Student-Led Programs
The Ecological Coalition (a.k.a. the “E-Coalition”), is a network for campus-based environmental, ecological, and sustainability-oriented groups.
There is a huge array of environmentally-minded organizations at UCSB. And although each one is very different in its size and scope, in one way or another, all of the clubs seek to make our campus, our community, and in turn our planet, a healthier and happier place to live.
The E-Coalition serves to coordinate the efforts of member groups, ease communication, provide updates on various campaigns, gather extra volunteers for projects or events, and generate publicity and recognition through the joining of forces.
Associated Students B.I.K.E.S. (Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe)
Associated Students Community Affairs Board (CAB)
Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB)
Associated Students Recycling *HIRING*
Bren School Sustainability Committee (BSSC)
CalPIRG – California Student Public Interest Research Group
Coastal Fund (Renamed from Shoreline Preservation Fund)
Students for Ellison Hall Sustainability
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)
IV Community Relations Commission (IVCRC)
LabRATS (Laboratory Research and Technical Staff)
Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op (SBSHC)
Isla Vista Surfrider Foundation (IV Surfrider)
UCSB Sustainability Internship Program
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
Associated Students B.I.K.E.S.
(Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe)
| Website: http://as.ucsb.edu/bikes/
Meeting time: Tuesday 3:30pm Location: AS Conference Room |
Nathan Pfaff |
Who are we? “BIKES is an active bicycle system advocate, and works to increase student, staff, faculty, and administration awareness of and involvement with bicycle system issues in and around UCSB. We also fund bike improvements on campus, and participate in social and outreach events throughout the year with our $1.50 per student per quarter lock-in fee.”
- Campaigns/Projects:
- Ongoing safety outreach to biking on campus.
- Development of campus policy for bike system maintenance and new pathways.
- Ongoing assessment of bike rack usage and locations of bike rack improvements.
Associated Students Bike Shop
| Website: http://www.as.ucsb.edu/asbs/
Hours: Monday through Thursday 11am-5pm, Fridays 11am-3pm Location: Trailer #324 on campus |
David Salmon (staff) |
Who are we? Serving the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of UCSB since 1974, the Associated Students Bike Shop is a student-funded non-profit organization dedicated to education, service, and safety. We have everything needed to get your bike running safely and smoothly. You bring your ID card, your bike, your time, and an inclination to learn. We provide the tools and the advice. Anything else you need, we offer at the lowest possible prices.
Associated Students Community Affairs Board (CAB)
| Website: http://www.as.ucsb.edu/cab/
Meeting Time: Tuesdays at 5pm Location: The GSA lounge, MCC |
Madeline Kokosinski (chair)
(805) 893-4296 |
Who are we? The AS/UCSB Community Affairs Board (CAB), UCSB’s Volunteer Action Center, is dedicated to enhancing the educational experience of all UCSB Students by providing information and easy access to community service work.
Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB)
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Website: http://www.UCSBeab.com
Meeting Time: Wednesday 7pm
Location: GSA Lounge, upstairs Multicultural CenterAndrew Dunn
(805) 259-8560
Teal Riege
(805) 798-5138
Who are we? The Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) is the central student environmental group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The organization strives to provide students with opportunities to positively impact their surroundings through political action, community service, and leadership training. By extending the environmental movement to individuals from all walks of life, EAB has created a tight-knit community dedicated to changing the way we interact with the world.
- Volunteer Activities:
- Environmental Education at local elementary schools
- Adopt-A-Block trash clean-up in Isla Vista
- Tree planting in the wider community
- Beach clean-ups every quarter
- Organic garden plot project
- Isla Vista Earth Day
- Meatless Mondays
- Sustainable Business
- Environmental General Education Requirement
- Healthy eating cooking classes
- Environmental justice
- California Student Sustainability Coalition
- Powershift Conference in Washington DC
- Sustainable Foods
- Water Wednesdays
- Water Conservation Campaign
- Student Food Collective
- Weekly hikes
- Potlucks and parties
- Camping trips
- Craft-making from recycled products
- Yoga
- Meditation
Campaigns/Projects:
Social Activities for 2010:
Associated Students Recycling
| Website: http://www.as.ucsb.edu/asr/
Meeting Time: Mondays at 10:00am Location: AS Conference Room |
Ryan Kintz
(805) 893-7765 |
Who are we? Since the program’s inception in 1992, AS Recycling, with the help of the Department of Conservation, has purchased over 75 state-of-the-art recycling clusters made from 100% post-consumer plastic. These Clusters which capture most of the outdoor recyclables on campus, have brought the UCSB community closer to its goal of recycling virtually all recyclable materials generated on campus. The collection of recyclables, which utilizes student workers and tricycles with attached carts, has proven enormously effective in reducing the amount of waste produced on our campus.
- Campaigns/Projects:
- Techno Trash – Improving Electronic Waste Recycling at UCSB
- Eucalyptus Grove – Compost and garden demonstration projects
- Green Awards – Competition between UCSB Departments’ to see who is most ”Green”
- Route Riders – Internship Program where students take out the recycling from all the clusters of bins outside (a.k.a. Berthas) on bikes!
NOW HIRING! Student Coordinator Open Positions: Recycling and Electronic Waste Routes Coordinator, Composting and Gardening Coordinator, Outreach and Special Event Coordinator (Each pays $10.50/hr). Leadership experience is required. Submit an application, resume, and cover letter to the AS Administration Office on the 2nd floor of the Multicultural Center. For more information, visit www.asrecycling.org.
Bren School Sustainability Committee (BSSC)
| Website: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/~bssc/
Meeting Time: The schedule for meetings is generally once a month from 12:30-1:30 pm with the day depending on members/officers’ schedules and BSSC events. Contact org before attending. |
Gavin Feiger |
Who are we? The mission of BSSC is: To continuously improve the environmental performance of the Bren School and its students. The BSSC is made up of a diverse set of people who all have an interest in sustainability and in improving Bren, the UCSB campus, and our community. Membership is made up of mostly Bren School students.
- Campaigns/Projects:
- RecycleMania.
- Composting Coalition.
- Beach and street clean-ups.
- The Bren building has Double Platinum LEED Certification and is the “greenest lab building in the country.”
CalPIRG – California Student Public Interest Research Group
| Website: http://www.calpirgstudents.org/
General Meeting: Mondays at 8pm, UCen Mission Room Global Warming Meeting: Wednesdays at 8pm, Newman contact John for directions: dudemanguy333@gmail.com Ocean Campaign Meeting: Fridays at 1pm, UCen 3rd Floor |
Jordan Siegel
(818) 268-5753 |
Who are we? For 25 years, students who have been involved with their CALPIRG campus chapter have not only learned how to investigate a problem and come up with a practical solution. We’ve also learned how to convince the media and decision-makers to pay attention and take action. In other words, through CALPIRG we gain an educational experience in democratic citizenship. In addition, we get a chance to face up to society’s big problems, take action, and win concrete changes that improve the quality of our lives.
Campus Democrats
| Website: http://www.ucsbdems.org
Meeting Time: Tuesdays at 8:00pm Location: Graduate Students Lounge (GSA). Come and enjoy free pizza! |
Ryan Hirschler |
Who are we? Campus Dems is a great gateway to the political arena! Whether you’re interested in a Congressional office internship or just want free pizza, Campus Dems is for you! Our goal is to promote the ideals and concerns of the candidates and issues of the Democratic Party, register and motivate our fellow students to vote, and have fun in the process.
Coastal Fund
Michelle Petitfils
Pilar Alomia
| Website: http://www.coastalfund.org
Meeting Time: 6pm Mondays Location: A.S. Conference Room, MCC |
Who are we? The Coastal Fund is a student initiative to enhance the UCSB campus coastline. The Coastal Fund provides funds to the local community to enhance, protect, and restore the shoreline through preservation, education, open access, research, and restoration.
- Key funded projects that are underway this year are:
- Renovations of IV beach stairways
- Naples Coalition to trains dozens of student on how to submit public comments and give testimony at public hearings to oppose development of the Gaviota Coast
- Three student film will be created on local coastal issues
- New class on the History of Surfing in the History department
Ecological Coalition
| http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/student |
Christopher Murphy |
The UCSB Ecological Coalition (a.k.a. the “E-Coalition”), is a network for campus-based environmental, ecological, and sustainability-oriented groups.
The E-Coalition serves to coordinate the efforts of member groups, eases communication, provides updates on various campaigns, and helps gather extra volunteers for projects or events.
Ellison Hall Sustainability Committee
| Website: http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/ellison-hall.php
Meeting Time: Open meetings; contact us for next meeting time |
Evanne Charles |
Who are we? The Ellison Hall Sustainability Committee is made up of faculty, staff, and students who work and study in Ellison Hall. This includes the departments of Sociology, Communications, Political Science, Film Studies and Geography as well as ICESS.
- Campaigns:
- Taking the LEED to Climate Neutrality – Help to get the Ellison Hall Building LEED Certified through energy conservation, recycling, water efficiency, environmentally preferable purchasing and more…
- Zero Waste; One Step Ahead of the Game – Keep Ellison Hall one step ahead of the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices by reaching a 75% diversion rate by 2008 and zero waste by 2012.
- PACES, Program for the Assessment and Certification for the Environment and Sustainability. We certify campus departments as “green” departments.
Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
| Website: http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~ewb-ucsb/
Meeting Time: Monthly general meetings posted via listserv, contact membership coordinator to join listserv |
Dave Bothman, (805) 893-4125 Mary Dihn |
Who are we? The mission of Engineers Without Borders – USA (EWB-USA) is to partner with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing internationally responsible engineering students.
- Campaigns:
- Kenya Project: New project still in planning stages involving plumbing/wastewater management/lighting for an AIDS clinic
- Mexico: New Project involving water quantity and quality/wastewater management/economic development
- Mali: Design of Jatropha Bean presses to make Mali Fuels in collaboration with the Mali Folk Center
- Peru Project: Ongoing project involving slow sand filtration/chlorination/sanitation education/follow-up
- Lighting Research Group: Developing new lighting solutions for our projects and planning future projects
- Local Projects: New projects currently being developed for Santa Barbara focused around wind power and wave power
- Books For Africa: Quarterly Book Drive
- Baja House Building: A short term project in conjunction with a non-profit in Baja
Excursion Club
| Website: http://www.excursionclubucsb.org/
Meeting Time: Every Tuesday 7pm |
Alec Neumeyer |
Who are we? To enjoy outdoor activities such as: hiking, backpacking, camping, surfing, rock climbing, skydiving, mountaineering, kayaking, snowboarding, skiing, and much more. Seeing as we love to enjoy the great outdoors as much as possible, it only makes sense that we are also involved with protecting it.
Feel Good SB
| Website: http://www.feelgoodworld.org/cheeseworld/ | Katy Stover
(818) 577-7655 |
FeelGood is a youth movement, a social enterprise whose mission is to “end world hunger, one grilled cheese at a time.” FeelGood empowers college students to run non-profit Delis on their campuses, giving away gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches in exchange for a donation. At these FeelGood Delis, students develop hands-on skills necessary to run a business, launch effective educational campaigns, and initiate substantive dialogue about the root causes of and solutions to hunger, and our responsibilities as global citizens. 100% of the profits the students raise are invested in organizations with a proven track record of sustainably eradicating extreme global hunger and empowering self-reliance. Do Good. FeelGood.
Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program
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Website: http://www.ucsbgreencampus.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Barbara-CA/UCSBs-Green-Campus-Program Twitter: twitter.com/UCSBGreenCampus Statewide program website: http://ase.org/programs/green-campus-program For information on our weekly meetings, contact Allan Robles directly |
Allan Robles, GC Team Manager (718) 704-6515 Clayton Carlson, GC Advisor |
Who are we? UCSB’s Green Campus Program is a state-wide student-run group that works to promote energy efficiency on campus in four pillars:
- Green Career Development.
- Measurable Energy Savings
- Academic Infusion of Energy Efficiency .
- Educational Outreach
Previous Green Campus Program projects have included the Net Zero Initiative Campaign, the annual residence hall energy competitions, LEED audits, water conservation studies, power management software implementations, and an internship-for-credit with Facilities Management.
Some 2010 – 2011 projects include:
- Power Your Campus!
- Energy Auditing Training Videos
- The E-Coalition
- Vending Misers
- Greeks Gone Green
- AND MORE!
The Green Initiative Fund
| Website: http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/tgif | Grant Keefe, Grant Manager
(805) 893-8367 |
Who are we? The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) was created by students in the spring of 2006 with a charge to ”reduce the University’s impact on the environment.” Students voted with an overwhelming majority to pay $2.60 per quarter, contributing approximately $182,000 a year towards TGIF. Any student, staff, or faculty member of the University community can submit a project proposal to the TGIF Grants Making Committee. The committee is comprised of four undergraduates, two graduates, one staff, and one faculty member.
Learn more about the most recently funded TGIF Projects
Greenhouse and Garden Project
| Website: http://orgs.sa.ucsb.edu/ghgp/
Location: Behind Harder Stadium |
Brandon Wickes
(858) 722-6315 |
Who are we? The Greenhouse and Garden Project is an enjoyable and educational organization at UCSB that welcomes students, faculty, and staff to maintain their own plot to garden on. Many students live in apartments that do not allow anywhere to plant a garden, which is what makes the GHGP so unique. We currently have over fifty members, each with their own plot(s) and full access to the greenhouse. With potlucks and meetings once per quarter, it gives members a chance to interact with other gardeners, help with the upkeep of the whole garden/greenhouse, and discuss current issues.
Isla Vista Adopt-A-Block
| Website: http://ivparks.org/adopt a block/adopt.html
Location: 961 Embarcadero Del Mar, Isla Vista |
Tahnee Baker
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Who are we? The Adopt-A-Block Program, started in 1996, aims to help keep the streets of Isla Vista clean by including the local community in regular clean-up efforts. Removing litter from our streets not only keeps IV beautiful, it also reduces the amount of trash on our beaches and in the ocean. The AAB Program organizes individual, group and community clean ups.
- Campaigns/Projects:
- Regular Street Clean-ups and volunteer opportunities
- Pre-Halloween and extensive post Halloween cleanup
- Large community Give and Clean-Up project annually during Move-Out (late spring quarter)
IV Community Relations Commission
| Website: http://as.ucsb.edu/ivcrc/ | Corilyn Lantz (chair) corilynlantz@umail.ucsb.edu |
Who are we? Isla Vista Community Relations Committee is responsible for the education of the campus and student communities regarding issues within Santa Barbara County and Isla Vista that have an effect on students. Such issues may include but are not limited to: safety, police/community relations, landlord/tenant relations, emergency and other vehicle access in Isla Vista, parking, and County and University funding for programs and services in Isla Vista.
IV Food Coop
| Website: http://www.islavistafoodcoop.blogspot.com/
Location: 6575 Seville Road, Isla Vista |
Melissa Cohen (Store Manager)
(805)968-1401 |
Who are we? As the only consumer cooperative in the county, our purpose as a community-owned business is to be a trusted source of natural and organic products and a reliable resource for consumer information–driven not by profit, but by a motivation for community autonomy, mutual aid, and environmental justice.
LabRATS (Laboratory Research and Technical Staff)
| Website: http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/LARS
Competition: http://www.labratscompetition.org/ |
Lindsey Medina |
Who are we? The Laboratory Research and Technical Support (LabRATS) program at UCSB connects laboratory managers, students, career staff and faculty with each other and with operations staff. We increase resource efficiency and quality of research while using practices that leave the smallest environmental footprint possible. We create a culture of collaboration that values sustainable practices as a top priority in laboratory settings.
It is a fundamental belief of LabRATS participants that most scientists want to use the most pro-active conservation measures possible, and LabRATS connects academic scientists with the sustainability movement.
Learn about LabRATS current campaigns
- Campaigns/Projects:
- Laboratory Assessments: This comprehensive evaluation of laboratory practices works with researchers to make labs efficient and low-impact.
- Surplus Equipment: We are evaluating supply and demand for high value used apparatus and facilitating administration and incentives (a.k.a. money) for transfers.
- Chemical Exchange: We joined EH&S to set up and promote the exchange of clean surplus chemicals instead of sending them to waste.
- Mercury Thermometer Exchange: Also, in conjunction with EH&S, we received a grant to exchange spirit thermometers for mercury models to avoid health and clean-up impacts.
- Campus Network: This list serve aims to connect researchers in every science department to facilitate the exchange of technical ideas, equipment needs, and surpluses.
- Hoods Off: This campaign is focused on older lab buildings where individual hood fans may be turned off for prolonged periods when not in use.
- Efficient Appliances: Initiated by Labs21, we work with energy managers and researchers in a nationwide effort to promote, test, and manufacture efficient apparatus.
- Freezer Exchange: We are encouraging laboratories to take advantage of SCE’s rebate (up to $100) and pick-up program to eliminate old inefficient refrigerators and freezers.
- Bulb-free: We initiated a program with Facilities and Maintenance to remove unneeded fluorescent bulbs in older buildings and to mark the fixtures to promote targeted lighting.
SB Student Housing Coop
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Website: http://www.sbcoop.org/ |
Emily Lippold-Cheney
Executive Director Joshua Redman Membership Coordinator |
Who are we? The purpose of the Santa Barbara Student Housing Co-op (SBSHC) is to provide low rent co-op housing regardless of gender, race, social, political, or religious affiliation, and thereby influencing the community to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in the community. SBSHC strives to engage in continuous educational programs that further the principles of cooperation through mutual, self-help living at a minimal cost. The Co-op is run by a member-majority Board of Directors that meets approximately once a month. E-coalition members should contact the current board president if they’d like to be on the meeting agenda.
Isla Vista Surfrider Foundation (IV Surfrider)
| Website: http://www.surfrider.org/islavista
Meeting Time: Wednesday 8pm Location: GSA lounge in MCC |
Michelle Petitfils Ally Gialketsis |
Who are we? The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. While there are over 70 chapters all over the U.S., IV Surfrider is the only college chapter in existence.
- Campaigns/Projects:
- Save Naples – Naples is a stretch of pristine Gaviota coast just north of Goleta on the 101. It is being threatened by a major development. We are assisting Naples Coalition to protect it. SaveNaples.org. Campus/Surfrider Naples rep. is Jamie Creason
- Concert for the Coast – A day of Music, Beer, Fun, Awareness and Conservation. This takes place in early May in Anisq’Oyo’ park. All proceeds go towards the Naples Coalition
- Beach Clean-Ups – Cleaning up the Isla Vista and Goleta Beaches
- Blue Water Task Force – Wanna know what the water quality is at our local beaches? Thanks to funding by SPF you can. Help take water samples and monitor ocean bacteria levels.
- SB Surfrider – Support them in their efforts and assist at their events and activities
- SB Channel Keepers – Support them in there efforts to protect and restore SB channel and its watersheds. Creek Walks, Creek Sampling, Eel Grass Restoration
- Community outreach – Educate the community, especially the youth (elementary and middle school) about the ocean environment, and plan ocean centric events for them to be involved. Get people to care about our oceans.
- Guest Speakers – Have experts and organization leaders speak about relevant and important issues regarding our environment and what we can do. Informative and Opportunity creating.
- Surf Movie Premiers – Get a first look at the biggest and best surf movies. Prizes and Music before movies. All proceeds go toward protection of our coast.
- Isla Vista Triathlon Challenge – Run along the beach, Paddle out to the kelp bed, Ride your cruiser down DP! All proceeds go to Coastal conservation.
- Surf/Camping trips – Got to go appreciate and enjoy our Oceans all over and More…K85″
UCSB Sustainability Internship Program
| Website: http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/ | Katie Maynard (Staff)
805-893-2003 |
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)
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Website: www.wise.ucsb.edu Meeting Time: Weekly coffee hour from 2-3pm Wednesday Location: GSA Lounge, MCC |
wise@lsmail.ucsb.edu |
Who are we? Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), a non-profit organization, was founded in Spring 2001 to promote equal opportunity for women and girls in science and engineering and improve their scientific and career advancement. WiSE encourages the participation of all science/engineering undergraduates, graduates, researchers, faculty, and professionals in the Santa Barbara area.
WiSE also hosts weekly coffee hour meetings with special guests (bring your own mug!), undergraduate mentoring events, outreach activities, social events, plus any ideas suggested by members.
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