Last weekend, a cohort of 15 UC Berkeley students and staff packed their winter gear and journeyed to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the annual AASHE 2015 Conference. AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in...
Our project leader spotlight this week features Dominique Meroux and his “Funding for a Greener UC Berkeley Fleet” project. Dominique explains that the idea for this TGIF grant came from conversations he had with...
Our project leader spotlight this week features Mike Kumpf and his project “College of Chemistry Chemical Reuse Facility Expansion”. Director of Enviornmental Health, Safety, and Security at UC Berkeley, Mike saw an opportunity to...
Our project leader spotlight this week is Matthew Kozuch and his project “Sustainable Algae Bioreactor”. Matthew’s project is centered on education and outreach to the Cal community. Initially hearing about the potential of algae...
Are you interested in making carbon neutrality a reality? Do you want to help UC Berkeley win the Cool Campus Challenge? Become a Cool Campus Ambassador! Achieving carbon neutrality is, for the first time...
By: Kristy Drutman, 3rd Year, Society & Environment When I ponder our fight for a sustainable, clean energy future, my thoughts always seem to linger upon the Berkeley Art Museum’s current exhibit, “The Possible.”...
Sara Cate Jones is our project leader this week with her project “Soil Remediation Education”. Part of the Student Organic Gardening Association (SOGA), Sara applied for a TGIF grant to realize three goals pertaining...
Pope Francis has arrived in the U.S. and the airwaves are abuzz with excitement over his call for all people to care for our common home. LAUDATO SI’. I find myself closely following his trip,...
Jordan John is our project leader spotlight this week with his project “Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Compost and Native Landscaping”. Jordan’s initial desire to apply for a TGIF grant came from wanting to be...
By: Samantha Klein, 3rd Year, Environmental Sciences During these past two months working for the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society I nearly got a heat stroke and was sunburned more times then I could...
