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Directory

Across the county, over 150 organizations are addressing large sustainability challenges with effective solutions: green policy, clean technology & community action. Pursuing common goals: lower ecological footprints, and happy & healthy living within environmental limits.
150+ SMC-based organizations spanning:
In one unified directory containing:
- GCSM Members - with links & additional info
- Prospective Members - other known orgs (join today)
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Clean tech companies (26)
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While many SMC companies champion sustainability (e.g. Genentech, Oracle), these have clean tech solutions for large environmental challenges.
Climate |
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Energy |
- Alta Energy - San Mateo
- AutoGrid - Redwood City
- EcoFactor - Redwood City
- Frontier Renewables - San Mateo
- Sentient Energy - Burlingame
- Skycool Systems - Burlingame
- Stem - Millbrae
- Ubiquitous Energy - Redwood City
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Food |
- Impossible Foods - Redwood City
- Iron Ox - San Carlos
- PastureMap - San Mateo
- Plenty Unlimited - South SF
- PowWow Energy - San Mateo
- TomKat Ranch - Pescadero
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Land |
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Transit |
- Aperia Technology - Burlingame
- Electric Motor Werks - San Carlos
- Motiv Power Systems - Foster City
- Proterra - Burlingame
- Zoox - Foster City
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Waste |
- BioCellection - Menlo Park
- Green Citizen - Burlingame
- Recology San Mateo County, San Bruno, of the Coast - San Carlos
- Republic Services of Daly City & Half Moon Bay - Half Moon Bay
- South San Francisco Scavenger - South SF
- Yerdle Recommerce - Brisbane
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Water |
- Gachina Landscape Management - Menlo Park
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High school, college environment clubs (44)
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Not all have clubs, but each has future environmental leaders now (or soon) championing amazing environmental action.
Admin. |
- SMC Community College District (SMCCCD) - San Mateo
- SMC Office of Education (Environmental Education) - Redwood City
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College |
- Canada College - Redwood City
- College of San Mateo - San Mateo
- Notre Dame de Namur University - Belmont
- Skyline College - San Bruno
- Menlo College - Atherton
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Private HS |
- Crystal Springs Uplands School - Hillsborough
- Eastside College Prep - East Palo Alto
- Junipero Serra High School - San Mateo
- Menlo School - Atherton
- Mercy High School - Burlingame
- Mills High School - Millbrae
- Notre Dame High School - Belmont
- Pacific Bay Christian School - Pacifica
- Sacred Heart High School - Atherton
- Woodside Priory - Portola Valley
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Public HS |
- Aragon High School - San Mateo
- Baden High School - South SF
- Burlingame High School - Burlingame
- Capuchino High School - San Bruno
- Carlmont High School - Belmont
- Design Tech High School - Redwood City
- East Palo Alto Academy - East Palo Alto
- East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy - East Palo Alto
- El Camino High School - South SF
- Half Moon Bay High School - Half Moon Bay
- Hillsdale High School - San Mateo
- Jefferson High School - Daly City
- Menlo-Atherton High School - Atherton
- Oceana High School - Pacifica
- Peninsula High School - San Bruno
- Pescadero High School - Pescadero
- Redwood High School - Redwood City
- South San Francisco High School - South SF
- San Mateo High School - San Mateo
- Sequoia High School - Redwood City
- Summit Everest High School - Redwood City
- Summit Prep High School - Redwood City
- Summit Shasta High School - Daly City
- Terra Nova High School - Pacifica
- The Nueva School High School - San Mateo
- Westmoor High School - Daly City
- Woodside High School - Woodside
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Agency/District, Cities, County (49)
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Councils, boards, & staff committed to aggressive sustainability goals and action -- with portfolios of programs & resolutions.
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- Atherton
- Belmont
- Brisbane
- Burlingame
- Colma
- Daly City
- East Palo Alto
- Foster City
- Half Moon Bay
- Hillsborough
- Menlo Park
- Millbrae
- Pacifica
- Portola Valley
- Redwood City
- San Bruno
- San Carlos
- San Mateo
- San Mateo County Office of Sustainability - Redwood City
- South San Francisco
- Woodside
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Climate |
- C/CAG Resource Mng't & Climate Protection Comm. - Climate/Energy/Water, Redwood City
- San Mateo Resource Conservation District - Climate/Food/Land/Waste/Water, Half Moon Bay
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Energy |
- City/County Assoc. of Governments of SMC (C/CAG) - Energy/Transportation/Water, Redwood City
- Peninsula Clean Energy - Redwood City
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Food |
none |
Land |
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MPROS) - Various
- SMC Parks Department - Redwood City
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Transit |
- C/CAG Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee - Redwood City
- C/CAG Congestion Mng't & Environmental Quality Comm. - Redwood City
- Commute.org - South SF
- Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers (Caltrain) - San Carlos
- San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) - San Carlos
- SMC Transportation Authority - San Carlos
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Waste |
- Granada Sanitary District - Half Moon Bay
- South Bayside Waste Management Authority (Rethink Waste) - San Carlos
- West Bay Sanitary District - Menlo Park
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Water |
- Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) - San Mateo
- C/CAG San Mateo Countywide Water Coordination Committee - Redwood City
- C/CAG Stormwater Committee - Redwood City
- Coastside County Water District - Half Moon Bay
- Estero Municipal Improvement District - Foster City
- Guadalupe Valley Municipal Improvement District - Brisbane
- Mid-Peninsula Water District - Belmont
- Montara Water & Sanitary District - Montara
- North Coast County Water District - Pacifica
- San Francisquito Creek JPA - Menlo Park
- San Mateo County Flood & Sea Level Rise Resiliency Agency - Redwood City
- San Mateo County Harbor District - El Granada
- Westborough Water District - South SF
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Community & Nonprofits (56)
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Comprised of dedicated, impactful leaders driving towards happier & healthier living. Some housed outside SMC but do great work inside its borders.
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Acterra - Palo Alto
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Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame - Burlingame
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Cool Cities San Mateo - San Mateo
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Foster City Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee - Foster City
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Pacifica's Environmental Family (PEF) - Pacifica
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Portola Valley Sustainabilty Committee - Portola Valley
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San Carlos Green - San Carlos
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San Mateo Sustainability & Infrastructure Commission - San Mateo
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Sierra Club - Loma Prieta Chapter (Peninsula & Belmont-San Carlos Group) - Redwood City
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Sustainable Pescadero - Pescadero
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Sustainable San Mateo County (SSMC) - San Mateo
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Thrive Alliance / E&S TAG - Redwood City
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Climate |
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350.org Silicon Valley - Menlo Park
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Citizens Climate Lobby, San Mateo County - Foster City
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Climate Reality Project, San Mateo County - Redwood City
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Fossil Free Midpeninsula - Redwood City
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Ice911 - Menlo Park
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MenloSpark - Menlo Park
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Pacifica Climate Committee - Pacifica
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Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA) - Redwood City
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Energy |
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Clean Coalition - Menlo Park
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Committee for Renewable Energy in the Baylands - Brisbane
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Ecology Action - Santa Cruz
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El Concilio of San Mateo County (ECSMC) - Redwood City
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SunWork (Palo Alto) - Palo Alto
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Food |
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Beekeepers’ Guild of San Mateo County - San Mateo
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Heal Project - Half Moon Bay
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Incredible Edible RWC - Redwood City
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Peninsula Food Runners - San Francisco
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Pie Ranch - Half Moon Bay
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Slow Food South Bay - Redwood City
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Land |
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Canopy - Palo Alto
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CityTrees - Redwood City
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Coastside Land Trust - Half Moon Bay
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Coastside State Parks Association - Pescadero
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Committee for Green Foothills - Palo Alto
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CuriOdyssey - San Mateo
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Friends of Edgewood - San Carlos
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Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve - Moss Beach
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Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks - Woodside
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Friends of San Pedro Valley Park - Pacifica
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Grassroots Ecology - Palo Alto
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Greenbelt Alliance - San Jose
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Peninsula Open Space Trust - Palo Alto
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Redwood City Parks & Arts Foundation - Redwood City
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San Bruno Mountain Watch - San Bruno
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San Mateo County Parks Foundation - San Mateo
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Transit |
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Caltrain Bicycle Advisory Committee - San Carlos
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Friends of Caltrain - Menlo Park
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Peninsula Clean Energy - Citizens Advisory Council - Redwood City
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San Mateo County Transit Authority, Citizens Advisory Committee - San Carlos
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Silicon Valley Bike Coalition - San Jose
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TransForm CA - San Jose
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Waste |
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Heirs to Oceans - Half Moon Bay
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Seahugger - Half Moon Bay
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Surfrider Foundation, San Mateo County - Half Moon Bay
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Water |
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WaterNow Alliance - San Francisco
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Coalitions (6)
These are known coalitions comprised mostly of environmental sustainability organizations.
- Grand Boulevard Initiative - Transportation, San Carlos
- Managers Mobility Partnership - Transportation, Redwood City
- Pacifica Beach Coalition (PBC) - Land, Pacifica
- San Mateo County Food System Alliance - Food, Redwood City
- Silicon Valley Climate Action Alliance - Climate/GHG, Menlo Park
- Transportation Equity Allied Movement Coalition (TEAMC) - Transportation, San Mateo
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