Fahmida's Commencement Keynote address to the graduating class of 2021. At the Bren School, faculty and students develop interdisciplinary solutions to environmental problems, train environmental leaders, and work for a sustainable future. Located steps from the beach on the beautiful UCSB campus, Bren is a leading center of environmental research and home to the Master and PhD degrees for Environmental Data Science and Environmental Science and Management. Bren faculty are experts in their disciplines of environmental and natural resources research, collaborating across disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and data science, as well as environmental economics, policy, and law.