Large Projects (<$35K)

These projects received more than $35,000 from TGIF

BSC Garden Revitalization Plan

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The Berkeley Student Cooperatives (BSC) Garden Revitalization Plan seeks to materially support and educationally empower BSC’s student Garden Managers in stewarding over two acres of urban forest, vegetable gardens and backyard spaces enjoyed by 1,200+ BSC student residents. In order to cultivate native biodiversity, food sovereignty and build community, a "Garden Manager Hub'' including a greenhouse, seed library, and landscape materials center will be collectively constructed. Agency over plant procurement methods will remove major barriers to achieving Garden...

Wurster Hall Sub-Metering

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Install energy sub-meters in five floors of Wurster Hall to help achieve LEED-EBOM.

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Water Metering and Conservation

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Install water meters in 8 more buildings and increase water publicity/education.

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Berkeley Student Food Collective Storefront

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Create a natural and sustainable food cooperative on campus.

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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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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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UC Berkeley Campus Dashboard

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Will develop a centralized database and website that aggregates resource consumption data for UCB campus

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FoodWare at Haas

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Catered events at UC Berkeley lead to unnecessary waste and carbon emissions from disposable packaging. Approximately 100-1000 single-use items are discarded at each event. After connecting with the sustainability team at the Haas School of Business and realizing the school shares the same sentiment, we are taking action and launching a pilot in cooperation with Haas with the hope of expanding to the rest of campus. Our project aims to fully replace single-use food packaging for catered events by introducing a reusables service driven by a sustainability...

Island Justice Fellows Program at the Critical Pacific Island Studies Collective

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The Island Justice Fellows Program at the Critical Pacific Island Studies Collective (CPISC) enables UC Berkeley students to contribute to environmental justice practice, research, and campus community engagement opportunities concerning issues facing Pacific Islander (PI) communities, both residing in the Pacific Island region and in the diaspora in California. This year-long fellowship programs supports a team of graduate and undergraduate students to address multiple gaps on the UC Berkeley campus: (1) the lack of institutional support for...