Monday, March 22, 2010

AASHE Awards 2010

If you have an idea of a project or student that/who would be a good nominee for one of these awards, please pass this information along to the appropriate person...
They even have an award for lessons-learned (the Oops Award) - so if you think of a project that was less successful, but you learned a lot from it, let me know!

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AASHE presents two Campus Sustainability Case Study Awards, one Student Sustainability Leadership Award, and one Student Research on Campus Sustainability Award annually. The awards are presented at an AASHE conference or other major gathering of the campus sustainability community. The deadline to apply for the 2010 Awards is July 1st, 2010.

•Campus Sustainability Case Study Awards
•Student Sustainability Leadership Award
•Student Research on Campus Sustainability Award

More info: http://www.aashe.org/programs/awards.php

Conference: Oil and Water - The Case of Santa Barbara and Southern California

Oil and Water: The Case of Santa Barbara and Southern California

Thursday, April 8 to Saturday, April 10

April 8 keynote: Harvey Molotch
April 9 keynote: Jim Nollman and Stephanie LeMenager
April 10 keynote: Harry Reese

McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

This conference will explore the ways in which oil and water have created and transformed the history and culture of Santa Barbara and Southern California. Topics will include the Santa Barbara oil spill; the impact of oil on Hollywood; agriculture and marine life; the Owens River Valley; the Salton Sea; cars and car culture; and environmental histories and their lessons.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series, UC Cal Studies Consortium and the Community Environmental Council.

Website: http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/oil-water-socal/

Film: End of the Line

End of the Line

Introduction by Michael Albright (Film & Media Studies, UCSB)

Tuesday, April 6 / 3:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB

In End of the Line we see the effects of our global love affair with fish as food firsthand. It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.

Sponsored by the IHC’s Oil + Water series and the Community Environmental Council.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

UCSB Purchases the Most Recycled Content

UCSB is currently the highest purchaser of recycled content Office Max office supplies in the UC system -- 52% in Q2.

In addition, 100% of our Office Max purchases were made online rather than by a paper form.

Thanks to everyone, especially the UCSB purchasing staff, for being conscious of the materials your purchases are made of and of how you make the purchases. Keep up the good work!

And, as always, if you have any questions about recycled-content office supplies, contact Steve Howson in Central Stores.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Talk: Reinventing Fire: Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation

Reinventing Fire: Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation

Amory Lovins
Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

March 5, 2010 2:00pm FREE
Corwin Pavilion, University Center, UCSB

Amory Lovins is widely considered among the world’s leading authorities on energy—especially its efficient use and sustainable supply—and a fertile innovator in integrative design. As Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Lovins pioneered the concept of “soft energy paths” involving efficient energy use, diverse and renewable energy sources, and special reliance on “soft energy technologies” based on solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, etc., matched in scale and quality to their task, and widely accessible across society.

Built on 27 years of innovation, “Reinventing Fire” is the Rocky Mountain Institute’s most ambitious project to date. “Reinventing Fire” aims to create a clear and practical vision of a fossil-fuel-free future for the United States, backed up by quantitative analysis, and to map a pathway to achieve that future, led largely by business. This vision and pathway will offer a message of hope, put the spotlight on leaders, catalyze others to act, and inform and help to catalyze innovative policies.

In his lecture, Amory Lovins will demonstrate how “Reinventing Fire” can change minds and clarify choices by showing what exists, what works, what makes sense and makes money, what can change the world.

Sponsored by:
College of Letters and Science Critical Issues in America series, Environmental Studies, Institute for Energy Efficiency, A.S. Environmental Affairs Board, and the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council