Meet Our 2020-2021 Carbon Neutrality Initiative Fellows
This year’s fellows are Simran Kaur, Risa Mori, and Chloe Ortiz.
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Climate Scoop
Seeds of Hope For a Sustainable Future
For Sarah Siedschlag, Environmental Programs Advisor for Associated Students, seeing constant striving for learning and growth is what makes her job so fulfilling.
Proposed New Systemwide Offset Policy
While the UC system is prioritizing direct reductions to achieve its carbon neutrality initiative, it is likely that most campuses will need to buy some offsets at least as a transitional strategy.
Carbon Neutrality at UCSB and Isla Vista
UC Santa Barbara is committed to its vision for Carbon Neutrality by 2025.
A Carbon Neutral Isla Vista by 2025, Part 2: What’s it like to be on a Cool Block team?
The role entailed designing and implementing a community-based carbon-reduction initiative anchored in the overarching goals of a carbon-neutral by 2025 (UC system goal), Isla Vista by 2025 (our goal), and ultimately a carbon-neutral California by 2045 (state goal).
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UC Santa Barbara Campus Sustainability Champion: Jeffrey Hoelle
Professor of Anthropology, Jeffrey Hoelle, is this year’s Campus Sustainability Champion.
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Reducing Emissions in the Supply Chain: UC Santa Barbara’s Sustainable Procurement
UC Santa Barbara is expanding its focus beyond the Carbon Neutrality Initiative to reduce emissions in our supply chain.
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UCSB Groundskeeping Team Goes Electric
The grounds crew at UC Santa Barbara is now making the switch from gas-powered to electric grounds equipment.
UCSB Residence Hall & Apartment Energy Competition
The Residence Hall or Apartment complex with the greatest reductions in energy use at the end of the competition will be crowned “Coolest UCSB Residence Hall.”
Think Locally, Act Globally: UC Carbon Offset Project
Our campus is pleased to announce that two UC Santa Barbara professors’ offset projects were selected for funding through the Carbon Neutrality Initiative: John Bowers’ Unite to Light solar lantern project and Sangwon Suh’s Adopt a Cookstove project.
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