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Let FarmBot Seed, Water, and Grow Your Veggies

December 19, 2015
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Did you kill another plant? How are you going to live off-the-grid if you can’t grow that vegetable patch? Rory Aronson created FarmBot that will seed, water, and care for your vegetables. All you need to do is harvest and eat.

Jason Prystowsky, MD, MPH: Medical Care Near and Far

December 17, 2015
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Prystowsky spoke with impactmania about his journey, the impact of his efforts as a physician in the U.S. and abroad and his impact makers.

UCSB Materials Scientists and Local Science Educators Share Research with Community in First Annual Event

December 12, 2015
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The debut event, “Our Material World,” hosted by the UCSB Materials Research Laboratory was held at Santa Barbara’s New Vic Theater on September 10. The event featured four speakers covering topics in materials science from entrepreneurship to science education.

Graduate Division Commencement Keynote Address, UC Santa Barbara 2016

December 10, 2015
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Dr. Mellichamp’s and his wife Suzanne have endowed 13 faculty chairs. Three areas are targeted for growth through these chairs: systems biology, globalization, and sustainable chemistry. The couple also actively supports half a dozen local arts groups, including Opera Santa Barbara.

Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Pulled Up 13 Chairs

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Duncan Mellichamp gave the 2016 UC Santa Barbara commencement keynote speech. Why Professor Emeritus Mellichamp and his wife, former teacher, Suzanne Mellichamp endowed 13 chairs.

Santa Barbara Impact Makers

October 8, 2015
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In celebration of Paksy Plackis-Cheng’s book launch, Impact X, at the New Vic Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, we looked at some impact makers in our own backyard. […]

Social Enterprise in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan: Mountain Hazelnuts

January 19, 2014
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Social Enterprise in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan: Mountain Hazelnuts

Daniel Spitzer, founder and CEO, Mountain Hazelnuts

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Mountain Hazelnuts is committed to growing 10 million hazelnut trees in Bhutan. The company is a significant commercial producer in the world, has between 10,000 to 15,000 farm households and monasteries involved in their planting program, and employs over 800 people, of which 50 percent are women.

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