SMC’s Center for Environmental and Urban Studies (CEUS) provides numerous displays and sources of information to help individuals become more efficient and lead a sustainable life that reduces impacts on the environment. CEUS is also a center for the SMC students, faculty, and staff who participate in our academic program, and sponsors the Environmental Issues Lectures, which you will find listed elsewhere in this brochure.
Resource Library – The CEUS library and information center offers books, articles, videos, and displays on subjects ranging from general environmental information to specific topics such as home solar-heating systems, environmental policy, and vegetarianism. Other helpful, informative resources are also provided through online links at the CEUS website (www.smc.edu/CEUS/Links.htm).
Information/Coordination – CEUS offers information about local environmental events and organizations, and assists with events coordination through publicizing them and communicating with all interested campus and community groups.
Demonstration Gardens – “garden\garden,” a joint project with the City of Santa Monica supported by a grant from MWD, is a public conservation experiment featuring two side-by-side residential gardens (at 1718 and 1724 Pearl Street, opposite the College). One is an efficient “Mediterranean” (xeriscape) garden with drip irrigation and drought-tolerant native plants such as California lilac, sage, and meadow grass. The other is a more conventional water-using garden with sprinklers and East-Coast-style bedding plants, azaleas, and lawn.
For hours or other information about CEUS and its programs, visit our website (www.smc.edu/CEUS), call (310) 434-3909, or drop by 1744 Pearl Street, Santa Monica.
SMC Center for Environmental and Urban Studies (1744 Pearl St., Santa Monica)