2008 Awards
Business Plans
First Place: "Green Paws"
Ryan Everts, Alison Field, Deanna Hayley, Alexandra Pantelis, Sean Sabat
Second Place: "Green Clean"
Sarah Porter, Qui Cao, Taneika Taite, Jason Zhan, David Adolphs
Third Place: "Golden State Straw Bale"
Jeremy Heasell, Alex Duran, Kami Love, Long Tran, Sunaina Karanwal
Promotional Plans
For this assignment, students had two "clients" for possible submissions: The City of Santa Barbara Sustainability Program (led by Nina Johnson, Assistant to the Santa Barbara City Administrator) and the UCSB Writing Program's Business Communication Annual Award Event.
First Place: Emerald Young
Second Place: Rachel Finkelstein
Third Place: Tracy Cooper
Project Proposals
First Place: "Grease Guzzlers"
Robert "Bo" Baney, Kevin Bowen, Tori Downing, Carly Keen, Melissa Quicho
Grease Guzzlers proposes using biodeisal made from UCSB's dining commons' used cooking oil to power the four generators on campus that supply emergency energy to the dining commons. This would make the UCSB dining commons truly sustainable facilities.
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Second Place: Restoring Native Plant Species on Campus
Emily Cox, Beth Crandall, Jenny King, Megan McQueene, Stephanie Skidmore
Third Place: "Zephyr: Windbelt Wind Power Generator"
Nick Bryant, Kendrick Chan, Kurt Miller, Jenna Thomas, Adam Williams