Treehugger notes that just up the coast at UC Santa Barbara will be the 6th Annual UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference, bringing together representatives from ten University of California campuses, twenty Cal State campuses and another ten community colleges. The program is designed ways to implement environmentally sustainable pracitices in large institutions, looking at things like food services, materials procurement and building practices.
As part of their commitment to sustainability the conference organizers are committed to using sustainable practices during the conference, including using 70% organic foods throughtout the event, recycling using Santa Barbara’s “murphing” facility, buying carbon offsets and encouraging participants to offset their own carbon from transportation use.