#42 April 3, 2026
Eric Zimmerman
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TWO EXCITING ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER EVENTS THIS WEEK!
4/7/26 12:00-2:00pm UCSB Environmental Employer Showcase and Networking Event
@ UCSB Lagoon Plaza by Corwin
Pavilion
4/8/26 11:30-3:00pm Virtual
Environmental Fair & Networking Event Info
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INDEX:
1) Researcher Mixer: Come join us for a
networking event with UCSB
researchers
featured on The Environment of It All Podcast on Tuesday
4/14,12-2pm
at the SRB Multipurpose room!
2) ENV
LECTURE: "WORLD
MOVEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE"
by Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor Autonomous
University
of Barcelona
- Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Time: 4 - 5:15 pm, @ 4016
Bren
Hall
3) EJ
talks this
week: melting glaciers, EJ movements, and intellectual history
of economic
growth. Incredible talks next week on environmental and climate
justice from
global and historical perspectives. See below or attached
fliers!
4) ES
Senior Thesis Student
Needs help with completing a survey:
Great white shark abundance is
communicated to the public
- Have
you Been to Padaro Beach?
5) Spring Quarter Volunteer Opportunities with IVRPD
6) INTERNSHIPS
&
VOLUNTEER with Ventura
Wild, an education
initiative of Ventura Land Trust
7) SAVE
THE
DATE: Waste, Truth &
the Planet at
SB Literary Festival,
- May 3rd (FREE for students)
8) Wildlands
Studies Field
Studies Program will be on the UCSB Campus next week!
They offer academic international
environmental field programs year-round.
- UCSB Info Session: Thursday, April 9th at 4:00 PM in Bren
Hall 4016.
9) The
Wild Rockies Field Institute
(WRFI) invites
you to experience
Montana
Afoot & Afloat — a 22.5-credit fall quarter
10) Looking
to learn
to relax and meditate. Then
check out
this student club SKY @ UCSB
There is a synergy between taking care of oneself and taking
care of
one's
environment and community.
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CONTENT:
1) Researcher Mixer: Come join us for a
networking event with UCSB
researchers featured on The Environment of It All Podcast on
Tuesday
4/14,12-2pm at the SRB Multipurpose room!
Come join us for a networking event with UCSB
researchers
featured on The Environment of It All Podcast on Tuesday
4/14,12-2pm at the SRB
Multipurpose room! Listening to the podcast on spotify before
attending is a
great way to prepare questions for the researchers and
potentially become
involved in environmental research at UCSB! We will have free
food,
free block printing (bring a blank t-shirt), and a raffle for a
patagonia
gift card!
See attached flier. Questions, contact Taylor Platz
<taylo...@ucsb.edu>
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2) UCSB ENV LECTURE: "WORLD MOVEMENTS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE" by Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor Autonomous
University
of Barcelona
- Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Time: 4 - 5:15 pm, @ 4016 Bren
Hall
Even without further economic growth, the industrial economy would need new supplies of energy and materials extracted from the “commodity frontiers.” Waste disposal, including excessive amounts of greenhouse gases, keep rising. Less than ten percent of the materials coming into the economy (including the energy carriers) are recycled. Therefore, new ecological distribution conflicts arise all the time giving rise to an environmentalism of the poor and the Indigenous. Here we present insights from a global database documenting ca 4500 of such conflicts (the EJ Atlas). We also introduce a related project investigating how the digitalization of grassroots transformative initiatives in pursuit of environmental justice and biocultural diversity is unfolding amidst unequal digital endowments (the DIVERSE project).
Sponsors: UCSB Climate Justice Working Group; Environmental
Studies Program;
Department of Global Studies; Mellichamp Fund for Racial
Environmental
Justice; Agriculture, Land, and Environment (ALE) Research
Cluster;
Department of Anthropology
See attached Flier!
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3) EJ talks this
week: melting glaciers, EJ movements, and intellectual history
of economic
growth. Incredible talks next week on environmental and climate
justice from
global and historical perspectives. See below or attached
fliers!
Spring quarter starts with three incredible talks next week on environmental and climate justice from global and historical perspectives, delivered by emerging, senior, and emeritus scholars working across disciplines. To avoid cluttering your inboxes, here is what you need to know about each talk, and see flyers attached. Please join us and share widely!
Monday April 6 2pm Girvetz 2320
“La vida sigue” (life continues) after a glacier’s disappearance: the case of Mt. Chacaltaya, Bolivia”
Speaker: Sofia Lana, PhD candidate in Anthropology UCSD
Tuesday April 7 4pm 4016 Bren Hall
“World Movements for Environmental Justice”
Speakers: Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor Autonomous University of Barcelona; and Beatriz Rodriguez, Distinguished Researcher and Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Thursday April 9 6:30pm CEC Hub 1219 State St., SB
“The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion”
Speaker: Christoper F. Jones, professor of History at ASU and author of Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America
Chris will also be speaking on campus on Friday as part of the History of Political Economy colloquium.
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4) ES Senior Thesis
Student
Needs help with completing a survey: Great white shark abundance
is
communicated to the public - Have
you Been to Padaro Beach?
Hello! My name is Claire Tseng <claire...@ucsb.edu> and I am an undergraduate student at UCSB. I’m currently in the survey phase of my thesis, which is about how great white shark abundance is communicated to the public.
It takes about 45 minutes, and you’ll receive a $10 REI gift card as a thank-you. The only requirement to take the survey is that you must be an adult who has been to Padaro Beach. Thanks so much for your help! https://forms.gle/EVNUkgZgWtmow8db8
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5) Spring 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 Spring 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.
Sign-up Link: IVRPD: Spring Quarter Stewardship Schedule 2026
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6) INTERNSHIPS &
VOLUNTEER with Ventura
Wild, an education initiative of Ventura
Land Trust
We provide wilderness programs designed to connect children to nature by nurturing awareness, knowledge, skills, and stewardship in the natural world.
Ventura Wild is excited to offer both volunteer and paid internship positions for the Summer 2026 Season. This is a unique opportunity for individuals interested in gaining practical experience in early childhood and outdoor education.
We are now accepting applications through our website! See attached flyer for additional information to share with your community (English and Spanish versions available).
Questions, contact ventu...@venturalandtrust.org
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7) SAVE THE
DATE: Waste, Truth &
the Planet at
SB Literary Festival, May 3rd (FREE for students)
On Sunday, May 3rd, the inaugural Santa Barbara Literary
Festival presents Waste, Truth & the Planet, a timely,
incisive
conversation between Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Edward
Humes, author of Total
Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World, and Kathi
King, Director
of Outreach and Education at the Community Environmental Council
here in Santa
Barbara.
Drawing on years of investigative reporting, Humes pulls back the curtain on the hidden systems that govern what we throw away, and the staggering environmental, economic, and ethical consequences of a culture built on waste. Together with Kathi King, he will explore the critical role journalism and community education play in driving meaningful change, and offer practical, actionable steps that individuals, communities, and institutions can take right now.
We believe this conversation sits squarely at the intersection of research, policy, and public communication that defines the UCSB Environmental Studies Program's mission and we would be honored to have you and your students in the room.
Students can attend for free using the discount code ENVIRO at checkout.
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8) Wildlands
Studies Field
Studies Program will be on the UCSB Campus next week! They offer
academic international
environmental field programs year-round.
- UCSB Info Session: Thursday, April 9th at 4:00 PM in Bren Hall
4016.
They offer international environmental field programs where students gain hands-on field experience while earning upper-division academic credit. Students study topics such as ecology, conservation biology, climate change, environmental policy, geology, and human–environment relationships, all while working alongside PhD scientists and professional researchers in the field.
Programs take place in Australia, Belize, Chile, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Thailand, Alaska, and Yellowstone, and bring together students from universities across North America. Participants can earn up to 15 upper-division credits through Western Washington University, and scholarships and financial aid may apply.
Join us on campus:
We’re hosting an in-person Student Information Session at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 9th at 4:00 PM in Bren Hall 4016.
Can’t make it in person? We also host weekly Zoom Information Sessions every Wednesday at 5pm PT.
Learn more at www.wildlandsstudies.com
Questions, contact Miles Rohrer
<mi...@wildlandsstudies.com>
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9) The Wild Rockies Field Institute
(WRFI) invites
you to experience Montana
Afoot & Afloat—a 22.5-credit fall quarter
What if your classroom stretched across Montana’s wild rivers,
open plains, and
mountain landscapes? The Wild
Rockies Field
Institute (WRFI) invites you to experience Montana
Afoot & Afloat—a 22.5-credit fall quarter that takes
you beyond
traditional learning and into the field. Traveling by foot and
kayak, you’ll
explore river systems, conservation, and land management across
some of the
most iconic landscapes in the American West.
This immersive course is designed for students interested in ecology, sustainability, geography, Native American studies, and natural resource management. Whether you’re curious about river dynamics, climate change, or Indigenous land stewardship, Montana Afoot & Afloat offers a hands-on, deeply engaging academic experience.
Course highlights include:
- Paddling through the Missouri River Breaks while studying river ecology in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
- Backpacking through Montana’s diverse landscapes, including areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park
- Learning directly from biologists, ranchers, and Tribal leaders
- Participating in small, discussion-driven classes while living and learning outdoors
At WRFI, we believe transformative outdoor education should be accessible. In addition to our existing tuition discounts and scholarships, we’re offering a limited opportunity to further support students eager to join this course.
The first two students to apply will receive a scholarship covering 50% of tuition.
This initiative is part of our broader commitment to expanding access to field-based education for students who are ready to take their learning into the outdoors.
Combined with other available aid, tuition for the full semester can be significantly reduced—while still including lodging (tents!) and all dinners.
We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2026. If you’d like to learn more, we’d love to connect—schedule a virtual conversation with our student advisor, Kelsey Wellington, or reach out directly at kelsey.w...@wrfi.net.
Take your education beyond the classroom—explore, learn, and experience Montana in a way few students ever do. Apply now!
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10) Looking to learn
to relax and meditate. Then
check out
this student club SKY @ UCSB
There is a synergy between taking care of oneself and taking
care of one's
environment and community.
We are excited to host Gurudev's visit to Santa Barbara next week. Tickets for an event with this world-renowned meditation teacher and humanitarian at the Granada are now available, with student discounts as detailed below.
Additionally, there will be a free online
breathwork and
meditation event with me on Monday, April 6th at 5 PM, at 6:30
PM. The link to
register for those free events is also in the email below.
In just 10 days, world-renowned meditation master and peace
ambassador Gurudev
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be in Santa Barbara for The Journey
Within—a unique
event designed to help students, professionals, educators, and
leaders
experience deep rest and resilience.
Founder of the SKY Campus Happiness Program, Gurudev has inspired more than 800 million people worldwide. He has appeared in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Huffington Post, CNN, and has spoken at the United Nations, Harvard, TED, and the World Economic Forum. Now, you have the opportunity to learn directly from him here in Santa Barbara.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of wisdom, meditation, community, and inspiration.
At The Journey Within, you will:
- Learn simple breathing and meditation tools
to release
stress and restore energy
- Gain clarity and focus for teaching, research, and leadership
roles
- Experience a sense of peace and balance that sustains well
beyond the event
Special student tickets available for only $35 (with promo code: SRISRI)
Tickets: https://ticketing.granadasb.org/22034
This is an opportunity to pause, recharge,
and return to
your studies and life with renewed focus and inspiration.
Register to learn more: Introduction to “Journey Within” Zoom
Monday,
April 6, 5:00-5:30pm: http://tiny.cc/intro2journeywithin
Questions, contact Keya Patel keyap...@ucsb.edu or
Amanda Andersen amandaa...@ucsb.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!"
