Polar Plunge wraps up the 2023 fall quarter
The first of many polar plunges occurred this past weekend as part of an ELI project, led by ELI student, Lior Kishinevsky, to raise awareness and hope for the planet. Stay tuned for the next one to welcome 2024 and learn how you can get involved.
Continue ReadingPolar Plunge wraps up the 2023 fall quarterLitter Free IV: ELI Students for a Cleaner Community
This raccoon graphic will soon welcome visitors to Devereux Beach and remind them to pack in or pack out, or at least use provided trash receptacle, thanks to ELI students, Sophia Glover and Dani Bier (ELI Class of 2023), who tackled the IV pollution problem with a new trash can near the entrance to Devereux Beach.
Continue ReadingLitter Free IV: ELI Students for a Cleaner CommunityUC More Bats: ELI Students Bring Bats to Campus
ELI students, Shannon Carew and Fiona Jeweler, get their hands dirty, bringing native plants to the North Campus Open Space to restore the site to help declining bat populations.
Continue ReadingUC More Bats: ELI Students Bring Bats to CampusLow and Slow: Fashion the Sustainable Way
ELI students, Ellah Foster and Vincent Cuenco (2022-2023), created digital magazine—Low and Slow—focused on the Isla Vista’ slow fashion scene, clothing sustainability, style, and everything in between.
Continue ReadingLow and Slow: Fashion the Sustainable WayThe Great Outdoors: ELI Students Develop Green Study Space
Finding a decent spot in the library is a struggle known to all Gauchos. Any lack of seating in Davidson is only part of the issue, though–why isn’t there adequate seating outside? ELI students Isabella Puchkova (Environmental Studies BS, ‘24) and Erica Kinsel (Environmental Studies BA, ‘25) sought to remedy the lack of outdoor study spaces on campus by installing a green study space for all UCSB students to enjoy.
Continue ReadingThe Great Outdoors: ELI Students Develop Green Study SpaceClimate Convos: Addressing Eco-Anxiety and Climate Grief
ELI student (2022-2023), Danica Kern, brings Climate Convos, a student club where members can discuss emotions associated with caring deeply for the planet, to the UCSB campus.
Continue ReadingClimate Convos: Addressing Eco-Anxiety and Climate GriefELI Student Brings Sustainable Reading to Campus
Communications major, Shoshana Medved, brings little free libraries to the UCSB residence halls to promote book sharing and sustainability.
“Free little libraries”--small boxes filled with donated books from neighborhood residents–are often an iconic and quaint facet of any neighborhood, including our very own Isla Vista. However, there were no free little libraries on the UCSB Campus, a significant lapse considering a large portion of students opt to live in residence halls rather than in Isla Vista.
Continue ReadingELI Student Brings Sustainable Reading to CampusELI Students Give Tools for Financial Wellness
ELI Students, Lisa Tobin and Ethan Takekawa, create Sustainable Investing and Financial Literacy Workshops
Continue ReadingELI Students Give Tools for Financial WellnessELI Student Creates the Sustainable Food Studies Lab
Sustainable Food Studies Lab: Student-led Food Access and Autonomy at UCSB
ELI student Lily Melendez (‘22-’23) leads hands-on sustainable food studies lab, covering food systems, nutrition, and sustainability through the lens of student empowerment
Continue ReadingELI Student Creates the Sustainable Food Studies Lab2023 ELI Capstone Event
We are excited to announce our annual Environmental Leadership Incubator (ELI) Capstone event will be happening next week, Friday, June 2, from 12-2 pm in Bren 4016 (or via zoom).
ELI students have worked hard all year on environmental leadership projects either individually or in groups of 2-3 students. Please join us in celebrating their hard work and successes at this Capstone event as they share their goals, efforts, and environmental impact of their undergraduate environmental leadership projects.
Continue Reading2023 ELI Capstone EventELI Application is Open
To watch a recorded ELI Information Session, visit us here.
Do you want to join this cool group? Do you want to start making an environmental impact as an undergraduate student? If yes, then apply today to join the Environmental Leadership Incubator's 2023-2024 Cohort.
Continue ReadingELI Application is OpenELI Students in the News
ELI alum are in the news for their ELI project turned art installation.
The Current recently published an article about ELI Alum, Lukas Kraak and Noah Weiss', art exhibit Anthroterra. Anthroterra aims to ignite change through art. The new library installation at the UCSB library attempt to "spark serious thinking about human impacts on the environment."
Read more at The Current.
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