#12 Nov. 7th, 2025
Eric Zimmerman
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IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES:
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INDEX:
1) UCSB
ENV
LECTURE: Join ENVS 190 for
a
conversation with proud UCSB
alumna Dayna Quanbeck, President
of Rothy’s—the sustainable
fashion brand
known for turning recycled materials into stylish footwear and
accessories.
- Wednesday, November 12th, in Buchanan 1910
- Free and open to the UCSB community!
2) UCSB
CUEL Career
Event: Change-Making Storytelling Through Social Media Campaigns
- Friday, November 14, 2025 from 2- 4 pm in Bren 4016
3) Sunrise
UCSB is
back! Sunrise is a national movement with hubs all over the
country,
filled
with young people who are passionate about climate change, and
what it means
for our world going forward. We are looking for new members!
4) The
UCSB Wildlife
Society Club next event is Bird Watching with David Kisner
- November 12th 4:00-6:30, UCSB Commencement Green
5) Peace
Sticks UCSB
— Community Flow & Environmental Connection Event
– A student project
stared in ENVS 195 ELI course!
- Nov. 8–9, 11am–3pm | 📍 Stow Grove Park, Goleta
6) Volunteers Needed: Environmental Defense Center Maria Ygnacio Creek Clean-Up (Nov 15)
7) Aspen Environmental Consulting Group Student Scholarships!
8) LOCAL JOBS! Santa
Barbara’s Wilderness Youth Project
is HIRING multiple team
members!
9) 2026
NRDC Climate has
launched the fifth annual NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship,
which
supports screenwriters with new perspectives on climate change by
offering
financial grants and creative support.
GRADUATE SCHOOL POSTS:
10) Thinking of Graduate
School? Check
out MS in Energy, Technology, and
Policy at Cal Poly Humboldt - Fellowships
available
11) Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at University of California, Irvine
12) A
One-Year Law
Degree for STEM Majors - the Master
of Science in Law (MSL)
at Northwestern Pritzker School of
Law.
13) Applications
for
F26 now open for Masters degree in Environmental Policy
and Management program
at UC Davis
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CONTENT:
1) UCSB
ENV
LECTURE: Join ENVS 190 for
a
conversation with proud UCSB alumna Dayna Quanbeck, President
of Rothy’s—the sustainable
fashion brand
known for turning recycled materials into stylish footwear and
accessories.
- Wednesday, November 12th, in Buchanan 1910
- Free and open to the UCSB community!
Join us for a dynamic conversation with very
proud UCSB
alumna Dayna Quanbeck (Business/Econ '01), President of Rothy’s -
a sustainable
fashion brand with a deep
commitment to sustainability and renowned for
transforming recycled materials into stylish footwear and
accessories - as she
shares her career journey, leadership insights, and lessons from
the
intersection of business, sustainability, and innovation.
With over 20 years in the consumer, retail, and apparel industries, Dayna Quanbeck serves as President, COO, and CFO of Rothy’s, overseeing finance, strategy, technology, and global growth. She helped lead the company’s $1 billion valuation in 2021.
Previously, she held leadership roles at Charlotte Russe and worked in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch after earning her MBA from UCLA Anderson. A licensed CPA, she serves on the Boards of Rothy’s and GLO Pharma, and is active in nonprofit and youth advocacy as founder of Ready, Set, Safe!
A native Californian, she lives in San Francisco with her four children.
See attached Event Flier!
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2) UCSB CUEL Career
Event: Change-Making Storytelling Through Social Media Campaigns
- Friday, November 14, 2025 from 2- 4 pm in Bren 4016
Want to be a social media rockstar who makes a positive impact on
our
planet?
Join us for a two-hour workshop on crafting engaging content for social media campaigns that drive positive change. This event is brought to you by the Greti U. Croft Center for Undergraduate Environmental Leadership (CUEL).
We’ll start by exploring the lens through which we approach social media storytelling: Are we truth-seekers, revealing reality with honesty? Or truth-stretchers, shaping narratives for emotional or persuasive effect?
Put these ideas into practice through a hands-on session, developing templates for real-world campaigns with real impact. Visit our website for more information in Evan Pondel. Snacks will be provided! See attached flier!
RSVP here!
Add this event to your calendar
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3) Sunrise UCSB is
back! Sunrise is a national movement with hubs all over the
country, filled
with young people who are passionate about climate change, and
what it means
for our world going forward. We are looking for new members!
If you’re familiar with The Green New Deal (a plan to transition America to 100% renewable energy, guarantee living-wage green jobs for everyone, and guarantee a more just and fair future for everyone), that was created by Sunrise!
The UCSB hub disbanded a couple years ago, but we’re back and ready to get to work. This Friday, November 7th, we’re hosting a teach-in/art build in Girvetz 2127 from 3:00-5:00. We’ll be making protest signs for anyone to take home, and do a short lesson about the historical success of student movements, the intersectionality of climate change, and what we plan to work on this year. We’ll have free donuts, painting supplies, and a good time!
If you’re planning to show up, (or even just
thinking about
it) please fill out this super short form so we know how much
food to get! And,
if you’re interested but can’t make it, share your email with us here
so we can
reach out to you about future events. We can’t wait to see you
there!
Questions, contact Meghan Malone <m_ma...@ucsb.edu>
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4) The UCSB Wildlife
Society Club next event is Bird Watching with David Kisner
- November 12th 4:00-6:30, UCSB Commencement Green
See attached flier if interested in this event of attending our general meeting from 5:30-6:30 on the same day in Bren Hall 1510. For more info contact Summer Baars <summe...@ucsb.edu>
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5) Peace Sticks UCSB
— Community Flow & Environmental Connection Event – A student
project
stared in ENVS 195 ELI course!
- Nov. 8–9, 11am–3pm | 📍 Stow Grove Park, Goleta
Peace Sticks UCSB — Flow, Connection & Nature Immersion
Join Peace Sticks UCSB—a former Environmental Leadership Incubator project—for a weekend of mindful movement, music, and community connection in nature.
📅 Nov. 8–9, 11am–3pm | 📍 Stow Grove Park, Goleta
Experience play, peace, and environmental awareness through this collaborative, flow-state practice.
✨ Scholarships available | RSVP: ShineR...@gmail.com | WorldPeaceTribe.com
Instagram: @worldpeacetribe @peacesticksucsb
Flyer attached below for visuals.
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6) Volunteers Needed:
Environmental Defense Center Maria Ygnacio Creek Clean-Up (Nov 15)
This event will be a great opportunity for Environmental Studies
students and
community members alike!
Litter washing into the stream threatens wildlife in the creek and ocean. By volunteering, you'll be helping the Environmental Defense Center (EDC), City of Goleta, County Project Clean Water, and SB Channelkeeper clean the creek. This is impactful work—volunteers removed 7,180 pounds of trash from Goleta creeks in 2024!
Maria Ygnacio Creek Clean-Up Details
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Meet at the corner of Ribera Drive and Matorral Way (where the Maria Ygnacio Bike Path crosses under Highway 101).
Please note that participants should wear closed-toed shoes, a long sleeve shirt, and pants, and should bring water.
For More Info and to RSVP (Volunteers Needed!)
Contact: Brian Trautwein
Email: BTrau...@EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org
Phone: (805) 963-1622 ext. 108
Students can also RSVP by scanning the QR code on the attached flyer. Don't miss this last chance to participate this season!
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7) Aspen Environmental
Consulting Group Student Scholarships!
Aspen Environmental Group is an environmental consulting firm with offices in the Inland Empire, Agoura Hills, San Francisco, and Sacramento. We are offering scholarships to support college students interested in environmentally related topics.
Scholarship applications are due by November 30, 2025. The monetary awards will be up to $3,000 per scholarship recipient.
2025 Environmental Profession Student Scholarship
Aspen Environmental Group is an environmental consulting firm with offices in the Inland Empire, Agoura Hills, San Francisco, and Sacramento. We provide a variety of services in the environmental compliance field, including Environmental Impact Assessments, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, and Air Quality and Climate Services. Please visit our website at http://www.aspeneg.com/ to learn more about us.
Aspen Environmental Group supports students who are actively engaged in the pursuit of a career in a field with an environmental emphasis. As part of our support efforts, we are offering scholarships to support college students interested in environmentally related topics. Aspen’s scholarship is intended to promote and encourage meaningful growth within our profession to better tackle environmental challenges within the communities where we live, work, and serve.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
The monetary awards will be up to $3,000 per scholarship recipient (with a total of $5,000 awarded). The award can be used for educational pursuits including tuition, books, school supplies, research, etc. Recipients will receive a check in their name from Aspen Environmental Group. Each scholarship recipient will also be invited to attend a virtual lunch with Aspen’s senior environmental staff to learn about their careers and establish professional connections.
WHO CAN APPLY
Aspen Environmental Group will accept applications from incoming or current college students in undergraduate or graduate programs, with demonstrated financial need, attending any college in California, and who are interested in pursuing a college/university education in environmentally related topics to support a future career in environmental work. Students from all schools are encouraged to apply. Employees of Aspen Environmental Group and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.
HOW TO APPLY
Students are required to complete the application form attached to this notice. In addition, current high school or college transcripts, and an essay are required. Completed applications must be e-mailed to AspenStude...@aspeneg.com by November 30, 2025.
See attached document for application info!
If you have questions regarding this program, please send questions to AspenStude...@aspeneg.com
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8) LOCAL JOBS! Santa
Barbara’s Wilderness Youth Project
is HIRING multiple team
members!
WYP fosters a life-long love of learning through outdoor experiences. Time in nature makes kids happier, healthier, and smarter. Wilderness Youth Project connects kids to nature in small groups guided by inspired, skilled, and committed mentors and volunteers. Mentors meet youth during the school day, after school, and summer for programs in different ecosystems throughout our area.
WYP aims to make nature available for all children, from preschool through high school. We make scholarships and subsidized community programs available because cost should not be a barrier to experiencing nature. At the heart of WYP is a belief that connection to the land is a birthright that belongs to all people from the beginning of time.
Learn more on our website here.
WYP is hiring for 3 positions: 2 Program Managers and for Receptionist & Registration Coordinator
(see below for
more details). This is a significant opportunity for WYP to
identify the
next stellar candidates to join our team.
Click on the links above to view complete job descriptions
and then
follow the instructions to apply!
Applications are due NOW and being accepted till the positions are
filled.
Questions, contact Sharon Buczaczer at jo...@wyp.org
or 805-964-8069 ext. 105
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9) 2026 NRDC Climate has
launched the fifth annual NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship,
which
supports screenwriters with new perspectives on climate change by
offering
financial grants and creative support.
NRDC's
Rewrite the Future, in partnership with the Black List, CAA
Foundation,
NBCUniversal, and the Redford Center, has
launched the fifth annual NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship,
which
supports screenwriters with new perspectives on climate change by
offering
financial grants and creative support.
The fellowship will award $20,000 to three writers to support
revisions of a
feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a
compelling
way. Fellows will receive creative support, including consultation
with Rewrite
the Future and mentorship from an established screenwriter with an
interest in
climate storytelling. 2025’s mentors include Lucia Aniello (Broad
City, Hacks),
Nick Kroll (Adults, Big Mouth) and Chris Sanders (Lilo &
Stitch, The Wild
Robot). Writers are encouraged to submit work that depicts climate
solutions
and/or a more just and equitable future, helping to expand our
climate
narrative beyond disaster and apocalypse. The submission period
ends on
November 28th, 2025.
Apply
Here!
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10) Thinking of
Graduate School? Check out MS in Energy, Technology, and Policy at
Cal Poly
Humboldt - Fellowships available
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 with researchers 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 I
encourage you to
circulate this announcement to interested students and/or to post
the attached
flyer where they might see it.
Learn more at envsys.humboldt.edu
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11) Master of Urban
and Regional Planning program at University of California, Irvine
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program is a two-year professional degree program, fully accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), with an “exemplary record” of curriculum, teaching, and services in our most recent accreditation review. UC Irvine’s MURP is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top professional planning programs. We are currently ranked #1 in student diversity and #14 overall in the nation by Planetizen. Our mission is to educate aspiring planning professionals to develop and implement equitable strategies to address complex challenges within a diverse society, translate planning knowledge to improve well-being, and engage communities to build a just and sustainable future.
We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2026 admissions. If you are interested in the program, we invite you to attend one of our upcoming MURP Information Sessions. Please see session offerings below and click on the registration link for the Information Session you are interested in attending.
MURP Virtual Information Session #1
Wednesday, November 19th
6:00pm to 7:00pm (PST)
or copy/paste the following link: https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/EmwIrm29S4uldJpddYWsfQ
MURP Virtual Information Session #2
Wednesday, December 3rd (PST)
or copy/paste the following link: https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZMOD3TdPQLquTyDWvj4Z0Q
If you have any questions about the program or upcoming Information Sessions, please reach out to Professor Ajay Garde, Program Director, at aga...@uci.edu or Jorge Padilla, MURP Assistant Director, at j.pa...@uci.edu.
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12) A One-Year Law
Degree for STEM Majors - the Master
of Science in Law (MSL) at Northwestern Pritzker School of
Law.
As STEM industries increasingly take center
stage in the
world economy, there is a need for scientists, engineers,
technologists, and
other STEM professionals to understand and anticipate the legal,
regulatory,
and business implications of their work. That’s why
forward-thinking STEM
majors are choosing to enroll in the Master
of Science in Law (MSL) at Northwestern Pritzker School of
Law.
We believe this one-of-a-kind
degree could
be a good fit for your Environmental Science students, and ask
that you share
this invitation to register for the:
Virtual
Open House
Saturday, November 8th 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
on Zoom
At the Open House, your students will discover how the MSL curriculum equips its graduates to communicate across disciplines, navigate legal structures in STEM settings, and analyze business decisions from a 360-degree perspective. The schedule includes panels, presentations, and interactions with current students, alumni, the program director, the admissions director, and faculty- giving them a realistic sense of the MSL program. They'll even have the opportunity to observe a class!
Can't Join Us at the Open House? We Can Still Connect! Request more info here!
We're excited to share how MSL courses, faculty, and student services can expand your students' career options. We are accepting applications for Fall 2026, and our streamlined admissions process requires no test scores or application fee.
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13) Applications for
F26 now open for masters degree in Environmental Policy and
Management program
at UC Davis
In the Environmental Policy and Management program at UC Davis, you will gain cutting-edge skills applying environmental science to real-world policy and management issues. Our close proximity to Sacramento will give you many opportunities to network and access experts and future employers at state, federal and nonprofit organizations.
Your next steps:
Attend an admissions webinar (see schedule below)
Set up a campus visit
Schedule an admissions consultation
Start your online application
-- 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!"
