This is a great video that truly showcases what UCSD is doing on campuses to confront global warming. It is great to get out information on how UCSD is becoming sustainable to inspire other students and campuses to be involved. This was one of many great videos that competed in the 2008-2009 Chill Out competition, and UCSD was one of the winners! UCSD is truly a leader in sustainability and this video probably doesn't even show all of the great work students, faculty and staff are doing on campus.

bob_loblaw:

I am a UC San Diego administrator who was involved in making this video. The video was costly and involved much work on my part in working with students who can be unreliable and difficult at times.

I have a zero tolerance policy for criticism directed toward my work or UC San Diego. I am going to contact Academic Computing Services and if you are a student and you used a UCSD computer or our network to make these comments, then we will find out who you are and I will personally see to it that you do not graduate any time soon.

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Sorry RealGreen, but UCSD HIRED Jerry Hara at Diamond Production Group to produce this video. The "good old clean hard work" you're talking about is spending more than $10,000 to PAY this independent production group to produce what amounts to a marketing tool. UCSD would rather spend thousands of dollars of student's money convincing the world that they're sustainable rather than being creative or hard working. The UCSD sustainability administrators are essentially marketing people who aren't even creative enough to produce a video without paying some independent company and exploiting students to be in the video. It sounds really powerful when you say I need to "get my facts straight" but you're actually the one that needs to get them straight.

Sorry bob loblaw, I know the people who created and produced this video and it was not an independent video production company but UC San Diego employees. Ranting is only okay if you have your facts straight. UC San Diego put little money and lots of good old "clean" hard work into this one.

"Pond scum can save the world."

Genius!

way to go UCSD! instead of spending money on actually being sustainable, just spend it on marketing videos like this one! it's way easier to exploit UCSD students and pay an independent video production company to make this video rather than ACTUALLY being sustainable.

Great Video! very well done

Great work you guys, the video is awesome! I didn't even know about all the things we're doing, and I consider myself an activist! Can't wait to get back to school and help you guys out :D

Great work!! I like the algae research and electrical grid

Way to spread the word! Great job.

UC San Diego is the cooooolest campus on the continent. This is where RELEVANT innovation STARTS.

Well Done. Be sure to reach out to your alumni base!

Interesting and informative!

Pond scum rules !

Great Job! You guys are our future! Thank you!

YES!! UCSD gets it!!

Go UC San Diego!

Informative, descriptive. These people are doing BIG things!

AWESOME!! AMAZING!! Alright - so I am am liiiiiiittle biased! :-)