Transcript 2006-2007 Group Projects

2006-2007 Group Projects
Basic Info
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15 Proposals
60 Students
4 Students per project
Some projects have special considerations
9 of the 15 were proposed by students!
Correct advisor is listed on website and not
on proposal
 Ballots due tomorrow by 5pm to Erin Fisher
#1 – Chiapas, Year II
 Should have a working knowledge of
Spanish
 Implementation project – data collection
already done
 Funding not certain but likely
 Public education, pilot wastewater
treatment, and water quality monitoring
 Several Stakeholders/Clients
#2 – Non-Natives in SMMNRA
 Great project if interested in non-native
species/conservation planning
 Several data sets exist – group will use
existing data
 Management plan for non-natives
 Client: National Park Service
#3 - Nanotechnology
 Special time scale – Phase I (June), Phase
II (November), then possibly Phase III (not
part of the funded grant research)
 Structure of project different than others
 Full proposal already done – research to
start in Spring 06 quarter!
 Internships
 Client: ICON (awarded grant to UCSB
group)
#4 - Voluntary GHG
Reduction Strategies
 Will focus on electric utility industry
 Look at economics and policies related to
voluntary approaches
 Will use existing data and conduct
interviews
 Client: ENSR International (Corporate
Sponsor)
#5 – Sustainable Cattle Ranching - a
Business Plan for Big Sur Region
 John Melack to advise in the spring; Frank
Davis will advise beginning in the fall
 Will involve ecological studies and
development of a business plan (Both CP
and CEM components)
 Has funding: $10,000
 Client: Big Sur Land Trust
#6 – Campus Climate Neutral,
Year II
 An implementation project, although some
further analysis needed
 Project has implications beyond UCSB
 Proposal has many objectives and will
probably need narrowing
 Students will need good communication
skills – lots of meetings, phone time, etc.
 Client: National Association of
Environmental Law Societies (NAELS)
#7 – Blue Oaks Conservation Plan
 Some data sets exist – group will synthesize
data and analyze further
 Will look at economic and political factors
involved in blue oak preservation – not just
an ecological study
 Client: The Nature Conservancy
#8 – Fisheries Reform
 Group will develop a framework to identify
fisheries that are good candidates for reform
(modeling exercise)
 Group will apply framework to 5-10 West
Coast fisheries (some data gathering)
 Funding received: $10,000
 No client
#9 – Climate Index
 Climate-friendly investment index: for similar
example, see Dow Jones Sustainability
Index: http://www.sustainability-index.com/
 Green investing, finance, data-gathering,
policy implications
 Client: AIG (Corporate Sponsor)
#10 – Future of Transportation in CA
 Also involved with CalSTEP – may provide
one summer internship – see:
http://www.calstep.org/what_is_calstep.htm
 Uses Future Scenario Planning – tool used
by corporate leaders to help envision
possible futures
 Client: Volvo (Corporate Sponsor)
#11 – Stormwater Pollution
Reduction
 Incentives for impermeable surfaces
 Look at similar projects, use modeling, do
an economic analysis
 Client: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (local
NGO)
#12 – Pharmaceuticals Recycling
 Advisor: Matt Kotchen (not Trish Holden)
 Gather baseline info and do a feasibility
study
 Client: Community Environmental Council
(local NGO)
#13 – Energy-Water Nexus
 Broad proposal: Will need some narrowing
 Advisors: Arturo Keller and Bob Wilkinson
 Some data exists, but will need to compile
more info
 Significant policy analysis
 Develop Excel tool to use in analysis
 Client: Electric Power Research Institute
(EPRI) and Southern CA Edison
#14 – Campus Sustainability
Management System
 Advisors: James Frew and David Stoms
 This proposal is result of two merged proposals:
one dealing with campus sustainability
management, and one focused on campus water
management
 The only project dealing only with sustainability
(holistically)
 One summer internship
 Clients: UCSB Sustainability Team and Center for
Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
#15 – Decision Support Tools for
Ocean Management
 Advisor: Hunter Lenihan
 The only project with significant CMRM emphasis
 Incorporate ecological connectivities and
socioeconomic considerations to existing tool
 Will work with several advisors from academia,
nonprofit, and government groups
 Client: Marine Science Institute (UCSB)