The UCSB Climate Action Plan has been approved by the Chancellor's Sustainability Committee and is now posted for public viewing.
Please click here to read the CAP report.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Rain Barrel Sale
Just in time for the rainy season:
The County and City of Santa Barbara are hosting a rain barrel sale on Saturday, November 21 between 10:00 am-2:00 pm in the SBCC Lot #3 (across from Ledbetter Beach). The barrels are $50 including tax (cash or check only). They plan to sell out, so show up early!
More information: http://www.sbwater.org/rainbarrel/
The County and City of Santa Barbara are hosting a rain barrel sale on Saturday, November 21 between 10:00 am-2:00 pm in the SBCC Lot #3 (across from Ledbetter Beach). The barrels are $50 including tax (cash or check only). They plan to sell out, so show up early!
More information: http://www.sbwater.org/rainbarrel/
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Call for Papers: Oil + Water: The Case of Southern California
As part of its "Oil + Water" series, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara will be holding a two-day conference on "Oil + Water: The Case of Southern California" on April 9 and 10, 2010.
The conference will explore how these two elements have created and transformed the history and culture of Southern California; speakers may address both elements, or focus on either oil or water. Topics can range widely and could include the history of oil in Southern California; culture’s role in Southern California’s use of oil and water; surfing; car culture; marine life and coastal development; suburbia and urban planning; water use and ownership; oil production and the depletion of water reserves; oil, water and the politics of race in Southern California; Southern California after oil; oil, water and agriculture in Southern California; global networks of exchange in oil and water that involve Southern California; and eco-activism in Southern California. Papers should be 20 minutes long.
Application: please send a cv and one page abstract to oilandwaterUCSB@gmail.com.
Application Deadline: January 15, 2010
The conference will explore how these two elements have created and transformed the history and culture of Southern California; speakers may address both elements, or focus on either oil or water. Topics can range widely and could include the history of oil in Southern California; culture’s role in Southern California’s use of oil and water; surfing; car culture; marine life and coastal development; suburbia and urban planning; water use and ownership; oil production and the depletion of water reserves; oil, water and the politics of race in Southern California; Southern California after oil; oil, water and agriculture in Southern California; global networks of exchange in oil and water that involve Southern California; and eco-activism in Southern California. Papers should be 20 minutes long.
Application: please send a cv and one page abstract to oilandwaterUCSB@gmail.com.
Application Deadline: January 15, 2010
No Impact Man Premier
No Impact Man
Tuesday, November 10 @ 7:30 pm
Campbell Hall
In research for his book, newly self-proclaimed environmentalist and author Colin Beavan vows to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year: no more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food and no more material consumption. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are dragged into the fray. “Proof that ‘eco’ and ‘entertainment’ aren’t mutually exclusive” (Variety), this charming film provides a candid account of one family’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change.
Tuesday, November 10 @ 7:30 pm
Campbell Hall
In research for his book, newly self-proclaimed environmentalist and author Colin Beavan vows to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year: no more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food and no more material consumption. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two year-old daughter are dragged into the fray. “Proof that ‘eco’ and ‘entertainment’ aren’t mutually exclusive” (Variety), this charming film provides a candid account of one family’s struggle with their radical lifestyle change.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
City, Country, Industry, Agriculture: On the Road with Roy Stryker
In conjunction with the IHC’s Oil + Water series, the University Art Museum presents:
City, Country, Industry, Agriculture: On the Road with Roy Stryker
A photography exhibit on view at the IHC and Cheadle Hall 2217 through winter term
Between 1935 and 1950, one person helped compile a vast compendium of more than 340,000 highway images. He was not a photographer, but rather an economics professor named Roy Stryker. An innovative educator, Stryker employed documentary photography to bring a sociological edge to his classroom instruction. In 1935, Stryker left his post at Columbia University to "create a pictorial encyclopedia of American agriculture" under the auspices of the government’s Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration). For Stryker agriculture included images of the life around it. His archive, with pictures by such noted photographers as Dorthea Lange, Walker Evans, and Ben Shahn, became a portrait of the nation during the Depression.
Seven years later, the political tide turned and New Deal programs waned, Stryker accepted a similar position with a very dissimilar entity: Standard Oil of New Jersey (SONJ). This corporate shift, occupied Stryker until 1950. At SONJ, Stryker was not content to serve as a public relations lens for the large corporation; he instructed his coterie of artists that they were, "photographing America" and "recording history." Indeed, by the end of his seven year employment with Standard Oil, Stryker coordinated 70,000 documentary images that often only tangentially referenced the oil industry. Bus stops and bridges, tourist courts and diners joined images of filling stations and fresh asphalt. Together the images, by noted photographers such as Esther Bubley, Gordon Parks, and John Vachon, capture the culture of the road: the highway, a region described by Professor Ulrich Keller as, "neither city nor country, industry nor agriculture, but the conveyer belt between the two."
The photographs are on view in the IHC’s Crowell Reading Room and Research Seminar Room, and near the offices of the College of Letters & Science (Cheadle Hall 2217), come from the vast photographic holding of UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum.
City, Country, Industry, Agriculture: On the Road with Roy Stryker
A photography exhibit on view at the IHC and Cheadle Hall 2217 through winter term
Between 1935 and 1950, one person helped compile a vast compendium of more than 340,000 highway images. He was not a photographer, but rather an economics professor named Roy Stryker. An innovative educator, Stryker employed documentary photography to bring a sociological edge to his classroom instruction. In 1935, Stryker left his post at Columbia University to "create a pictorial encyclopedia of American agriculture" under the auspices of the government’s Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration). For Stryker agriculture included images of the life around it. His archive, with pictures by such noted photographers as Dorthea Lange, Walker Evans, and Ben Shahn, became a portrait of the nation during the Depression.
Seven years later, the political tide turned and New Deal programs waned, Stryker accepted a similar position with a very dissimilar entity: Standard Oil of New Jersey (SONJ). This corporate shift, occupied Stryker until 1950. At SONJ, Stryker was not content to serve as a public relations lens for the large corporation; he instructed his coterie of artists that they were, "photographing America" and "recording history." Indeed, by the end of his seven year employment with Standard Oil, Stryker coordinated 70,000 documentary images that often only tangentially referenced the oil industry. Bus stops and bridges, tourist courts and diners joined images of filling stations and fresh asphalt. Together the images, by noted photographers such as Esther Bubley, Gordon Parks, and John Vachon, capture the culture of the road: the highway, a region described by Professor Ulrich Keller as, "neither city nor country, industry nor agriculture, but the conveyer belt between the two."
The photographs are on view in the IHC’s Crowell Reading Room and Research Seminar Room, and near the offices of the College of Letters & Science (Cheadle Hall 2217), come from the vast photographic holding of UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Trayless Dining, Composting Projects Are Sustainability Successes at UCSB
Two of UC Santa Barbara's latest sustainability projects –– trayless dining and composting –– are proving to be very successful, enhancing UCSB's reputation as one of the greenest campuses in the country. Full story...
Monday, November 2, 2009
Imagining Design After Oil - All Day Event
On Friday, November 6 the UC Santa Barbara Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) is holding a one day conference on "Imagining Design After Oil." The conference will be held in the McCune Conference Room (6020 HSSB) from 9-5:30.
The day will focus on designing for a post-carbon future, on new materials and technologies that are changing design, and on educating students about sustainable design. Sheila Kennedy of MIT and David Gissen of California College of Arts will be the key note speakers.
A number of Santa Barbara architects will be presenting including: Ken Radtkey, Blackbird Architects, Inc.; Dennis Thompson, Thompson Naylor Architects; and Susan Van Atta, Van Atta Associates.
Imagining Design After Oil is part of a year-long public program at the IHC on Oil + Water. The program commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill, and provides an opportunity to examine the impact of these two resources on the history, economy, and culture of California and the world.
For more information on Oil + Water and all UCSB programs linked to it go to http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/.
The day will focus on designing for a post-carbon future, on new materials and technologies that are changing design, and on educating students about sustainable design. Sheila Kennedy of MIT and David Gissen of California College of Arts will be the key note speakers.
A number of Santa Barbara architects will be presenting including: Ken Radtkey, Blackbird Architects, Inc.; Dennis Thompson, Thompson Naylor Architects; and Susan Van Atta, Van Atta Associates.
Imagining Design After Oil is part of a year-long public program at the IHC on Oil + Water. The program commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill, and provides an opportunity to examine the impact of these two resources on the history, economy, and culture of California and the world.
For more information on Oil + Water and all UCSB programs linked to it go to http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/.
First-ever Power Hour
Associate Director of Utility & Energy Services David McHale and LEED Program Manager Jordan Sager have set up some time to discuss and answer questions about energy and green building projects going on around the campus.
Any student, staff, or faculty is welcome to attend the event on Friday, November 6 at 11:00 am in the UCen Lobero Room.
If you are considering a TGIF project that addresses energy on campus, this is the perfect opportunity have your questions answered and to assess your idea's viability.
Come with questions!
Any student, staff, or faculty is welcome to attend the event on Friday, November 6 at 11:00 am in the UCen Lobero Room.
If you are considering a TGIF project that addresses energy on campus, this is the perfect opportunity have your questions answered and to assess your idea's viability.
Come with questions!
TGIF Applications Now Available
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is now accepting grant applications for campus sustainability projects that help reduce UCSB's impact on the environment.
The student-fee supported fund will award approximately $150,000 to 10-12 projects. All UCSB students, staff, and faculty are eligible to apply.
For more information or to obtain the application, please visit the TGIF site.
The deadline for submission is Monday, January 25.
The student-fee supported fund will award approximately $150,000 to 10-12 projects. All UCSB students, staff, and faculty are eligible to apply.
For more information or to obtain the application, please visit the TGIF site.
The deadline for submission is Monday, January 25.
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