

Ruth Peterson, SSMC earns

501(c)(3) nonprofit

status in 2002.

2002: SSMC

BECOMES AN

OFFICIAL

NONPROFIT This project, a competition

designed to show how to

make homes healthier and

more environmentally

sustainable, is developed by

SSMC in collaboration with

CuriOdyssey, Eco Design

Resources and RecycleWorks.

It wins the 2006 EPA

Environmental Achievement

Award.

2006: GREEN

DOLLHOUSE

PROJECT

The Sustainability Ideas Bank is

created in July, with the help of

a Stanford intern. It lists

successful policies and

programs implemented by local

government and businesses to

accelerate sustainability.

2019: LAUNCH OF

THE SUSTAINABILITY

IDEAS BANK

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A Sustainable Future for EveryoneA Sustainable Future fofof r Everyryr one

Results of Your Support

Sustainability Ideas Bank: Waste Solutions Hosted by Genentech

Volunteer Appreciation Picnic

Conference organized by the Spare the AirResource Team, of which SSMC is part of, and

Commute.org

20th Anniversary Awards Dinner with State Senator Jerry Hill as our Emcee

Annual Indicators Report Launch Hosted by Oracle

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March April June

August September October

Book Presentation at Redwood City Libraryfrom local Sustainability Expert David Jaber

Annual Impact Report

GET TO KNOW THE TEAM

Julie, Scott, Don, Gifted Photographers

OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS

... and many MORE!

Chris & Lucrecia, Mapping Experts

Marty, Organizational GuruAfsoon, Bernard, Dee, Doug, Frances,

Awards Dinner Superstars

Charmaine, Illustrator Wizard

Nick, Fundraising Rockstar

Rjay, Creative Visual Artist

Nathan & Zach, Data Visualization Mavens

Ubaid, Alanna, Pabitra, Celeste,Mary, Top Researchers Skylar, Case Studies Pro

Hamilton, Star Copywriter

Robert, Copy-Editing Ninja

OUR SUPPORTIVE BOARDMEMBERS & ADVISORY COUNCIL

OUR NEW OFFICE

ORGANIZATIONS3form; 350 Silicon Valley; Acterra; AIA San Mateo County; All

Good Work Foundation; Bank of the West; Bohannan Foundation;

Box; C/CAG Resource Management & Climate Protection

Committee; Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley;

Cargill; Cities of: Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, East

Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, Millbrae,

Pacifica, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo and South San

Francisco; Citizens' Climate Lobby; Community Bank of the Bay;

Commute.org; Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP; County of San

Mateo; County of San Mateo’s Office of Sustainability; David

Crabbe Architect; DES Architects + Engineers; Devil’s Canyon

Brewing Company; Filoli; Genentech; Gratitude Giving Circle;

GSVLabs; Haas Center; Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.; Home for All;

Highway 92 Succulents; International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers Local No. 617; Kaiser Permanente; Lyngso Garden

Materials; MidPen Housing Corporation; Old County Cellars;

Our Partners & Supporters

23 YEARS OF SOLUTIONSAND METRICSPresentations are communication tools that can be

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

20% REACH CODEADOPTION RATEPresentations are communication tools that can be

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

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Oracle; Pacific Dining; Peninsula Clean Energy; Peninsula Family

Service; PenTV; PG&E; Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 467;

Port of Redwood City; Proterra; Putnam Mazda and Subaru;

Recology San Mateo County; Republic Services; Rethink Waste /

SBWMA; Riekes Center; SAMCEDA; San Francisco International

Airport; San Mateo County Community College District; San

Mateo County Libraries; San Mateo County Spare the Air

Resource Team; San Mateo County Transit District; San Mateo

Credit Union; Sand Hill Foundation; Scott Buschman

Photography; Sea Change San Mateo County; Sims Metal

Management; South San Francisco Scavenger Company; Spare

the Air Resource Team; Stanford University; Sustainable Bay Area

Network; Sustainable Silicon

Valley; Thrive Alliance for Nonprofits; Towns of: Atherton, Colma,

Hillsborough and Portola Valley; TransForm.

INDIVIDUALSAaron Alvarez; Adam Lynch; Adrienne Etherton; Afsoon

Shahrdar; Akansha Yadav; Alanna Bauman; Aleksander Weber;

Amy Feldman; Anna Kim; Arati Vaze; Barbara McHugh; Belinda

Chlouber; Bernard Bruand; Beth Bhatnagar; Bill Schulte; Bryan

Chen & Family; Camille King; Catherine Brooker; Catherine

Peery; Celeste Estrella; Charmaine Esmeralda; Chris Garrett;

Chris Lamm; Chris Weber; Chris Wolken; Christine Kohl-Zaugg

& Family; Christopher Mason; Dan Peterson; Dave Clark; David

and Anne Hinckle; David Jaber; Dawn Merkes; Debbie Mytels;

Deepika Sreedhar; Diana Walsh; Diane Bailey; Dianne Whitaker;

Don Nolte; Donna Colson; Doug and Ricki McGlashan; Doug

Silverstein; Drew Annis; Frances Nuss; Francisco Ruiz; Georgi

LaBerge; Gil Navarrete; Hamilton Bolton; Heather Young;

Imogen Drummond; Jeff Londer; Jenny Suckale; Jerry Hill (State

Senator); Jiana Bowie; Joanne Bruggeman; Josephine Gaillard;

It Truly Takes a Village...

23 YEARS OF SOLUTIONSAND METRICSPresentations are communication tools that can be

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

20% REACH CODEADOPTION RATEPresentations are communication tools that can be

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.

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Julia Bott; Julie Griffin; Kan Parthiban; Katie Excoffier; Katy

Rhoades; Kelsey Morgan; Keith R. Weber; Kevin Lieberman;

Kirsten Keith; Konrad Chan; Kristen Lindgren; Larkin O'Toole; Len

and Libby Traubman; Linda Blum; Lucrecia Rivera; Maggie

Hernandez; Marc Yelnick; Marianna Grossman; Marjory Matic;

Mark Moulton; Mark Olbert; Marty Jordan; Mary Thomasmeyer;

Michael Closson; Michael Pacelli; Michele Beasley; Mike

Dunham; Mike Kupfer; Monica Siebert; Nancy and David

Crabbe; Narayan H. Nayak; Nathan Gee; Neil Nathan; Nicole

O’Keefe; Pabitra Chatterjee; Pat Nicholson; Peter Kunstadter;

Rebecca McDowell; Richard Sampson; Rjay Juarez; Robert and

Teri Whitehair; Robert Lipscomb; Samuel Herzberg; Sarah

Prescott; Seamus Murphy; Skylar Fykes; Sophie Martin; Spurti

Akki; Steven Hailey; Susan Montalbano; Tatyana Livshits; Terri

Train; Terry and Jim Nagel; Tom Kabat; Ubaid Rahman; Warren

Dale; William Schulte; Zach Wong.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

VOICES FROM THECOMMUNITY

"Sustainable San Mateo County serves as the county’senvironmental conscience." State Senator Jerry Hill

"The Indicators Report is like a yearly physical check up on the health of San Mateo County." Afsoon Shahrdar

"Excellent complete sustainability discussion focused onpeople, planet and profit." Carla Mays

"I appreciated the speed of the info. You covered a lot of ground which made my time feelbetter used than many similar events. I learned a lot and didn't get bored. Thank you!" 

"Thank you for including equity andenvironmental justice in the conversation!" 

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THANK YOU!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Sustainable San Mateo County's 2019 Annual Reportwas made possible thanks to the support and adviceof many individuals and organizations. Special thanks go to Jiana Bowie and Monica Siebert,the amazing social media/communications squad,for generously sharing their expertise and time. Thanks to your investment in our work, SSMCis proud to report another strong year.

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