| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 78.00 |
| Liaison | Katie Maynard |
| Submission Date | Feb. 29, 2024 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Jewel
Persad Sustainability Manager Administration |
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Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
The partnership aims to tackle this challenge by networking and developing partnerships with other organizations. Also, it ensures that members of underrepresented groups are allowed to participate and voice their concerns. The partnership is not set to finish in a short period as climate change tends to fluctuate in its influence on society. Climate change can not be easily defeated in a limited time; it is a process that requires patience and effort from all parties involved.
The Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative, founded in the spring of 2020, is a network of public agencies, non-profit and for-profit groups, and community-based organizations that aim to combat climate change in the local Santa Barbara area. The Collaborate seeks to achieve this goal by identifying priority areas that the region needs to focus on, planning strategies to combat climate change, gathering information/research needs, and advocating for regional initiatives and support at the state and federal levels.
The Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative hosts subcommittees such as Clean Energy Assurance; Natural Lands, Working Farms & Regenerative Agriculture; and Sea Level Rise Adaptation. The subcommittees identify topic-specific challenges requiring regional collaboration, engage stakeholders conduct in-depth analysis, and recommend policies and projects for the Collaborative to pursue. One example of a regional project that the Collaborative is undertaking is a regional greenhouse gas inventory, which will standardize data across municipalities in the region.
Also, in the Equity Advisory & Outreach committee, one of the many subcommittees that are a part of the collaborative partnership, Ground Rules document, it asserts “The Equity Advisory & Outreach Committee will strive toward a consensus recommendation and achieve its decisions by a quorum made up of a majority of the members who are present and voting, which for this process will be greater than 50% of the members. No business can be conducted if fewer members than a quorum are present”.
The document can be found on the following link: https://cosantabarbara.app.box.com/s/glxjibd1ild0ylh0uce3e4k8dmso2zst/file/1126981887051
Santa Barbara Regional Climate Collaborative website:
https://sbco.mysocialpinpoint.com/sbcollaborative
The Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative, founded in the spring of 2020, is a network of public agencies, non-profit and for-profit groups, and community-based organizations that aim to combat climate change in the local Santa Barbara area. The Collaborate seeks to achieve this goal by identifying priority areas that the region needs to focus on, planning strategies to combat climate change, gathering information/research needs, and advocating for regional initiatives and support at the state and federal levels.
The Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative hosts subcommittees such as Clean Energy Assurance; Natural Lands, Working Farms & Regenerative Agriculture; and Sea Level Rise Adaptation. The subcommittees identify topic-specific challenges requiring regional collaboration, engage stakeholders conduct in-depth analysis, and recommend policies and projects for the Collaborative to pursue. One example of a regional project that the Collaborative is undertaking is a regional greenhouse gas inventory, which will standardize data across municipalities in the region.
Also, in the Equity Advisory & Outreach committee, one of the many subcommittees that are a part of the collaborative partnership, Ground Rules document, it asserts “The Equity Advisory & Outreach Committee will strive toward a consensus recommendation and achieve its decisions by a quorum made up of a majority of the members who are present and voting, which for this process will be greater than 50% of the members. No business can be conducted if fewer members than a quorum are present”.
The document can be found on the following link: https://cosantabarbara.app.box.com/s/glxjibd1ild0ylh0uce3e4k8dmso2zst/file/1126981887051
Santa Barbara Regional Climate Collaborative website:
https://sbco.mysocialpinpoint.com/sbcollaborative
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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