UCSB Sustainability

Move out season is officially upon us in Isla Vista! As your lease ends and you start moving out of your apartment, keep these sustainability tips in mind so we can preserve the beauty that is Isla Vista: Sell or donate as many items as you can! Host a garage sale, donate to thrift stores, and give away belongingsespecially furniture. Use reusable moving boxes to pack what you’ll be keeping to reduce waste. Recycle, recycle, recycle! It can be tempting to just toss e...verything in the trash but take the time to separate out recyclables (pay special attention to electronics). Use green cleaning products and prevent toxins from entering our water systems. See more

Another paid internship opportunity for next year with the UCSB Natural Reserve System! Learn grant writing, communication, and quantitative analysis skills under the scope of sustainability! DEADLINE IS JUNE 16TH ... Full details on how to apply at sustainability.ucsb.edu/internships

GFI Fellow Spotlight: Cameran Bahnsen This year, Cameran has collaborated with the UC Santa Barbara American Indian and Indigenous Gardens Alliance (AIIGA) to introduce sustainable Indigenous foods/medicines, Indigenous gardening practices, and traditional ecological knowledge to the UC Global Food Initiative and UC Santa Barbara community You too can become a fellow and have the chance to implement your own project! Applications are open until this Friday, June 4th ... More details at sustainability.ucsb.edu/cni-gfi-fellowship-applications

Meet Layni Booth, one of our UC Global Food Initiative Fellows this year She has been working on a project focusing on reducing food waste and increasing charitable giving throughout Isla Vista, Goleta, and Santa Barbara. This fellowship has been one of the best and most educational experiences of her academic career! You can apply now to be a GFI fellow too! Applications close on June 4th. ... Head to sustainability.ucsb.edu/cni-gfi-fellowship-applications

Apply to be a part of the 2021-22 Environmental Leadership Incubator! Get the opportunity to implement your own project Learn more at www.eli.ucsb.edu

Paid internship opportunity as a Calfresh Advocate and Basic Needs Peer Advisor Apply now at sustainability.ucsb.edu/internships!

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is currently accepting project proposals for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. Don’t miss the chance to fund your campus green project. Applications are due on Friday, February 5th, 2021. TGIF is a student-governed grant supported by a $3.47 lock-in fee that every UCSB undergraduate and graduate student pays each quarter. It raises over $170,000 per year to fund projects that reduce UCSB’s impact on the environment. Any UCSB student, staff, or f...aculty member is eligible to apply for funding for their projects. Ideal projects will show a quantifiable change (energy, waste, water reduction, etc.) while also educating the campus community. If you have questions about your project idea, proposal guidelines or the selection process, please contact Jewel Persad at 893-8367 or [email protected] For more information on previously funded projects or to submit an application, please visit the TGIF web site: https://sustainability.ucsb.edu/tgif/apply-for-a-grant

Are you interested in learning how to shop more sustainably and be a more conscious consumer? UCSB Sustainability PACES (Program for the Assessment and Certification of the Environment and Sustainability) presents their first Sustainable at Home Zoom workshop on How to Build a Conscious Closet! They’ll be giving you easy tips and tricks to reducing your impact, especially in the time of COVID-19. Please sign up using the link here: https://forms.gle/TXkFBvPf3os9yoodA ... When: Thursday, January 21, 5-6pm Where: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/5997639398

Happy new year and welcome back! What are some sustainable choices you hope to make this year?

That’s a wrap on Fall 2020 Congrats on making it through yet another remote quarter AND on making it through the year in one piece Have a wonderful, well-deserved break, stay safe, and stay sustainable

One of our fellow UCs has achieved CARBON NEUTRALITYcongratulations, UC Merced The first to reach this milestone, this brings the UC system one step closer to carbon neutrality by 2025.