Completed Projects

These projects have been completed and are no longer being directly funded by TGIF.

Cal Dining Sustainability Team

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This grant will fund four sustainability interns to 1. Audit Cal Dining operations for consistent application of green standards; 2. Measure the environmental impact of Cal Dining operations, identify benchmarks, and implement programs to reach the benchmarks; 3. Increase sustainability awareness amongst the Cal community.

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Waste Not, Want Not: Zero Waste Events

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This grant increase campus efforts to hold zero waste events by supporting Cal Dining, hiring a student intern, funding medium-sized zero waste campus events, and collaborating with the Office of Sustainability’s Green Event Certification.

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Getting to Zero Waste: Waste Audits

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Funding will allow CRRS to standardize and perform week-long waste audits in collaboration with student interns, providing needed metrics for UC Berkeley's zero waste plans.

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CITRIS Sustainability Champion Awards for Undergraduates

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This grant will fund five student internships. Interns will be mentored by graduate students and partnered with environmentally-related companies to complete hybrid research-job training internships.

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Break the Mode- Alternative Transport Marketing & Outreach Program

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Funding will be used four student interns charged with conducting a transportation survey assisting commuters with switching to alternate modes of transportation.

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Zero Waste Research Center & Plastic Disclosure Project

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This grant will fund five student interns charged with running a Zero Waste Research Center and Plastic Disclosure Project to address the issues surrounding upstream waste that currently prevent UC Berkeley from attaining its zero waste goal.

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Compost Alliance: Institutionalizing In-House Composting

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The grant will assist Compost Alliance in continuing compost implementation within campus buildings in order to reach “critical mass” and work with campus officials to institutionalize composting as an in-house operation.

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Wurster Hall Waste Management

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Funding will be used to pilot an indoor recycling program with standardized bins, signage, and education to then be implemented campus-wide, pending results.

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Water Conservation in the Cal Greeks Community

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This grant will fund a water conservation competition amongst the fraternities and sororities, the installation of water conservation retrofits & appliances, and an education & outreach program.

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Watershed Stewardship Project

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Funding will expand Strawberry Creek Student Restoration Leadership Program, which will incorporate environmental education outreach, student/community member skill development, and water quality monitoring to prevent pollution of Strawberry Creek and foster environmental stewardship.

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