The convergence is less than one week away! Can you feel it in the air? It’s electric! The team here at UCSB definitely feels the buzz and has been working overtime to make sure this will be a weekend you’ll be talking about!
If you’re registered…
We are thrilled to have you join us for the 9th Annual California Student Sustainability Fall Convergence, hosted by UC Santa Barbara from October 15th-17th. If this will be your first CSSC Convergence, prepare yourself for a life-altering experience. This is the perfect opportunity to be part of a joyful community of activists, campus leaders, and (we hope) lifelong friends. For our old friends, welcome back! Your energy always inspires us!
Bring your friends!
If you’ve registered and know someone else who you just know would love it, bring them along! Registration will be available online until Tuesday, and on-campus registration will be available all day October 16th. Tell everyone! The more, the merrier.
If you’re not registered…
Please please do! Online registration is open until Tuesday October 12th. It’s not too late, sign up here!
Workshops
We’ve lined up a great set of workshops for you to learn new skills, find new campaigns to take back to your campus, and have the conversations around sustainability that you’ve always wanted to have, with the people you’ve always wanted to have them with.
Agenda
The agenda for the convergence can be viewed at the fall convergence link above!
Housing
We have been working hard to make sure everyone who needs a place to stay has one! We have grouped people by school so that you will stay with your friends. We have reserved an entire campground up in the beautiful mountains overlooking Santa Barbara, just 20 minutes from campus. If you are assigned to a campsite, please remember to bring the biggest tent you’ve got.
In addition, there is additional housing provided by generous members of Environmental Affairs Board, for those who don’t want to or don’t have the gear for camping.
If you need housing, don’t hesitate to tell us! Make sure to mark “yes” for housing help when you register, and if you’re not sure, drop us a line and we’ll make sure you’ve got a place to rest your head.
Wherever you’re staying, make sure to bring a sleeping pad, sleeping bag, pillow, and anything else you’ll need to get a good night’s sleep.
Fantastic Food!
We have been gathering the finest, freshest foods for all of you to enjoy! We will enjoy amazing organic produce from our local farmers, including The Garden Of…, Roots Farm, Shepherd Farms, and ripe, luscious avocados from Hilltop Canyon Farm! There will be great coffee from Coffee Collaborative and Teeccino, fresh bagels, and the rest of the fixings are provided by the amazing Isla Vista Food Co-op!
Logistics email is on the way!
For all of you registered and ready, keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of days for a logistics email with directions, maps, important numbers, and all the info you’ll need! Jump around, get excited!
See you soon!
We are all so excited to meet all of you just five days from now! This weekend, over three hundred students from all over this great state of ours will meet at UC Santa Barbara to share skills, stories, and ways that we can transform our universities into models of sustainability for the future. We will get pumped to rock the vote in November and show the world that we, the students, are committed to keeping California at the forefront of environmental sustainability!
For any questions, please email Andrew Chang at ucsbeab@gmail.com .
For any and all information on the Fall 2010 CSSC Convergence, head over to http://www.sustainabilitycoalition.org/fall-convergence.
Peace,
Andrew Chang
CSSC Convergence Coordinator
