Medium Projects (10K - 35K)

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

BicyCAL

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Open and run a student-run bicycle cooperative that offers peer-to-peer bicycle repair and maintenance education in a radically positive environment.

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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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University Hall: Going Green!

Project Description Make University Hall LEED certified. Project Links

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Strawberry Creek Native Plant Nursery and Garden

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Create a native plant nursery and garden between Giannini Hall and Wellman Court.

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SERC NEWT Peaks of the Bay

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The Peaks of the Bay program’s goal is to introduce and connect the UC Berkeley community to the beautiful mountains of the Bay Area. Within an academic year, SERC NEWT would provide a free and accessible experience to four iconic mountains in the Bay Area, including one overnight trip. Our trips focus on merging fun outdoor movement with environmental justice education and healing, and will be especially catered to those with limited outdoor experiences. Through skilled facilitation, we want to provide students with a safe, enjoyable, and memorable outdoor...

Hispanic Engineers and Scientists Educational and Technological Rooftop Garden

The Hispanic Engineers and Scientists organization requests funds to pay for garden managers, supplies, and workshops, as well as a mini-fund to support internal projects, within their rooftop garden.

BIPOC Earth Day Festival: Celebrating 10 Years of SCEC

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In Spring 2025, it will have been 10 years since the founding of the Students of Color Environmental Collective (SCEC), a campus student organization that has helped pave the way for environmental justice conversations on UC Berkeley’s campus. In celebration of this anniversary and in an effort to honor BIPOC voices and labor in the environmental movement, we intend to host a BIPOC Earth Day Festival. It will take place in Spring 2025 just a few days before Earth Day (likely August 19th, 2025) and will be a half-day outdoor event featuring guest speakers, eco-...

Farm to Fork: Creating a Circular Food System at UC Berkeley

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To develop a circular food system and advance internal sustainable procurement goals within Berkeley Dining, the Housing and Dining Sustainability (H&DS) Office is partnering with Berkeley Student Farms to procure local, organic produce, grown at Oxford Tract, for Berkeley Dining restaurants. The Oxford Tract is an on-campus farm managed by UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources. H&DS strives to pioneer a hyperlocal, circular food system in campus procurement by incorporating produce grown on-site. This furthers our sustainable procurement goal to...

Sustainable Menstrual Products Program (SMPP)

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The Zero Waste Coalition (ZWC) is seeking funding to expand their research from the initial pilot in Fall 2023, providing free access to eco-friendly, body-safe period products in the University Health Services wellness area and at community events. ZWC will hold best practices and care workshops, community events, and conduct outreach efforts to educate the UC Berkeley campus around the intersectional issues around environmental justice and menstrual equity.

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