Post-Conference Field Trips
Building Ecosystems in a California Lagoon
Wednesday, June 26th, 2012
9:00am-12:00pm
Coal Oil Point Reserve (Meet at Campus Green Registration Desk for Shuttle Transportation)
$0.00 (Free event)
Learn about native plants and ecological restoration, while giving back to the local community through this service project. Participants will participate in restoration activities during the morning in the setting of a beautiful lagoon amongst a variety of great blue herons and egrets.
Grow Your Own: A tour of the Chapala Vertical Gardens and Westmont Culinary Gardens
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
9:00am-12:00pm
$15.00
Campus Gardens are gaining wide popularity among colleges and universities throughout the nation. At Westmont College two dining services operated gardens have surfaced: a culinary garden that grows for campus dining and a donation garden that grows food to supply a student meal-sharing group. Chapala Gardens house an innovative approach to gardening. This field trip will explore the formation of these two gardens, highlighting failures and successes in order to give the attendees the confidence to create or sustain their own campus produce gardens.
Cycling at UCSB: A tour of on-campus bike paths
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
9:00am-11:00am
Meet at the Bike Valet, Campus Green
$15.00
UCSB has an extensive on-campus bike path system that gives precedence to bikers and creates an efficient but safe roadmap. Hop on a bike and tour the paths with a guide for an in-depth look at a transit design on a nongrid campus plan.
Sustainable Recreation: a visit to a eco-friendly winery and nature reserve
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
9:00am-4:00pm
Meet at Registration Desk, Campus Green
$60.00
Visit and tour a local winery in the Santa Barbara mountains that makes everything from planting to corking ecofriendly. After a stop at the tasting room, continue to the lovely Sedgewick Nature Reserve, a local source for field study and hiking and home to Tipton House, a LEED Platinum Building. Take a hike around the reserve and finish with a picnic in the grass.
Kayaking on Goleta Beach
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
9:00am-12:00pm
Meet at Goleta Beach, Adjacent to Campus
$65.00
Group meets Santa Barbara Adventure Company guides at Goleta Beach, release forms. Gear up, lesson on beach, launch from beach. Guides lead instruction in water, discuss natural history and marine life with guided tour of coast.