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$1.75 million for local sustainable agriculture

Cal Poly's ICLR and US-LT RCD are awarded $1.75 million for the collaborative Sustainable Land Initiative program by the California Climate Action Seed and Matching Awards program.

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Climate Solutions Now

Our third all-virtual Climate Solutions Now conference concluded in October and featured over 100 speakers in 75 sessions for over 800 attendees.

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$10.6 MILLION FOR STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS

Our proposal to create a fellowship program focused on climate action has been selected for funding by CA Volunteers. Find out more about the College Corps program.

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ICLR WINS 2023 SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Director Erin Pearse received the 2023 Sustainability Leader Faculty Award at the recent campuswide Sustainability Charette.

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Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery

Cal Poly students study possible new uses for the refinery following its decommissioning in 2023. Could it become a desalination plant?

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CAL POLY CLIMATE CONFERENCE SETS RECORD ATTENDANCE

The October 2023 Climate Solutions Now conference drew more than 800 online participants from around the world

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Support ICLR Today

Climate change is the biggest problem humanity has ever faced, and it will be the defining challenge for the next generation. Support ICLR today!

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Sustainability

Cal Poly has earned a STARS Gold Rating — the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s second highest honor — in recognition of the university’s sustainability achievements.

Cal Poly Ranks Third in CSU for Sustainability Efforts

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Contact Us

Director
Erin Pearse 
Phone: (805) 756-5558
Email:  epearse@calpoly.edu

Assistant Director
Hadley Willman
Email: hwillman@calpoly.edu

Steering Committee
Michael Boswell, CRP
Charles (Dave) Camp, Math
Yiwen Chiu, NRES
Adrienne Greve,  CRP
Jay Peters, ENGL
Lars Tomanek, Bio

DEI in the Bailey College

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