Pre-Conference Field Trips
Fish and Funk: a paired tour of fisheries and wine tasting in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
10:00am-4:00pm
Meet at the Registration Desk, Campus Green
$55.00
Santa Barbara prides itself on sustainable lifestyles, and that means a vested interest in what goes on our dinner plates. Participants of this tour will chat with fishermen and women and vintners as they visit the local community-supported fisheries (including a lobster farm run by a UCSB alum) and Santa Barbara's downtown tasting rooms in the Funk Zone. As an added bonus, we will hear about how the funk zone developed as an artist community and the current efforts to guide the future development of the Funk Zone as its popularity increases and the community faces gentrification.
Stormwater Management with the Santa Barbara Creek Division
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
1:00pm-3:00pm
Free
Water
that flows into our storm drains enters our creeks and oceans
untreated. With this workshop, you have the opportunity to help protect
our beautiful environment and its unique inhabitants by going out with
the City of Santa Barbara's Creek Division and learning about the
importance of storm drain markers and community education campaigns
regarding water pollution. Work side by side with staff from the Creek
Division. You can help them replace old plastic ones with new metal ones
that are more durable and visible. Help them get to their 1,400 storm
drain marker replacement goal!
Kayaking on Goleta Beach
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
1:00pm-4:00pm
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.
Biking and Community in Tandem: A tour of local community bike paths, facilities, and practices
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
1:00pm-5:00pm
Meet at the Bike Valet, Campus Green
$15.00
Many campuses in California are situated in diverse communities that require careful designation of space for bikers in order to insure good relations and safe transit for bikers, pedestrians, and vehicles. Take a look at UCSB's surrounding bike system in Isla Vista, including paths, facilities, and a discussion of local practices.