Daniela Soleri has co-authored, with David A. Cleveland, and illustrated the 1991 bookFood from Dryland Gardens, on food gardening in arid areas. While a full-time professor, she worked and taught in risk assessment and decision-making in complex systems, environmental modeling, landscape ecology, land use impacts on water resources, and in integrating strategic solutions for natural resource systems. Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Public Opinion, Methodology. A current book project explores variation in the timing and content of carbon pricing policies across advanced economies, with particular attention to the role of carbon polluters in shaping climate policy outcomes.

She is currently working on projects directly related to the idea of sympatry, focusing on the necessary ecological elements in a sympatric speciation event and how behavioral trade-offs can allow for possible divergence events. One of the main goals she had in founding Terra Azul in Costa Rica was to collaborate in the effort to stop shark finning. Edward Keller has had a very productive career.

Lisa Stratton has been the Director of Ecosystem Management for UCSB's Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) since 2005. She prides herself in using her bicycle as a major source of transportation.

Professor Ken Hiltners passion is for both old books and imagining how they might be reinvented digitally. Nitrogen cycling under the snow may also be important in supplying nitrogen to plants. This involves students planning, teaching, and assessing a complete EE unit in a local placement and with an audience of their choosing. She currently conducts research at UC Sedgwick Reserve on community dynamics in oak woodlands. This perspective includes the development and application of techniques to estimate the effect size of ecological impacts and to ameliorate those impacts through scientifically rigorous restoration and conservation approaches.

She was trained in systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. Dr. Carrillo is a NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Departments of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara. Graces prior work examining these issues for California have led to changes in state-level energy planning that better integrate land use and conservation considerations. Dr. Tyler's research is in the field of plant ecology. Anthropology, Global Environment and Population Studies.

This research involves an attempt to explain and even quantify a process that is otherwise chaotic in appearance. John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also involved with the programs in Latin American and Iberian Studies, Global and International Studies, Environmental Studies, and the Bren School. He conducted the first wind energy study of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California and the nascent study of solar energy applications for the California Energy Commission following the 1973 oil embargo. Mona is a co-curator of the traveling exhibitionArab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual CultureandMultitudes: An Art Exhibit after #muslimban. Environmental and Resource Economics and Public Economics. General advising for all ES majors, Change of Major petitions. Stephanie specializes in bringing stakeholders together to define issues and create tools and alternative strategies that lead to resilient systems for communities seeking sustainable solutions. In addition, she has substantial experience with permit processing, implementation and administration of urban and regional design programs, and environmental document preparation for a range of industrial and large-scale commercial development projects. Hiltner is Director of the Environmental Humanities Center (EHC).

Over the past 15 years Wagner hasbeen researching and conserving sea turtles in both Costa Ricas Caribbean and Pacific coasts, while also supporting other projects related to responsible fisheries, community base conservation and marine resource management in Latin America. Dr. Matthea Cremers interests focus on gender and the environment. Feldwinn is part of the Chemistry Department's Fifth Grade Chemistry Outreach Program. He is particularly well-known both for his work on coupled environment-society systems in general and for his work on more specific topics, including resource-dependent communities, the social impacts of environmental and technological change, and risk analysis. VIII, Issue 1 (Fall 2007). Sea-level Rise and Vulnerability, Coastal and Land Use Policy, Environmental Planning,Rural Resource Management, Urban Planning, Graduate Studies in City Planning, San Diego State University, B.A., Environmental Studies and Business Economics, UC Santa Barbara, Social Equity Analysis Report - City of Los Angeles; Sea-level Rise and Vulnerability Assessment - City of Carpinteria; General Plan and Coastal Land Use Plan Update - City of Carpinteria; Agricultural Element Implementation - County of Santa Barbara; Gaviota Coastal Resource Inventory - County of Santa Barbara; Rural Regions Plan - County of Santa Barbara, Agricultural Element Implementation - County of Santa Barbara; Gaviota Coastal Resource Inventory - County of Santa Barbara; Rural Regions Plan - County of Santa Barbara; Toro Canyon Regional Plan - County of Santa Barbara; Carpinteria Greenhouse Study - County of Santa Barbara; County of Santa Cruz Cannabis Licensing Program EIR - County of Santa Cruz; County of Santa Barbara Cannabis Licensing Program EIR - County of Santa Barbara; City of Los Angeles Cannabis Licensing CEQA Documentation - City of Los Angeles; County of Santa Barbara Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Ordinance Amendment Program EIR, Sustainability Strategy, Goals, and Metrics, Technical Evaluation of Materials and Products, Program Development, and Sustainability Data Development, Ph.D., Environmental Health, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, A.B., Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Manny Kundu started teaching in the Environmental Studies Program in January 1988. MapRE tools continue to be used by researchers at the World Bank and other academic institutions for planning renewable energy deployment in several countries including Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan. Sustainable Land Use, Climate Change Mitigation, Renewable Energy Planning, Land Systems Science. As the manager of the campus lagoon and other open space areas on campus, she has been active in pursuing opportunities to improve water quality and provide habitat through bioswales and treatment wetlands. Campus activities: D'Antonio is on the oversight committee of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) and on the Science Advisory Committee for the North Campus Open Space restoration project. He felt that his learning was not complete until he was able to explain it to his students in a lucid manner. He became a trustee of The UCSB Foundation in 2000. Dr. Moret has assisted cities, tribes, utilities, non-profits, and private clients with sustainable development, watershed restoration, habitat recovery, water supply protection, open space planning, natural resources management and integration of environmental principles into development. His research on the hydrochemistry of springs, paleo-proxy data stored in groundwater, and methane emissions from hydrocarbon seepage illustrate this effort. In agriculture, local knowledge often reflects peoples goals and the realities of the environments they are working in. His research at UCSB focuses on the proposed reintroduction of grizzly bears to California. Dr. Keller is currently working on research that measures coastal erosion rates before, during and after El Nino (LiDAR), Environmental History, Oceans, History of Science. He has also investigated the reasons why the general public often does not trust scientists or scientific findings. Healso hasa strong passion for field science and outdoor education. His research seeks to understand Amazonian livelihoods and land uses in relation to political and economic drivers, but also to expand the view through attention to cultural factors, such as ideals of work, nature, and masculinity, as well as food and landscape preferences. She is active on the ES Planning Committee and the ES Bren-Joint Affairs Committee and the Greenhouse Committee. My research in active tectonics has centered on the western Transverse Ranges of southern California. She was also a UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow at the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis. Debra is a co-author of a textbook for undergraduate students that focuses on the challenges and opportunities surrounding our global water resources by providing a foundation in water science and policy. Winter is long and cold, but it is not biologically dead. For three years, Jolie was the Environmental Literacy Consultant for the UCSB Childrens Center and is currently the Lead Coordinator for UCSBs Student Wildlife Ambassador Program, a core member of UCSBs California Grizzly Research Network, and the Lead Developer for a conservation education group that develops project-based science curricula that meets NGSS standards. The objective of Schmitt's research is to understand general processes and mechanisms that influence (1) abundance and dynamics of populations and (2) species composition and diversity of communities. Prior to her doctoral studies she was a Research Associate at the World Policy Institute where she analyzed questions concerning the impact of extractive sector management on democracy, development and human rights in Africa. Her field course ES/EEMB 119, involves field trips each week to visit a variety of ecosystem and measure things about those systems. This work produced a series of essays and a book,After the Grizzly, published by UC Press in 2013. Alternatively, nutrient release from soil organic matter could enhance plant growth, making the Arctic a stronger sink for atmospheric CO2, and producing a negative feedback on climate. Environmental and Engineering Geology, and Geomorphology, B.A., Geology, California State University, Fresno, B.S., Mathematics, California State University, Fresno. Peter Alagona's research focuses on the histories of land use, natural resource management, environmental politics, and ecological science in the North American West and beyond. Cremers approach to teaching is truly interdisciplinary and, in every course, integrates elements of race, class, gender, and sustainability. Since arriving at UCSB in 2009, he has received several awards, including a National Science Foundation CAREER grant and the Harold J. Plous Award for the UCSB College of Letters and Sciences most outstanding junior faculty member. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UC Berkeley and a B.A.

CCBER promotes the teaching of diverse undergraduate courses in EEMB, Environmental Studies, and Geology. For a full list of publications, please visit Dr. Perrone'swebsite. Declining costs and increasing efficiencies of technologies including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), solar photovoltaics, battery storage, and induction cookstoves have the potential to provide access to clean energy services to those who lack access. Particularly, he is interested in concepts of race and space, and how these have been utilized by states. He uses historical accounts by Lewis and Clark and Henry David Thoreau to discuss the character of nature and the relationship between people and nature. Before joining the City, Matt supervised the Solid Waste and Recycling Programs for Monterey County from 2006-2010. His goal in this research is to understand why destructive environmental practices, particularly cattle raising, make sense from the perspective of different actors. Climate-Water-Energy Nexus in low carbon systems Dr. Seltmann'sresearch agenda is in the field of biodiversity informatics, or data science research of digitized natural history collection records, arthropod diversity in restoration habitats, and expanding the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) educational impact of restoration natural areas and natural history collections. Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Economic Theory. As Director of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, Dr. Seltmann directs theirthree main research and programmatic areas collections management, education, and restoration. After earning his PhD at UCLA in 2006, Professor Alagona completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and Stanford universities. As a Postdoctoral Scholar at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, she studied the potential of sustainable offshore aquaculture. Helene K. Gardner, received her Ph.D. in environmental toxicology from the University of Rochester in 1987. His graduate studies on the Hudson River and, more recently, his research on Aquifer Storage and Recovery in California and aspects of the study on natural marine hydrocarbon seepage are examples of this effort. Ranjits projects have focused on countries in eastern and southern Africa and in India. He has served in a variety of planning advisory roles for cities and counties throughout California, including the County of Ventura, the County of Santa Barbara, and the City of Santa Barbara. Professor Claudia Tyler joined the CCS biology faculty in 2004, and has taught or co-taught a range of classes in the college, including Introductory Biology, Field Studies in Ecology, Natural History of Central California Coast Ranges (Walking Biology), Conservation Ecology, Ethical Issues in Science, and Physiology of Stress. Dr. David Clevelands research focuses on small-scale, sustainable agriculture and its role in responding to climate change, resource scarcities, new technologies, and demands for social justice. Darby joined the UCSB faculty in 2009. in chemistry from Caltech, an M.S.

In her free time, she is a basket maker especially exploring the use of natural materials available in the local environment. His second book,Rise Up! Jason Benedict is an Assistant Research Specialist who joined CEL in January 2018. Water Resources Engineering, Groundwater Science and Policy, 2014 Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2010 M.S., Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2008 B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. In addition, CCBER houses regionally focused collections of terrestrial plants, algae, and vertebrates, as well as an extensive plant anatomy collection. He is the author with Daniel Botkin of a very successful textbook on Environmental Science (with the same name). She also maintains a site in Sedgwick grasslands that are part of the International Drought Experiment (https://wp.natsci.colostate.edu/droughtnet/activities/international-drou). Ranjit co-leads the development of the Multi-criteria Analysis for Planning Renewable Energy (MapRE) platform an open-source data and tools platform, which enables the identification and valuation of spatially-explicit, cost-effective but environmentally and socially sustainable wind and solar resources across large geographical regions. He is an author on some 100 articles in international journals, governmental reports and professional volumes. His research interests are the hazards and risks of oil and marine operations in the Santa Barbara Channel. Marine Ecology, Aquaculture,Fisheries, Climate Change,Ecological Modeling,Data Science,Environmental Physiology and Behavior,Social science, Ph.D., Marine Ecology & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, B.S., Animal Biology, University of California, Davis. His latest book is Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture (2014, University of California Press).

Mona Damlujiis Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Peabody and Emmy Award-nominated producer of the short documentary seriesThe Secret Life of Muslims. Dr. Montague has conducted research in several African countries including Nigeria, Niger, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, as well as extensive research in Paris on race, social movements and economic inequality. She volunteers in her childrens schools and is a member of the Executive Board for the Wilderness Youth Project. It took several years, but shark fining was eventually banned. She is author of Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology, and Natural Selection, and Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World, and co-editor of a collection of interdisciplinary essays on the life and work of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, titled Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge.

Emmett Interdisciplinary Program for Environment and Resources, Rising Voices: Climate Resilience through Indigenous and Earth Sciences, Chancellor's message onWilliam Freudenburg, IHC Research Focus Group on Re-centering Energy Justice, the transport of water and dissolved material in groundwater, surface waters, and the coastal ocean, gas exchange across the air-water interface. To improve educational opportunities for K-12 students, the program brings fifth grade students to the chemistry lab at UCSB every Thursday morning to participate in hands-on standards-based physical science activities. His nonacademic career has stretched from field botany in the Sierra Nevada to climate policy analysis and advocacy in Washington, DC. Environmental Law, Environmental Policy and Litigation, B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Land Use and Planning Law (state and local laws relating to planning and permitting)How States Can Affect Federal Deepwater Port LNG Licensing Decisions: A Case Study Involving the Deepwater Port Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act, Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal, Symposium Edition, Vol. Environmental History, History of Science, Wildlife and Endangered Species, and California, Ph.D., History, University of California, Los Angeles M.A., History, University of California Los Angeles M.A., Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., History, Northwestern University. This became the subject for her PhD in Educationstudying the UCSB Elementary Teacher Education Program as a Learning Organization and how change develops, is managed, and sustained. By combining remote sensing and econometrics,I have quantified the impacts of nonstate governance in diverse production systems including Chile's timber sector and palm oil production in Southeast Asia. All Rights Reserved. She completed her Ph.D. in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley with professor Isha Ray. She taught Environmental Law classes at the Santa Barbara College of Law and UCSB Extension before becoming an Instructor in the E.S. This project is part of the ATLAS (Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System) program; a component of the NSF Polar Programs, Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions program. Research interests lie in the general field of aqueous geochemistry and center on: These questions are examined using experiments conducted by introducing chemical tracers into the water bodies, plus analysis of flow patterns, residence times, and mixing rates inferred from the distribution of natural and anthropogenic tracers. His research and teaching interests include human-wildlife interactions and conflicts, wildlife ecology and conservation biology, human dimensions of wildlife research, environmental justice, geospatial analysis, and ecopoetry. During the 1980s, he led a seminal delegation of wind energy experts to advise the Chinese government on how to initialize a large-scale wind energy effort that has become a major underpinning of todays rapid advance in Chinas wind power development. A study of immigrant and working class laborers and environmental justice activists who pushed Silicon Valley companies to become more attentive to demands for sustainability, environmental justice, and occupational safety and health, Ph.D., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, M.S.., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, M.Phil., Zoology, University of Cambridge. Former UCSB ES Program Lecturer--now newly hired as the ES Program's first (LPSOE)Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in the area of environmental chemistry, pollution and toxicology. He also wrote and advised widely on topics pertaining to the training of social and development workers, critically evaluating the inception and practice of development research in Africa. How much of their success is through changing soil conditions? Dr. Chadwick is a joint professor in the Geography Department and Environmental Studies Program at UCSB.