| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Living a Low-Car Lifestyle | IV - STEP |
The Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) has won a Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) grant from the California Air Resources Board. The project will develop an equity-based, community mobility plan for Isla Vista. Stay tuned for more information over the coming months. |
| Preventing and Responding to the Flu and other Viruses | IV - Covid-19 |
To help with life during these difficult times, the Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) has compiled a list of services to help our community. |
| Eating Lower On the Food Chain | IV - Ethnobotany Project |
Here you can discover edible, medicinal, and useful plants on the UCSB campus and in Isla Vista. We hope this site will help you get out and learn more about the plants in our area, but make sure not to take any unnecessary risks if you are unsure about a plant. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | UCSB - A.S. Zero Waste Committee |
The Zero Waste Committee is run by UCSB Associated Students, and holds an annual festival. UCSB’s Zero Waste Committee is always looking for enthusiastic new members and collaborators! |
| Eliminating Litter with Teamwork | SB - Zero Waste Events |
Events represent one of the largest sources of waste. With proper planning and collection, however, the amount of waste going to the landfill can be greatly minimized. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | SB - Zero Waste Events |
Events represent one of the largest sources of waste. With proper planning and collection, however, the amount of waste going to the landfill can be greatly minimized. |
| Eliminating Litter with Teamwork | SB - Looking Good Santa Barbara |
Looking Good Santa Barbara (LGSB) is a City of Santa Barbara program joining residents, City staff and community representatives with the mission to reduce waste (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost) and contribute to a clean community through graffiti and litter abatement. LGSB is a local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep California Beautiful. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | SB - Looking Good Santa Barbara |
Looking Good Santa Barbara (LGSB) is a City of Santa Barbara program joining residents, City staff and community representatives with the mission to reduce waste (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost) and contribute to a clean community through graffiti and litter abatement. LGSB is a local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep California Beautiful. |
| Helping out Vulnerable Neighbors in Need | SB - Supplemental Food List |
Food for Angels located in Isla Vista provides non-perishable goods every Monday at 3:00 pm. Catholic Charities Isla Vista provides one bag of food every fourth week of the month. Find other options in Santa Barbara County as well. (The pre-Covid list can be found here.) |
| Preparing Several Days' Food Stores * | SB - Supplemental Food List |
Food for Angels located in Isla Vista provides non-perishable goods every Monday at 3:00 pm. Catholic Charities Isla Vista provides one bag of food every fourth week of the month. Find other options in Santa Barbara County as well. (The pre-Covid list can be found here.) |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
