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ADCO Group

Adidas

Advanced Minerals Technology South Korea, Inc.

AECOM

AIG International

Albertsons Companies

Algalita Marine Research Institute

Allen Associates

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Skylight)

American Institute of Architects Santa Barbara Chapter

American Motor Honda Company

American Prairie Reserve

American Rivers

American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources

Apeel Sciences

Apricot Lane Farms

Aquarium of the Bay

Beyond Meat

BHP Biliton

Big Sur Land Trust

Blue Forest Conservation

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Burbank Water and Power

Bureau of Land Management - California State Office

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board

California Abalone Association

California Coastal Commission

California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)

California Department of Fish & Wildlife

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California Department of Toxic Substances Control

California Department of Water Resources

California Energy Commission

California Environmental Protection Agency

California Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz)

California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

California State Water Resources Control Board

California Water Data Consortium

CALStart

Carbon Direct

Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve

Cawthron Institute

CB Consulting - Casmalia Steering Committee

CBS Corporation

Center for Climate Protection

Cesar Martinez-Alvarez, UCSB Political Science

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

China Rivers Project

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

City of Santa Barbara

City of Santa Barbara Fire Department

City of Santa Barbara Planning Commission

City of Santa Barbara Public Works

City of Thousand Oaks

City of Ventura

Clean Power Alliance

Climate Adaptations Solutions Accelerator, funded by the National Science Foundation

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

Collective Energy Company, LLC

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - CRITFC

Community Environmental Council

Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI)

Conejo Recreation & Parks Department

Conservation International

Conservation International Indonesia

Conservation International Tuna Program

Conservation International, Center for Oceans (Liberia)

Conservation International, Global Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Center

Cori Lopazanski, UCSB Bren School

County of Santa Barbara Sustainability Division

County of Santa Barbara Water Agency

County of Tulare

Cygnus Ocean Farms

Darn Tough Vermont

Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Defenders of Wildlife

Denver Water

Desert Tortoise Council

DNV KEMA

Dominica Sperm Whale Project

Doris Duke Foundation

Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

Driscoll's, Inc.

DUDEK

Earth Pledge

Earth Resource Foundation

Ebb Carbon

ECOTRUST

Editors of California Grasslands, UC Press

Edwards Air Force Base

Eli Lilly and Company

emLab

ENSR

Environmental Coalition of Faith Communities

Environmental Defense Center

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Equinix

Eric Masanet, UCSB Bren School

Evergreen Action

Everlane

Farm Bureau of Ventura County

First Solar, Inc.

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Fundacion Claudia y Roberto Hernandez

General Electric

Gills Onions, LLC

Global Aquaculture Alliance

Global Energy Monitor

Global Fishing Watch

Global Student Embassy

Goldring Family Foundation

Google, Inc.

Government of Bermuda

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Green Seal

Greenopia

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Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Heal the Bay

Hewlett Packard

Honda Marine Science Foundation

Hope Ranch Homeowner's Association

Infinity Wind Power

Innovation Center for US Dairy

Institute for Energy Efficiency

International Council on Nanotechnology

Isla Vista Food Cooperative

Jayajit Chakraborty, UCSB Bren School

Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation

Kaiser Permanente

Kohala Institute

KOMAZA

La Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del Pueblo Cofan

Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County

LegacyWorks Group

Long Beach Water

Los Padres National Forest

Lynn Canal Conservation

Mālama Maunalua

Mammoth Trading, Inc.

Marine Science Institute (MSI), University of California Santa Barbara

Mark Buntaine, UCSB Bren School

MATE the Label

Minerals Management Service

Mission Linen Supply

Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Initiative

Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research (National Science Foundation)

Morro Bay National Estuary Program

Moulton Niguel Water District

Nada Grocery, Inc.

National Association of Environmental Law Societies

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National Council for Science and the Environment

National Geographic Society Pristine Seas

Nautilus Minerals Ltd.

New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission

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Nori Inc.

Noroeste Sustenable A.C.

North Bay Bear Collaborative

North Irvine Ranch

Oakwood

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Defenders Alliance

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Ocean Rainforest, Inc. and UCSB Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science

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Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

Olazul

Organizations of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

Oryzatech, Inc.

Osa Conservation

Pacific Institute

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Paramount Global

Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)

Patagonia

Peikert Group Architects, LLP

PlanIT Geo

Playa Viva, LLC

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Professor Frank Davis

Property & Environment Research Center (PERC)

Protect Our Winters

Rancho Encinalito Conservation Reserve, BCS, Mexico

Rare - Fish Forever Program

Rare Conservation

Raytheon Technologies

Regeneration.VC

ReNewHair

Restoration Science LLC

Retold Recycling

San Diego County Water Authority

San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board

Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Santa Barbara Architecture 2030 Coalition

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

Santa Barbara County Planning Division

Santa Barbara Mariculture

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Environmental Office

Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District

Sarah Anderson, UCSB Bren School

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Sequoia Riverlands Trust

Sierra Resource Conservation District

Simple Shoes

SIMS Metal Management

Sonoma Clean Power

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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South Yuba River Citizens League

Southern California Association of Governments

Southern California Edison

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Squid Inc.

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Strong Roots Congo

Sunnyside Farms, LLC

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Surfrider Foundation Ventura Ecosystem Program

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Tejon Ranch Conservancy

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The Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office

The Summit Foundation

The Sustainability Consortium

The Sustainability Project

TomKat UC Carbon Neutrality Project

Toyota - Environmental Coordination Office

Tropical Forest Group

Trout Unlimited

UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

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Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute - University of Nebraska

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Emily Cotter

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Jayajit Chakraborty

Jeff Dozier

Joan Dudney

John Melack

Kelly Caylor

Kyle Meng

Lee Hannah

Lisa Leombruni

Mark Buntaine

Matt Potoski

Max Czapanskiy

Oran Young

Peter Alagona

Ranjit Deshmukh

Robert Heilmayr

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Roland Geyer

Ruth Oliver

Samantha Csik

Samantha Stevenson-Karl

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Scott Jasechko

Steve Gaines

Thomas Dunne

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Ridge to Reef: Land Use, Sedimentation, and Marine Resource Vulnerability in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Ridge to Reef: Land Use, Sedimentation, and Marine Resource Vulnerability in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: Conservation International Indonesia

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The Food Waste Project: Understanding Behaviors and Attitudes, Assessing Knowledge Levels, and Raising Awareness

The Food Waste Project: Understanding Behaviors and Attitudes, Assessing Knowledge Levels, and Raising Awareness

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: Innovation Center for US Dairy

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The Non-Market Value of Private Recreational Boating in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

The Non-Market Value of Private Recreational Boating in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Group Members: Gavin McDonald

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski

Clients: Environmental Defense Center, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

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The Snapper Saga: An Assessment of Sector Separation on the Gulf of Mexico Recreational Red Snapper Fishery

The Snapper Saga: An Assessment of Sector Separation on the Gulf of Mexico Recreational Red Snapper Fishery

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson, Christopher Costello

Clients: Ocean Conservancy

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Analyzing a Proposed Expansion of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary System

Analyzing a Proposed Expansion of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary System

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

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UCSB - Water Action Plan

UCSB - Water Action Plan

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Clients: UCSB

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Mitigating Climate Change Through Tropical Forests: An Analysis of U.S. Bilateral REDD+ Finance

Mitigating Climate Change Through Tropical Forests: An Analysis of U.S. Bilateral REDD+ Finance

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah, David Tilman

Clients: Tropical Forest Group

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Sustainable Water Use in the Ventura River Watershed

Sustainable Water Use in the Ventura River Watershed

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: Surfrider Foundation Ventura Ecosystem Program

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Developing a Water Supply Optimization Strategy for the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1

Developing a Water Supply Optimization Strategy for the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Clients: Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, DUDEK

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management for UCSB

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for UCSB

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: UCSB Purchasing Department

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Sustainable Microforestry: An Adaptive Management Tool for Smallholder Agroforestry Farms in Ganze District, Kenya

Sustainable Microforestry: An Adaptive Management Tool for Smallholder Agroforestry Farms in Ganze District, Kenya

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: KOMAZA

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Deckers Outdoor Corporation Water Footprint

Deckers Outdoor Corporation Water Footprint

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: Deckers Outdoor Corporation

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Developing Fire Management Strategies in Support of Adaptive Management at Tejon Ranch, California

Developing Fire Management Strategies in Support of Adaptive Management at Tejon Ranch, California

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adaptations to Climate Change: Comparing Feasbility of Ecosystem-based (EbA) Methods for Climate Change Adaptation with Engineered Approaches

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adaptations to Climate Change: Comparing Feasibility of Ecosystem-based (EbA) Methods for Climate Change Adaptation with Engineered Approaches

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Conservation International

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Evaluating Energy Storage Options: A Case Study at Los Angeles Harbor College

Evaluating Energy Storage Options: A Case Study at Los Angeles Harbor College

Clients: AECOM

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The Impacts of Climate Change on the Critical Inputs of the Dairy Industry

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Critical Inputs of the Dairy Industry

Faculty Advisors: James Frew

Clients: Innovation Center for US Dairy

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Assessing Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Options in Santa Barbara County

Assessing Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Options in Santa Barbara County

Group Members: Marina Feraud

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: The Sustainability Project, Peikert Group Architects, LLP

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Sustainable Visitorship at the Angeles National Forest: Strategies for Solid Waste Management

Sustainable Visitorship at the Angeles National Forest: Strategies for Solid Waste Management

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Roland Geyer

Clients: US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest

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Saving Nemo: Mariculture and Market-based Solutions to Reform the Marine Ornamental Trade

Saving Nemo: Mariculture and Market-based Solutions to Reform the Marine Ornamental Trade

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Olazul

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Impact of Sea Level Rise on Plant Species: A Threat Assessment for the Central California Coast

Impact of Sea Level Rise on Plant Species: A Threat Assessment for the Central California Coast

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Clients: US Fish and Wildlife Service - Ventura Office

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