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The Campus Flora Project has been awarded a third year of funding from the Elvenia Slosson Foundation. Project Manager, Bree Belyea, and Lindsey Salzman, undergraduate assistant, will continue to georeference, identify and photograph plants on campus. The Campus Flora website and interactive web map have been launched and will be continually updated to reflect additional data gathered throughout year three. The web map can be viewed and downloaded via the Campus Flora website. The web map is hosted and supported by Spatial@UCSB, a research center within the Geography department. The Campus Flora project also received a 2008 Goleta Valley Beautiful Award in the open category at a reception on May 3, 2008.
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF): CCBER brings sustainability to the office! The Green Initiative Fund at UC Santa Barbara awarded CCBER funding to install photovoltaic panels on the roof of the Cheadle Center classroom that will supply 30-40% of our energy needs. TGIF is funded by the students of UCSB through quarterly lock-in fees to promote sustainability on campus. We will be installing a 7.6 Kw system, including real-time, web-based monitoring of energy production, interpretive signage, and we will hire a student intern to oversee the installation, enhance educational aspects of the project, and manage the waste stream. CCBER is also one of the next 25 campus buildings being considered for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for existing buildings (LEED-EB) rating.
Kids in Nature received Faculty Outreach Grant (FOG) funding to include two 5th grade classes from the Cesar Chavez School in the KIN program during 2008-09. In addition, a donation from Bernward and Doris Thorsch will provide support for another local 5th grade class. KIN program provides each classroom with a total of eleven educational activities to CCBER, the Marine Science Institute's REEF program, Coal Oil Point Reserve, and Arroyo Hondo Preserve allowing the students to work closely with the KIN staff for an in-depth and sustained educational experience.
Coastal Fund Grants: The Coastal Fund and CCBER are teaming up again to enhance coastal resources at UCSB. The Coastal Fund, a student run and funded granting foundation, is providing full or partial funding for five CCBER projects including a proposed stairway up the eroded bluff from Campus Beach to Campus Point, to water quality monitoring in our newest storm water management system at the San Clemente Village housing project.
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| Students will be able to learn more about their environment and how to share their knowledge through a new education program and four new interpretive signs at the Campus Lagoon. Most importantly, the Coastal Fund staff will be continuing work initiated in 2003 by adding another device to divert trash that regularly collects in an Isla Vista storm drain from the protected East Storke Wetland. CCBER greatly appreciates our partnership with Coastal Fund as it enables us to better extend our mandate to the students and community of UCSB. |
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| Proposed stairway up the eroded bluff
from Campus Beach to Campus Point. |
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