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
Nell Newman, Founder of Newman's Own Organics and Santa Cruz local interviewed by Josh Kornbluth (iTunes podcast video)Grist interview 2004
Jason Scorse, international environmental policy program director at Monterey Institute of International Studies. [Blog.
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
Fulbright Awards: Timothy Krupnik, Michelle Olsgard, and Anna Zivian have received 2008-2009
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
Rachel Barnett-Johnson, a fisheries biologist, investigates salmon population.
Jeffrey Bury studies privatized conservation efforts, ecotourism, and livelihood transformations in the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru.
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.
Alan Richards teaches a popular course Blood and Oil on the Middle East.Current sustainability course Spr 08
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
Erin Vogel studies primate population.
Emeritus Faculty
In Memoriam
Terry Freitas, UCSC grad student killed trying to stop Indigenous people from being harmed by oil company
