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UC’s Sustainability Champion - UCSB’s David Auston has been named the University of California Sustainability Champion for 2015, an honor that acknowledges his tireless efforts on behalf of the systemwide Carbon Neutrality Initiative
Smart on Water - Sustainability leader UCSB sets new goal to reduce potable water use by 12 percent by next spring
An Appetite for Food Reform - First group of UC Global Food Initiative Fellows at UCSB are studying food waste on campus, food insecurity among students
A Champion for Sustainability - Professor Ken Hiltner, UCSB’s current Sustainability Champion, is spearheading campus’s Environmental Humanities Initiative, aiming to engage faculty and students of all disciplines
Practice Makes Perfect - UC Santa Barbara wins three Best Practice Awards in the California higher education sustainability and energy efficiency competition
Farm Team - Alumni Jack and Kim Johnson team with UCSB’s Associated Students Food Bank and Department of Public Worms on new Edible Campus project to grow food on campus
Greenest Public University in the U.S. - UCSB ranked No. 3 in Princeton Review’s list of the Top 50 Green Colleges — and No. 1 among public universities
Tackling Food Insecurity - Faculty, students, staff and area residents gather at UCSB for group brainstorming and discussion of food security on and around campus
Reducing Energy Use - Students at the Bren School conducted a pilot for a behavior-based program aimed at lowering energy consumption on campus
Joining Forces for Food Justice - Students and staff collaborate on series of forums about food security; upcoming event to focus on food goals for campus
LEED Lab in action: University of California, Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara goes lights out to win energy conservation contest
Food from the Sea - Research summit aims to inspire UC-wide collaborations around fisheries and aquaculture; inaugural event is part of UC Global Food Initiative
Katie Maynard Appointed As Goleta Planning Commissioner
A Powerful Addition - Faculty, staff and students gather on the roof of Parking Structure 22 to celebrate the campus's newest solar array
Food justice at the forefront
UCSB Named Greenest Public University in U.S.
It’s Good to Be Green - UC Santa Barbara named nation’s No. 3 ‘Green School’ in new sustainability ranking
And Justice for All - Inaugural California Higher Education Food Summit to explore food justice
Current California Drought Is the Worst in 1,200 Years
One to Grow On - UCSB leads effort to cultivate relationships with small farms as part of UC Global Food Initiative
The Living, Breathing Ocean - Timothy DeVries demonstrates how climate change might affect the ratio of carbon, oxygen and nutrients in the subsurface ocean
12 things you didn't know about holiday foods
Call to Action - Central Coast Sustainability Summit at UCSB encourages environmental solutions
UC Santa Barbara Hosts Central Coast Sustainability Summit - University, Santa Barbara and Goleta conservation managers discuss drought challenges