The Darcy Aston Memorial Lecture Fund within the Environmental Studies Program (ES) at UC Santa Barbara was established to honor Darcy Aston, ES alumnus 1981. Darcy was passionate about water resource and watershed management and she gained admiration and respect from the academic community. She educated, inspired, and supported the public on complex water quality problems and helped find effective and practical solutions including: community outreach on pollution prevention, sustainable landscaping, development of classroom curricula on water and watershed issues, leadership in watershed and creek restoration efforts, and development of educational signage for local beaches. Gifts to the Darcy Aston Memorial Lecture Fund support an annual public lecture and community gathering on water sustainability.