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Cultivating Equity for a Just Future (CEJF): Empowering Latinx Students Through Sustainable Research

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The Latinxs and the Environment Initiative (LEI) is launching the CEJF Project, a year-long program intended to promote sustainability and environmental justice research to BIPOC students on campus through educational workshops and presentations and provide a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate Latinx/BIPOC students at UC Berkeley to receive hands-on experience with faculty and graduate student researchers conducting research about sustainability and environmental justice. This project will relieve students of financial burdens for summer housing,...

SMART for Campus Construction

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The SMART (Sustainable Monitoring with Advanced Remote Techniques for Campus Construction) project is dedicated to addressing environmental challenges resulting from intensive construction on the Berkeley campus. Through the utilization of cutting-edge additive manufacturing and intelligent sensing techniques, the project aims to markedly mitigate issues like dust pollution and noise impact, empowering the construction team with effective management and mitigation strategies. This initiative will ultimately advance sustainability efforts on campus by developing a...

Water Metering and Sub-metering of UC Campus Buildings

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Update water meters on several buildings and install efficient toilets in Wurster.

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CLAS Carbon Smart and LEED-EB Certification Project

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Help CLAS achieve LEED-EB Certification.

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Recycling at Cal Program

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Increase can/bottle recycling by installing new outdoor recycling containers.

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Lawns to Meadows Plan and Implementation

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Prepare a master plan to convert selected grass lawns to regionally appropriate plants.

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University Hall: Going Green!

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Building Sustainability at Cal

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Trains students to reduce environmental footprint in service learning classes and internships.

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Student Internships for Jump-Starting the Office of Sustainability

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Create an office that will champion and implement various sustainability activities on campus.

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UC Berkeley Campus Dashboard

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Developed a centralized database, website, and visualizations that aggregate resource consumption data at UC Berkeley.

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