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Local residents have several options for helping to mark Earth Day and fight against human-induced climate change. The Daily Nexus (January 16, 2007) reports:

"As many local organizations are putting the finishing touches on their own projects and Earth Day celebrations, a coalition of campus groups is making its own eco-conscious efforts to commemorate the holiday by launching a new interactive program designed to educate UCSB students about global warming.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor, UCSB Libraries, and the Santa Barbara Public Library have joined together to form the three-month long UCSB Reads for Earth Day campaign, which begins Jan. 25 with the on-campus distribution of 3,000 free copies of Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes from a Catastrophe : Man, Nature, and Climate Change - a book about global warming.

Throughout this period, Santa Barbara locals can also attend presentations about the impact severe climate change could have on Santa Barbara. In addition, a UC-wide television broadcast will educate viewers about the future of the environment in a series of live discussions with leading researchers on the topic.

UCSB Reads will distribute free copies of Kolbert’s publication to students from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the front lobby of Davidson Library. Janet Martorana, a member of the UCSB Reads committee, said the book - which first appeared as an award-winning series of articles in The New Yorker - was chosen for the project because of its potential to facilitate a dialogue about global warming and humans’ role in climate change."

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UCSB Plans Earth Day Program