UC Santa Cruz - Environmental Studies

Darryl Wong, the new Center for Agroecology Executive Director, aims to expand the Center for Agroecology's impact even further.

CITRIS Funding Award Winners

Innovative climate resilience projects supported by 2022 CITRIS Campus Seed Funding awards LEARN MORE

New Partnership across UC campuses

A grant of more than $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support a University of California collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture READ MORE

NEW STUDY finds sustainable alternative for aquaculture feed ingredient

Researchers with UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture facility have developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental benefits and impacts of using the marine microalga Schizochytrium sp. as an alternative aquaculture feed ingredient to replace fish oil sourced from wild-caught forage fish. READ MORE

Students dip their toes into coastal science at Younger Lagoon

Ocean Sciences Professor Carl Lamborg uses Younger Lagoon Reserve to teach Field and Lab Methods in Aquatic and Coastal Science READ MORE

Grad student’s research helps environmental organizations better serve coastal communities of color

Browne received a paid fellowship to work on the project on behalf of Green 2.0 READ MORE

Congrats to Cassie!

Cassie (right) and her partner Danny (left)

Environmental Studies Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Cassie Isaacson, is this year's recipient of the Outstanding Staff Award in the Social Sciences Division! This is quite the honor, as only one staff member in the division receives this award each year. Cassie's expertise and her compassion for students is second-to-none at UCSC, and we're fortunate to have her with us guiding our undergraduates.

Congratulations, Cassie!

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