| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eating Lower On the Food Chain | UCSB - Green Mondays |
During Green Monday a vegetarian menu is served all day at one dining common. Green Mondays rotate to a different dining common each month and only one dining common is offering a Green Monday menu at a time. This program was introduced in 2014. If you eat in a dining common, ask for updates to the Green Mondays calendar. |
| Reducing Toxic Products in Your Household | UCSB - Minimizing chemical waste |
UC Santa Barbara’s Surplus Chemical Program reduces chemical waste generated on campus by reusing chemicals instead of disposing of them as hazardous waste. Reusing chemicals is a sustainable way to minimize waste generated by the campus. While this is not a household program, it is important to know that laboratories on campus seek to minimize toxins that could make their way into the water system. |
| Eating Lower On the Food Chain | UCSB - Low-Hanging Fruit (article) |
Moving toward more plant-based foods can help the UC system advance its carbon emission reduction goals. “Food is a huge part of our climate impact... Changing the food system is relatively quite inexpensive.” |
| Eating Lower On the Food Chain | UCSB - Earth-Friendly Dining |
UCSB Residential Dining Services is taking strides to protect, preserve and regenerate our environmental resources by practicing “earth-friendly” dining, and helping UCSB on its way to becoming a sustainable community. It is our hope that these initiatives will have a positive impact on our local environment and will make a difference in the lives of those who pass through our doors year after year. |
| Eating Lower On the Food Chain | UCSB - AS Seed Bank |
The SEED Bank is a program under the UCSB AS Food Bank that provides students with a pot, seeds, and soil to start a garden at home! (The seed bank is a small structure at the food bank that has little compartments with seeds.) |
| Reducing Toxic Products in Your Household | IV - Rise Above Plastics |
Rise Above Plastics is a program within IV Surfrider that seeks to reduce the impact of plastics in the marine environment. We do so by raising awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution and advocating for a reduction of single-use plastics and the recycling of all plastics. |
| Reducing Your Household Waste | IV - Rise Above Plastics |
Rise Above Plastics is a program within IV Surfrider that seeks to reduce the impact of plastics in the marine environment. We do so by raising awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution and advocating for a reduction of single-use plastics and the recycling of all plastics. |
| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | CA - Clean Vehicle Assistance Program |
The Clean Vehicle Assistance (CVA) Program provides grants and affordable financing to help income-qualified Californians purchase or lease a new or used hybrid or electric vehicle. Our goal is to make clean vehicles accessible and affordable to all who qualify. |
| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | CA - ZEV Mandate |
The California governor's September 2020 executive order directs the state to require that, by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles. This will aggressively move the state further away from its reliance on climate change-causing fossil fuels. |
| Eliminating Litter with Teamwork | IV - Rage Sustainably |
"If we rage sustainably, we can rage forever." We're building a coalition for a litter free IV. |
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