#22 January 8, 2026
Eric Zimmerman
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IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DATES:
January 13th ES
Internship
Info Session on Tuesday from 2:00-3:15 in Bren 4016
View Winter Quarter Registration Deadlines at:
https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/calendars/quarterly-deadlines
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ES ADVISING AVAILABILITY
If
you need ES Advising assistance with preparing your Winter 2026
schedule, first
try our Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) page for answers to many common
questions.
Students are also welcome to:
· Email questions to advi...@es.ucsb.edu and we will do our best to respond as soon as possible (normally 1-2 business days).
· Schedule a remote Zoom appointment with an ES advisor using the Schedule Appointment link on the ES Advising webpage. Appointments are generally available M-R 9:00-11:45 am and 3:00-4:00 pm. and all-day Friday.
· Or, come to our Drop-in Office Hours in Bren Hall 4312 on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1-4pm.
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INDEX:
1) ENROLL
IN ENVS 190
this Winter!!! Theme is “Exploring Environmental
Careers and Pathways”
designed to help explore the wide range of professional
paths in the
environmental field and chart your own course.
- First lecture is this Friday, in 11-12:15, ILP 1302
2) Earn
Academic Credit
for an Environmental Internship this Quarter!
ES Internship
Information
Session: Learn what, why,
when and how
to secure
an Environmental
Internship AND Receive Credit through ENVS 192!
- TUESDAY, January
13th,
2:00-315 in Bren 4016
3) Volunteer Opportunity with UCSB’s Your Children's Trees
- Friday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm
and Saturday
mornings from
9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm
4) Winter Quarter Volunteer Opportunities with IVRPD
5) YouTube
contest for
students to raise awareness of how gasoline
turns to CO2. Hosted by Earth News
and Santa Barbara Studios
who make environmental videos for social media! Win
$1,000!
6) PAID
Data Intern
positions open with UCSB's National Center
for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis (NCEAS)
7) Application for Farmlink's Paid Food Systems Summer Fellowship
8) Grad
School: MS in Energy,
Technology, and Policy at Cal
Poly
Humboldt - Fellowships available
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CONTENT:
1) ENROLL IN ENVS 190 this
Winter!!! Theme is
“Exploring Environmental Careers and Pathways” designed to help
explore
the wide range of professional paths in the environmental field
and chart your
own course.
- First lecture is this Friday, in 11-12:15, ILP 1302
Wondering how to turn your passion for the planet into a
meaningful career?
This course helps you explore the wide range of professional paths
in the
environmental field and chart your own course. Through guest
speakers, hands-on
activities, and real-world case studies, you’ll discover how
people across
sectors are addressing today’s most pressing environmental
challenges—and where
your skills and values can make a difference.
You’ll identify your strengths, clarify your goals, and develop practical career tools, including networking strategies, informational interviewing techniques, and resume-building tips. Learn directly from UCSB experts, alumni, and environmental professionals who are shaping the future of sustainability.
Environmental careers discussed in Winter 2026 may include environmental law, consulting and planning, environmental writing and communication, and regenerative economics. By the end of the course, you’ll have expanded your network, honed your professional toolkit, and gained a clearer sense of your place in the global movement for a more sustainable future.
This class is ideal for students from any major who are interested in exploring environmental career options after graduation. Offered by the Greti U. Croft Center for Undergraduate Environmental Leadership (CUEL) in collaboration with the UCSB Environmental Studies Program.
Time and Location: Fridays 11-12:15, ILP 1302
Professor: Dr. Erika Zollett
Credit and Grading: 1 credit; Pass/No Pass
Can be taken up to three times for credit!
Lecture Schedule:
Week 1 - Networking/EcoGauchos/Info Interviews (how to send email)
Week 2 - LinkedIn (Jake Castellanos - Career Services)
Week 3 - Mock Employment Simulation (Miya Scheble - Bren)
Week 4 - Job Search (Dave Parker - Bren)
Week 5 - Resume (Gina Genova - Writing Program)
Week 6 - Cover letter ((Miya Scheble - Bren)
Week 7 - Interviews & Salary Negotiations (Kristi Birney -
Rincon
Consultants)
Week 8 - Career Panel and Mock Interviews (optional) – Various
Week 9 - Finding your Fit (Eric Zimmerman - ES)
Week 10 - Graduate School Panel (Bren students)
All lectures are open to the general student population and one
does not have
to enroll in ENVS 190 to attend any of these lectures. Offered concurrently with
UCSB’s Greti U.
Croft Center for
Undergraduate
Environmental Leadership (CUEL).
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2) Earn Academic Credit
for an
Environmental Internship this Quarter!
ES Internship
Information
Session: Learn what, why,
when and how
to secure
an Environmental
Internship AND Receive Credit through ENVS 192!
- TUESDAY, January
13th,
2:00-315 in Bren 4016
This
session is dedicated to help you learn more about internships, how
to secure one,
and how to earn academic credit through the Environmental Studies
Internship
Program. Hosted by the ES Internship Coordinator, he will cover
everything you
need to know about internships and how to get one and earn
academic credit.
If you can’t attend this in-person session you can visit the ES Internship Webpage
for more info
or watch the recording of a recent ESIP Info Session by clicking
on the link
provided on the right side of this webpage under "Current Quarter
Info."
Questions about the ESIP should be emailed to advi...@es.ucsb.edu. Students
are
also welcome to book an
appointment
with the academic advising team to discuss how to find
internships and
what appropriate internships would meet their learning
objectives.
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3) Volunteer
Opportunity with UCSB’s Your Children's Trees
- Friday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm and Saturday mornings from 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm
UCSB Your Children’s Trees at UCSB is a campus organization conducting native species restoration and planting projects throughout the community. We are dedicated to educating the public about the benefits of urban forests and the importance of planting native trees in our communities. We are also part of a broader community non-profit, Your Children’s Trees, which provides urban forestry educational and technical support to the Santa Barbara County area.
Our tree planting and growing grounds events occur on Friday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm and Saturday mornings from 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm. These events involve planting trees and/or tree care at and around UCSB and local elementary/middle schools. No experience is necessary!
If interested in attending any of these events, register using this Google Form.
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4) Winter Quarter
Volunteer Opportunities with IVRPD
I am Leila Dagan, the Stewardship Coordinator for the Isla Vista
Recreation and
Park District.
I am reaching out to invite you to our upcoming volunteer opportunities for Winter Quarter! We have 7 Stewardship Saturdays, all from 11am-1pm that offer a variety of tasks within our parks. We also have weekly volunteer opportunities in our Estero Park Demonstration Garden Plot, on Thursdays from 11am-1pm. I have attached the flyers and signup link to this email.
I hope to see you there, and would appreciate if you could spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
IVRPD: Winter Quarter Stewardship Schedule 2026
Questions, contact: lda...@ivparks.org
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5) YouTube contest for
students to raise awareness of how gasoline turns to CO2. Hosted
by Earth News
and Santa Barbara Studios who make environmental videos for social
media! Win
$1,000!
Create a One-Minute Climate Video Contest and win up to $1,000!
Help raise awareness about how drivers emit lots of CO2 whenever
they burn gas!
Visit https://earthnewsglobal.com or visit the attached flyer for
more info.
Deadline s January 31, 2026!
Questions, contact Earth News <earth.n...@gmail.com>
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6) PAID Data Intern
positions open with UCSB's National Center for Ecological Analysis
and
Synthesis (NCEAS)
Join our team of student interns! The National Center for
Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis (NCEAS; www.nceas.ucsb.edu),
a global leader in ecological research, is currently hiring
graduate and
undergraduate student interns for part-time work this academic
year. Have fun
learning new data management tools as you document and archive
important ecological,
physical, and social data from research projects focused on
environmental
issues (e.g.: climate, fisheries, wildlife, geochemistry, etc.) in
Alaska and
the Arctic. Work for these projects includes collaborative data
management,
data quality assurance, metadata creation, data transformation and
formatting,
and data entry to facilitate open, reproducible science.
These positions involve communication with scientists from around the world for the purposes of data acquisition, formatting, and metadata creation to contribute to the NSF
Arctic Data Center data catalog. Access to databases and database tools involves a close working relationship with NCEAS' software engineers and scientific programmers. Additionally, interns may test and provide feedback on new infrastructure.
Requirements:
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Experience or interest in data management and/or analysis
- Careful attention to detail
- Ability to learn new tools quickly
- Ability to work well both independently and as a team member
Desirable qualifications:
- Experience using R or Python
- Background or interest in ecology or environmental science
- Familiarity with metadata, geospatial data
- Experience with data table operations, formatting, and metadata creation
We’re looking for undergraduate and graduate students to help us complete this work on-site or remotely. Please be willing to dedicate 10-15 hours per week and be able to work until the
end of the school year. NCEAS is a UCSB research center. Full time students working in other UCSB departments more than 5 hours per week must secure written permission from their academic advisor to be eligible.
Internships are paid $16/hr (undergrads) or $18/hr (grads). We strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply.
To apply, please attach a cover letter stating your interest in being a part of our team, along with a resume or CV, in an email to datainterns...@nceas.ucsb.edu. We will be
reviewing applications on a rolling basis. We will not be able to reply to every application, but will begin sending out interview requests by a week after the deadline. Please apply by January 22, 2026 to be considered in our first round of application review
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7) Application for
Farmlink's Paid Food Systems Summer Fellowship
The Farmlink Project, a national
nonprofit connecting
the billions of lbs of food that would otherwise go to waste on
farms to
communities in need. We host the FIELD fellowship to empower young
people to
work at the front lines of the food system and design solutions to
sustainably
feed everyone. It includes a paid 10 week immersive internship
with an industry
partner, working hands-on to deeply understand problems and design
solutions. I
would love to share the opportunity with students in your network.
FIELD is a dynamic nine-month work-study fellowship open to a select group of students who are motivated to making a difference in the food system. The goal of
Farmlink’s fellowship is to introduce leaders, new ideas, and build a community of changemakers year after year. We are building a cohort of dedicated students who are
bought into building community, action
oriented, and willing
to make the most out of the program.
Immersion is at the heart of FIELD. Fellows spend their summers at the frontline of the food system, to learn by doing then design and implement impactful solutions tied to
Farmlink’s mission of feeding people with the
food we
already grow. The program culminates in a summit attended by a
network of Farmlink
Project alums, donors, investors, partners, and research
collaborators excited to
see these projects & these fellows continue to drive
meaningful change.
The impact of FIELD is three fold: the projects
developed
during the program, scaling of promising projects, and ultimately
what you go on to do as a
food system leader.
Eligibility: Our program
is designed for
undergraduate students, however, people who have are pursuing a
graduate degree
are welcome to apply. This program is not open to high school
students. If you
have questions about your eligibility, please reach out.
Stipend: To accommodate
the full-time,
in-person demands of the summer, The Farmlink Project provides a
$6,000 living
stipend and covers travel and relocation expenses for those moving
to a new
destination for Phase 2. During Phase 3, we offer a needs-based
stipend. We
understand that project development work may take time away from
other paid
opportunities, and we aim to ensure participants can fully commit
to the program
without financial stress.
See attached PDF for more info or to apply click
here!
For additional questions please reach out to our program director,
stell...@farmlinkproject.org
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8) Grad School: MS in Energy, Technology, and
Policy at Cal
Poly Humboldt - Fellowships available
I'm reaching out to let you know about an exciting opportunity that might be a fit for some of your students or recent graduates. Cal Poly Humboldt, on California's beautiful north coast, is accepting applications for our MS degree in Energy Technology & Policy. Students in the program, many of whom work at the Schatz Energy Research Center, learn to combine technical expertise with an interdisciplinary understanding of the economic, social, and environmental dimensions that shape decisions in energy systems and climate change.
Recent examples of student work have
included concrete contributions
to:
- Climate-resilient microgrids for tribal communities
- Design and impacts of offshore wind development
- The nexus of forest management, wildfire, climate, and energy systems
- Expanding energy access in off-grid areas of emerging economies
and much, much more!
Fellowship applications are now open, and see attached flyer or learn more at envsys.humboldt.edu
-- Eric D. Zimmerman (he/him) Student Services Manager, Lecturer Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara To schedule a Zoom advising appointment visit: https://tinyurl.com/8nrcckds "Work Hard ~ Play Harder!"
