Thank you for a fabulous 2025 Cool Climate Awards celebration! Below you will find a carousel of pictures from the event. Click the photo to see the full image.
You’re invited to our 2025 California Cool Climate Awards celebration. Please join us on Sunday, October 26th, in San Francisco.
We will gather at the legendary vegetarian restaurant Greens in San Francisco, which is owned by SF Zen Center and sourced by Green Gulch Farm, both CIPL Members. Enjoy stunning bay views and sip local wine before sitting down to a delicious, sustainable dinner. All while meeting other climate activists and leaders and celebrating inspiring climate action – including faith communities helping with recovery from the LA fires, greening their sanctuaries, and inspiring climate action.
The California Cool Climate Awards brings together leaders, advocates, and faith communities who are lighting the path toward a sustainable future. This is the first Cool Climate Awards since pre-pandemic – it’s sure to be a wonderful reunion.
This has been a challenging year for all of us who care about climate, justice, and democracy. We need this kind of event more than ever. Let’s lift up climate solutions and be together “in 3-D,” to keep ourselves resilient and hopeful.
When: Sunday, October 26, 2025 – 5:00 PM
Where: Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
Who: Outstanding congregations and congregational leaders, CIPL supporters and staff, inspiring speakers
Why: To come together to celebrate positive climate action
Guest Speaker: Tom Steyer
Click here for tickets and sponsorship opportunities.
Cool Climate Awardees
Climate Advocacy Award
The Rev. Daniel Tamm & the Los Angeles Faith & Ecology Network
Power & Light Award
Gary White & the Congregational Church of San Mateo
Climate Catalyst Award
Debbie Mytels & the Redwood City Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Community Inspiration Award
Nancy Schneider & Peninsula Temple Beth El
Perseverance Award
Trinity+St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of San Francisco
Host Committee
Rabbi Marvin Goodman
The Rev. Sally Bingham
Ector Olivares
Gerald Bernstein
Diane Doucette
Margaret Trezevant
Event Sponsors
Angels
Jerre Hitz
Gerald and Kathleen Bernstein
Saints
Lehmann and Quirk Family Foundation
Margaret and Richard Trezevant
Environmental Defense Fund
Prophets
The Rev. Sally Bingham
Sages
Will and Julie Parish
Port of Stockton
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Episcopal Diocese of California
Peter Hartzell & Beth Harrison
Amy Quirk
Tom and JaMel Perkins
Organizational Sponsors
Auction Items
Sail Ho! A sail on the Bay
Donated by Skipper, Richard Schaper.
Donated by Kathleen Lipinski
One-year Dual gift membership to the
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Donated by the Commonwealth Club
Greens Restaurant in San Francisco
Dinner for 2
Donated by Greens
Body, Mind, and Spirit Gift Box
Donated by Bestowe Gifting
$200 Cooking Class Gift Card donated by Kitchen on Fire
Case of Castelli Vineyards Wine donated by Castelli Vineyards