Slugs in Action

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Alumni

Teresa Ish helps comsumers find sustainable fish

Kevin Danaher Co-founder of Global Exchange and an expert on globalization and green economy. He often writes for Alternet

Brock Dolman (College Eight '92, Environmental Studies/Biology), Director of The WATER Institute Ecologist Permaculture Program

John Francis, vice president of research, conservation, and exploration for the National Geographic Society works with Crittercam

Drew Goodman, organic farmer

Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a collection that tells the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Hoping for a glimpse of the world the way it was in the age of photosynthesizing stromatolites, "back before the sky turned blue," Lanting journeyed to a remote lagoon in Australia, the only place in the world where stromatolites still exist. The story moves forward from there, via a lyrical collection of photographs set to a soundtrack from Philip Glass. TEDtalk video

Cheryl Scott runs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office in East Africa

Bruce Stein maps biodiversity

Kennan Ward leading wildlife photographer

Current Students

Katie Roper has done internships in Kenya, and spent a year living in a "sustainable community" on campus. She she single-handedly produced a six-minute video documentary called Thirsty Trees: And the Search for Better Alternatives

Gabriel Sady wins UCSC enviro scholarship to study forests in Costa Rica

Adelia Barber helps fight local battle against logging

Hoyt Peckham studies endangered turtles

Allison Luengenstudies toxins in the ocean

Chris Bacon studies sustainable coffee

Anna Gonzales studies Chromium-6

Engineering students develop a coral reef monitoring system

Faculty

Ben Crow studies inequality around water and land issues.

Global Warming research is being done by Christina Ravelo, a professor of ocean sciences and James Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences

Roberto Gwiazda and Don Smith, environmental toxicologists at UCSC, track uranium exposure

College 8 instructor Glenn Stewart worked on Exxon Valdez cleanup and is breeding and releasing hawks, falcons and other predatory birds

Steve Gliessman works to improve organic agriculture and Fair Trade. City on a Hill article on his work with coffee. Also excerpts from his book

Brent Haddad establishes water study program at UCSC

John Mock works to remove landmine and preserve wildlife in Afghanistan

Sean Swezy, College 8 instructor, works on organic sustainable farming techniques

Manuel Pastor studies Environmental Justice issues

Ali Shakouri works to make energy use more efficient. his website

Andy Szasz also studies Environmental Justice. New book on Inverted Quarantine

Emeritus Faculty

[Alan Chadwick http://ecotopia.org/ehof/chadwick/index.html]