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L’uomo e il suo ambiente nel duemila

A remembrance of former UCSB Chancellor Robert Huttenback, and the story of an early attempt to establish an international center for environmental studies. It began one day in 1982, when a contingent of leading citizens of Venice, Italy, arrived on campus, led by Piero Mainardis, one of that city’s best-known architects, and including various dukes and duchesses, public officials, and members of the faculty of the University of Venice.

On Leadership

Ten key guidelines for elected leaders who want to make a difference.

What This State Needs Is a Good FIT

Also known as Clean Local Energy Available Now, “feed-in-tariffs” provide a power-purchase contract to energy developers meeting certain criteria. They are now the preferred policy mechanism around the world for bringing renewable power online quickly and efficiently.

Jurists and Consequences

There are two views of why Justice Roberts voted as he did. One view is that he decided solely on the legal issues without any regard to the consequences. The other view is the more intriguing.

When Pigs Walk

This month, Carpinteria-based CKE Restaurants, operator of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s chain, took steps to improve the lives of pigs in a significant way.

Obamacare: Start All Over Again?

As opponents of the Act have pointed out, the bill is over 2,700 pages long and many more pages than that of implementing regulations are sure to follow. This does not bother me, as healthcare is a complex subject. What I do want to hear from those who want to repeal the Act are specifics. What regulations are onerous?

Alternative Spring Break

We dug ditches in the smoldering heat using shovels, hoes, and pickaxes on a farm in the small village of Ciudad Romero, El Salvador. We were somewhat out of our element.

A Monday to Celebrate

Two years ago, budget cuts forced the library to close on Mondays, but now the Santa Barbara City Council has found the funds to restore Monday service, at least from 10 a.m to 7 p.m.

No Hard Feelings

Two men of war – the American pilot of a Stealth F-117 shot from the sky, and the Yugoslav colonel whose rocket launchers brought down the so-called “invisible” plane – are collaborating in a documentary.

Fish Reefs Nurture New Life

Reefs will insure that all of us can sustainably access healthy ocean protein taken by our own hand outside the corporate system.

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