Cultivating leaders to turn big environmental ideas into reality

Have you ever wondered how you can turn an idea into a great project, how you can play a critical role in tackling today’s environmental challenges, or how you can inspire and motivate a team? 

The Environmental Leadership Incubator (ELI) is a nine-month program that trains undergraduate students to become environmental leaders. The ELI program is organized around student-initiated projects that seek to implement positive environmental change. It combines coursework and leadership skills training in the fall quarter, with project implementation and mentorship by real world professionals in the winter and spring quarters.

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ELI Student Creates a Tidepooling Guide to Foster Marine Conservation

An ELI student created a waterproof tidepooling field guide to inspire conservation of marine biodiversity. Using the guide, she has been leading educational tidepooling trips in Santa Barbara. The tidepool guide is available for free the Santa Barbara Visitors Center and used by the Hollister Ranch Tide Pool School's educational programming. 

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