Medium Projects (10K - 35K)

These projects received between $10,000 and $35,000 from TGIF

SPROUTS

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SPROUTS, or Student Projects Redefining Our University's Trash, Sustainably, will be a waste education and outreach team focused on events, education campaigns, working with Overstock and Surplus, and teaching a standardized campus waste audit.

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Restorative Ecology Training Program

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The Restorative Ecology Training Program will develop an intensive training course for UC Berkeley undergraduate students geared toward young ecological professionals interested in sustainable soil use and habitat restoration. The training program will include lab, field, and outreach components.

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Nature Village Sustainable Family Living, Phase II

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Nature Village Phase II will build upon 2012 TGIF Grant Project Nature Village by implementing a sharing campaign and a hazardous and electronic waste program, expanding the Green Family Program, and shooting a 3 min. Nature Village video.

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Hearst North Field Soil Restoration

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Hearst North Field Soil Restoration project will eliminate the amount of synthetic leachate washed off from the field, and greatly reduce the watering needs of the field by 20%-30% with an estimated captured savings of over 250,000 gallons annually. The management methodology consists of covering the field with high quality compost, working the compost into the soil, and regularly applying a liquid compost brew to the turf.

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Cool Towers

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Cool Towers will hire two student associates to assist PP-CS in the development of a comprehensive cooling tower inventory. The students will identify system type, controls, water treatment type, and chemical usage, as well as an indication of overall water usage, strainer and basin health of the cooling towers. PP-CS will use the data to identify water and energy conservation opportunities and develop a campus-wide standard for future cooling tower installations and retrofits.

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Fitting Plant to Place: Site-Specific Restoration Planning on Strawberry Creek

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Fitting Plant to Space will refine the trait-based approach tested by the 2012 TGIF Grant by measuring soil characteristics (moisture, organic matter content, nitrogen, texture and pH) and landscape factors (proximity to road, slope, and surrounding vegetation communities) at each site before planting. Fitting Plant to Space will also engage 500 volunteers and improve the efficiency and standards of the Strawberry Creek volunteer program.

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Campus Tree Inventory

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This project will inventory the main campus trees to create a tree database system for campus maintenance and to apply for tree campus USA status.

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Video as Marketing for Event Waste Diversion

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The Video as Marketing for Waste Diversion program (VaMWD, pronounced as “vamed”) will create three video shorts (30 – 90 seconds) to increase campus awareness of waste diversion, and in the process, will provide student interns with a cross-disciplinary and hands-on education of filmmaking for environmental and social causes.

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Student Organic Gardening Association Intern Program

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The SOGA Intern Program provides the student organic garden with a continuity of management during the summer season, which will support continued education outreach and garden maintenance. The program further addresses SOGA's mission of promoting sustainable food systems through hands-on education and community education.

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South Hall Energy Efficiency

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This project will reduce the energy consumption of South Hall. By monitoring outlets throughout the building, energy usage patterns will be analyzed to create solutions for energy efficiency. The project leaders will install special smart plug load meters - technologies that have the ability to collect and store electricity usage data.

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