{"id":1266,"date":"2014-06-03T09:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2018-10-25T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:52:12","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?page_id=1266","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-shadow  avia-bg-style-parallax  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100  av-section-with-video-bg av-section-mobile-video-disabled container_wrap fullsize' style=' '   data-av_minimum_height_pc='100' data-section-video-ratio='16:9'><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids=''  data-video_counter='1'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle=''  data-interval='5'  data-class=' av-section-video-bg'  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured   av-section-video-bg avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;' ><li  data-controls='disabled' data-mute='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_mute' data-loop='1' data-disable-autoplay=''  data-video-ratio='3.4883720930233' class=' av-video-slide  av-video-service-vimeo  av-hide-video-controls av-mute-video av-loop-video av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-click-overlay'><\/div><div class='mejs-mediaelement'><div data-src='\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98054322?portrait=0&#038;byline=0&#038;title=0&#038;badge=0&#038;loop=1&#038;autopause=0&#038;api=1&#038;rel=0&#038;player_id=player_1266_1905750336_933402106&#038;color=acb8a2' data-original_url='https:\/\/vimeo.com\/98054322' height='1600' width='900' class='av_vimeo_frame' id='player_1266_1905750336_933402106'><\/div><\/div><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"desktop-only\">\n<div style=\"letter-spacing: 5pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 30pt; line-height: 45px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Environmental Humanities Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">University of California, Santa Barbara<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-only\">\n<div style=\"letter-spacing: 5pt;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 30px; color: #ffffff;\">Environmental Humanities Initiative<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">University of California, Santa Barbara<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  style='height:180px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#ffffff; border-color:#ffffff;\"><a href='#ANCHORLINKNAME'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"ANCHORLINKNAME\"><\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">o<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"p1customMobile\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Environmentally,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">what can any of us do to help?<\/p>\n<p>When people think about making a difference environmentally &#8211; especially when thinking seriously and vocationally about what sort of subjects they can major in at college, and, ultimately, what sort of eco-professions they might pursue &#8211; they often fail to consider art, literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, theater, film, or any of the many other fields and pursuits of the arts and humanities.<\/p>\n<p>This is a mistake, and a big one. The humanities have a major role to play in our shared challenge of forging an environmentally better future. It\u2019s true: poets, playwrights, performers, and artists of all sorts, as well as a range of scholars from across the humanities, can (and daily do) make important environmental interventions.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if we wanted to make clear the extent to which we use, misuse, overuse, and abuse our global water supply, how might we go about communicating all this?<\/p>\n<p>Although daunting, photographer and filmmaker Edward Burtynsky takes up this challenge in his striking film <em>Watermark<\/em>. Take a minute &#8211; it literally runs for just a minute &#8211; and view this video introduction.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/72886801?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=339966\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-only\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 30pt;\">Environmentally, <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 30pt;\">what can any of us do to help?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 40px;\">When people think about making a difference environmentally &#8211; especially when thinking seriously and vocationally about what sort of subjects they can major in at college, and, ultimately, what sort of eco-professions they might pursue &#8211; they often fail to consider art, literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, theater, film, or any of the many other fields and pursuits of the arts and humanities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 40px; text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 40px;\">This is a mistake, and a big one. The humanities have a major role to play in our shared challenge of forging an environmentally better future. It\u2019s true: poets, playwrights, performers, and artists of all sorts, as well as scholars from across the humanities, can (and daily do) make important environmental interventions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 40px; text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 40px;\">For example, if we wanted to make clear the extent to which we use, abuse, misuse, and overuse our global water supply, how might we go about communicating all this?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 40px;\">Although daunting, photographer and filmmaker Edward Burtynsky takes up this challenge in his striking film <em>Watermark<\/em>. Take a minute &#8211; it literally runs for just a minute &#8211; and view this video trailer\u00a0(click to play, click to pause).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#555555; border-color:#555555;\"><a href='#link2'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">o<a id=\"link2\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full   slider-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids=''  data-video_counter='1'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='42'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-2  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;' ><li  data-controls='' data-mute='' data-loop='' data-disable-autoplay='aviaTBaviaTBvideo_autoplay'  data-mobile-img='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blank_Logo.png' data-video-height='134' data-video-toppos='-17' data-video-ratio='2.3809523809524' class=' av-video-slide  av-video-service-vimeo  av-mobile-fallback-image av-video-stretch av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-2' class='avia-slide-wrap ' style='background-image:url(\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blank_Logo.png\");'  ><div class='av-click-overlay'><\/div><div class='mejs-mediaelement'><div data-src='\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/109384125?portrait=0&#038;byline=0&#038;title=0&#038;badge=0&#038;loop=0&#038;autopause=1&#038;api=1&#038;rel=0&#038;player_id=player_1266_938083357_247160851&#038;color=acb8a2' data-original_url='http:\/\/vimeo.com\/109384125' height='1600' width='900' class='av_vimeo_frame' id='player_1266_938083357_247160851'><\/div><\/div><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"p1customMobile\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">focusing on the human<\/p>\n<p>The humanities excel at putting a human face on environmental issues. Burtynsky neither preaches nor overwhelms us with facts in <em>Watermark<\/em>. Instead, he tells a series of mesmerizing stories, each focusing on a unique human relationship with water.<\/p>\n<p>What becomes clear in the midst of the stories is that these ways of relating to water are changing, often in disturbing ways. Burtynsky thus both captivates and leaves\u00a0us with an issue of profound environmental significance.<\/p>\n<p>Communicating the immediacy and human impact of issues like water use is just one of the ways that the arts and humanities can make a difference environmentally.<\/p>\n<p>For decades now, scholars from across the humanities have been studying\u00a0a host of environmental issues, approaching them with the tools of literary, historical, and cultural analysis \u2013 to name just a few.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-only\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 45px; line-height: 65px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">focusing on the human<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 30px; line-height: 45px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The humanities excel at putting a human face on environmental issues. Burtynsky neither preaches nor overwhelms us with facts in <em>Watermark<\/em>. Instead, he tells a series of mesmerizing stories, each focusing on a unique human relationship with water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What becomes clear in the midst of the stories is that these ways of relating to water are changing, often disturbingly. Burtynsky thus both captivates and leaves\u00a0us with an issue of profound environmental significance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Communicating the immediacy and impact of water use is just one way that the arts and humanities can make a difference environmentally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For decades now, scholars from across the humanities have been studying\u00a0a host of environmental issues, approaching them with the tools of literary, historical, and cultural analysis \u2013 to name just a few.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#555555; border-color:#555555;\"><a href='#link3'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">o<a id=\"link2\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='link4'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100  container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_pc='100'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color  avia-full-stretch' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/01D_UCEN_010-35.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left; ' ><\/div><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='height:500px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-16  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#ffffff; border-color:#ffffff;\"><a href='#ANCHORLINKNAME3'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"p1customMobile\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">who we are<\/p>\n<p>Housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) is composed of faculty and students from across the arts and humanities who focus on a range of environmental issues. With over\u00a070 faculty members from 24 Departments, Programs, and Schools teaching over 300 unique graduate and undergraduate courses, UC Santa Barbara is unrivaled in its\u00a0commitment to the environmental humanities.<\/p>\n<p>Among other issues, our members work on climate change, the emergence of environmental thinking,\u00a0the cultural\/environmental implications of urbanization, histories of land use, natural resource management, environmental politics, non-human\/human relations, environmental and social justice within a global rather than national context, and the political impact of institutions, networks, and regimes on bodies and the biosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the EHI is to foster this work and interest in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-only\">\n<div style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">uc santa barbara, campus lagoon &amp; UCen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 45px; line-height: 95px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">who we are<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 30px; line-height: 45px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) is composed of faculty and students from across the arts and humanities who focus on a range of environmental issues. With over\u00a070 faculty members from 24 Departments, Programs, and Schools teaching over 300 unique graduate and undergraduate courses, UC Santa Barbara is\u00a0unrivaled in its commitment to the environmental humanities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Among other issues, our members work on climate change, the emergence of environmental thinking,\u00a0the cultural\/environmental implications of urbanization, histories of land use, natural resource management, environmental politics, non-human\/human relations, environmental and social justice within a global rather than national context, and the political impact of institutions, networks, and regimes on bodies and the biosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The goal of the EHI is to foster this work and interest in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  av-no-color avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"\"><a href='#link5'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='link5'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100  container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_pc='100'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color  avia-full-stretch' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Oil-Platform4.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left; ' ><\/div><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='height:500px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-23  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#ffffff; border-color:#ffffff;\"><a href='#ANCHORLINKNAME3'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:60px;line-height:60px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue873' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_3'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"p1customMobile\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">our history<\/p>\n<p>Our institutional commitment to environmental studies dates from 1969. After one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, which came from a drilling platform off the Santa Barbara coast, a group of twenty-one UC Santa Barbara faculty members calling themselves the &#8220;Friends of the Human Habitat&#8221; came together and soon established what has become one of the oldest, largest, and one of the most respected environmental studies programs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Even before that, in 1967, Roderick Nash, a History professor and one of the founders of our ES Program, published <em>Wilderness and the American Mind<\/em>, one of the first modern\u00a0classics in the environmental humanities, which the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> named, along with Rachel Carson&#8217;s<em> Silent Spring<\/em>,\u00a0as one of the\u00a0100 most influential books published in the previous\u00a0quarter century.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as we approach the 50th anniversary of the publication of <em>Wilderness and the American Mind<\/em> and the environmental humanities being introduced to UC Santa Barbara (and the world), faculty from a range of departments and programs annually teach popular environmentally oriented courses and do ground-breaking research, confronting some of the most important issues of our time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-only\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">oil platform, santa barbara channel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino; font-size: 45px; line-height: 95px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">our history<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', palatino; font-size: 30px; line-height: 45px; text-align: center;\">Our institutional commitment to environmental studies dates from 1969. After one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, which came from a drilling platform off the Santa Barbara coast, a group of 21\u00a0UC Santa Barbara faculty members calling themselves the &#8220;Friends of the Human Habitat&#8221; came together and soon established what has become one of the oldest, largest, and most respected environmental studies programs in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', palatino; font-size: 30px; line-height: 45px; text-align: center;\">Even before that, in 1967, Roderick Nash, a History professor and one of the founders of our ES Program, published <em>Wilderness and the American Mind<\/em>, one of the first modern\u00a0classics in the environmental humanities, which the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> named, along with Rachel Carson&#8217;s<em> Silent Spring<\/em>, as one of the\u00a0100 most influential books published in the previous\u00a0quarter century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px; line-height: 45px;\">Today, as we approach the 50th anniversary of the publication of <em>Wilderness and the American Mind<\/em> and the environmental humanities being introduced to UC Santa Barbara (and the world), faculty from a range of departments and programs annually teach popular environmentally oriented courses and do ground-breaking research, confronting some of the most important issues of our time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='link6'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100  container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat' data-av_minimum_height_pc='100'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color  avia-full-stretch' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hurricane_New14.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top left; ' ><\/div><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1266'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  style='height:300px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-29  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><span  class=\"av_font_icon avia_animate_when_visible avia-icon-animate  av-icon-style-  avia-icon-pos-center \" style=\"color:#ffffff; border-color:#ffffff;\"><a href='https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/'   class='av-icon-char' style='font-size:80px;line-height:80px;' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue875' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  style='height:200px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20960,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions\/20960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}