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Eco-Entrepreneurship: Roots

The Roots eco-entrepreneurship project developed three business plans for affordable accessory dwelling units.

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman, Emily Cotter

A student group poses with faculty and PhD advisors with an ocean backdrop

Improving Citizen Science Data Management for Resource Protection

This project team analyzed the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary's current citizen science data management system and identified improvements that will maximize the usability of this rich dataset.

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

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Cumulative Impacts Assessment for Timber Harvest: How Best to Incorporate Wildfire Risk and Hazard

The CITE Plan Project investigated the relationship between timber management, fire regimes and fire severity and their future regulatory incorporation by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CalFire) into the Timber Harvest Plan (THP) permit process.

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection

Parks over Pollution

Press kit materials for the National Parks Conservation Association to raise awareness on the impacts of fracking on California National Parks and to encourage community engagement.

Faculty Advisors: Lisa Leombruni

Living Rivers

A short film for The Nature Conservancy exploring the impact of climate change on Eastern Sierra rivers, featuring local residents and managers.

Faculty Advisors: Lisa Leombruni

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Managing the Risks of Emerging Contaminants in the Denver Water Supply

This project team and their client, Denver Water, sought to understand the threat contaminants of emerging concern may pose to drinking water quality in their collection system.

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: Denver Water

Rage Sustainably

A messaging campaign, in collaboration with IV Adopt-A-Block, to reduce litter in Isla Vista by targeting party culture to change wasteful behavior.

Faculty Advisors: Lisa Leombruni

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: Center for Climate Protection

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski, Emily Cotter

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Santa Barbara Mariculture, Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center

The Salty Generations

A short film looking at the unique challenges of shellfish farmers and their motivation to provide sustainable food for their communities despite these challenges.

Faculty Advisors: Lisa Leombruni

Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

Group Members: Nathan Grimes

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Roots

Improving Citizen Science Data Management for Resource Protection

Cumulative Impacts Assessment for Timber Harvest: How Best to Incorporate Wildfire Risk and Hazard

Parks over Pollution

Living Rivers

Managing the Risks of Emerging Contaminants in the Denver Water Supply

Rage Sustainably

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

The Salty Generations

Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

After the Fire, After the Rain

Exploring the Return on Investment Case for Drinking Water Protection in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Teaching Sustainability with Museum Interactives

Next Generation Water Action Plan for General Electric