Sustainability Scoop

LabRATS, lead by Katie Maynard and Amorette Getty and supported by two undergraduate interns, helps on-campus researchers reduce their impact on the environment while improving safety and maintaining good lab management practices.

Through his focus on supporting institutions, Buntaine works to bridge the gap that often arises between a policy that looks good on paper and the proper execution of that policy.

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is back at it again, allocating $191,364 to fund projects that reduce UC Santa Barbara’s impact on the environment.

Dr. Walsh’s interests lie in the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of water use and management, particularly concerning that in the United States and Mexico Borderlands.

Dr. Costello and his fellow researchers at Environmental Market Solutions Lab have pegged economic values to things most of us wouldn’t consider economic — like adaptation to climate change, and the impact of information on business management decision-making processes.

Dr. Lisa Stratton and her team at the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CCBER) have embarked on a mission to transform a golf course into a diverse restored habitat: an estuary teeming with native species, a space for passive recreation and active research for UCSB students and faculty.

Until the country develops new, clean recycling systems, many items that used to be recyclable, like yogurt cups, juice boxes, and cereal packages, are not anymore.