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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Creative Use for All (CUfA) Redistributes Excess Arts and Crafts Supplies

An ELI student created Creative Use for All (CUfA), a program that redistributes donated arts and crafts supplies to make creative materials more accessible while reducing waste. Through donation boxes across campus and Isla Vista, the project diverted over 10 pounds of supplies from landfills and gave students free access to materials. CUfA is working toward opening a permanent campus location.

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