Your Starting Point for Environmentalism at UCSB
AS Sustainability Policy
Check out these helpful guidelines for help in following the AS Sustainability Policy.
Our mission
The charge of the Environmental Affairs Board is to promote environmental, social, political, and economic sustainability. The Board serves UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding communities by coordinating with decision makers, local organizations, and student groups to advocate for improvements to environmental standards at the local, national and global level.
Additionally, the Board provides students with environmental education and encourages a culture of eco-friendly habits in order to shape their lives at UCSB and beyond.
Our mission
The charge of the Environmental Affairs Board is to promote environmental, social, political, and economic sustainability. The Board serves UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding communities by coordinating with decision makers, local organizations, and student groups to advocate for improvements to environmental standards at the local, national and global level.
Additionally, the Board provides students with environmental education and encourages a culture of eco-friendly habits in order to shape their lives at UCSB and beyond.
Our
mission
The charge of the Environmental Affairs Board is to promote environmental, social, political, and economic sustainability. The Board serves UC Santa Barbara and the surrounding communities by coordinating with decision makers, local organizations, and student groups to advocate for improvements to environmental standards at the local, national and global level.
Additionally, the Board provides students with environmental education and encourages a culture of eco-friendly habits in order to shape their lives at UCSB and beyond.
Want to Join Us?
Any UCSB student can join EAB! Just come to a meeting, volunteer event, or social activity, and you’re in! While we encourage members to attend our weekly meetings, this is not necessary for membership. We appreciate and welcome whatever level of commitment your schedule permits, and we strive to support our members through friendship, leadership development, service, and fun.
Come out and experience the many aspects of environmentalism with us! Meetings are held every Wednesday at 7 PM. To keep updated on EAB’s activities and any schedule changes, please sign up for our weekly newsletter.
Contact Us
eab@as.ucsb.edu
Current Activites
Local Environmental Advocacy
We often write letters or attend hearings to advocate for strong environmental policy. Most recently we have been very active in the effort to block the restart of the Plains All American oil pipeline that caused the Refugio Oil Spill in 2015. In the past, we have advocated against the proposal for new oil drilling in northern Santa Barbara County, advocated against the construction against a new gas plant in Oxnard, and have asked our county supervisors to remove the damaging rock wall at Goleta Beach.
Habitat Restoration
We volunteer with CCBER and Your Children’s Trees to do restoration on campus and learn more about plants and restoration efforts in the area. We also take special trips out to the Channel Islands to help with restoration out there. It’s a wonderful opportunity to explore the islands and see what California looked like before urbanization!
Adopt-A-Block
EAB regularly partners with Isla Vista Recreation and Parks to beautify Isla Vista. Armed with our high fashion neon vests and tangerine-colored grapplers, we scavenge high and low for the oddities found in the streets of IV. Help us keep IV clean as we take a relaxing stroll and pick up trash. Afterwards, enjoy FREE snacks provided by EAB!
Plastic Free Fair
We host the Plastic Free Fair every year to give students a chance to learn more about the damaging impacts of single use plastics and what we can do as individuals and as a community.
