SBCC Lauded for Green Efforts
Landscape, Construction Training Promotes Environmental and Social Progress
Two recent green developments will benefit social and environmental causes at Santa Barbara City College. SBCC is celebrating the Green Campus Leadership Award it received at the Green California Community College Summit earlier this year, as well as the $378,860 it earned as its lion’s-share portion of a California Clean Energy Workforce Training Program grant.
SBCC Superintendent and President Dr. Andreea Serban continues to call attention to the Green Campus Leadership Award, which she called well-deserved recognition for all the work the college has done in the past years to go green, and for recent developments in sustainable practices. Serban emphasized that she and everyone involved at the college are proud and excited about the award, which recognized SBCC’s commitment to green leadership through its academic programs and campus facilities.
One such program is an 18-month curriculum that will train 150 Workforce Investment Act-eligible individuals in green technologies, in areas like landscaping and construction. SBCC received the $378,860 in October to continue and improve the program. “The grant has prescribed goals that SBCC needs to achieve – we’ll be adding dimension in sustainability to the already existing programs,” Serban said.
