Mini Projects (<$5K)

Restoring Creek of UC Berkeley

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The Office of Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) oversees environmental programs, including water quality, watershed protection, and the Strawberry Creek Restoration Program (SCRP). For over a decade, EH&S staff, SCRP student interns, and volunteers have collaborated to protect natural resources on campus.


Several creeks flow through the University, including Strawberry Creek, Codornices Creek, and Village Creek. Due to the urban location, the creeks are vulnerable to environmental impacts, such as pollution, erosion, and...

Eco Lobby Day

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The Eco Lobbying Day will provide up to 30 passionate students with the opportunity to travel to Sacramento and advocate for environmental issues at the State Capitol, including but not limited to environmental justice, renewable energy, water, and land use. This project seeks to remove the barriers preventing many students from engaging in lobbying and provide selected students with hands-on legislative and policy experience. Program participants will partake in a professional development workshop prior to the lobbying day, developing skills such as public...

BARE Necessities Exchange Shop

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Goals of Your Project: To provide accessible and gently used clothing and essentials to student residents and their families, fostering confidence, comfort, and a culture of giving and sustainability through donations and reuse.

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SunStock

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SunStock is a solar-powered music festival dedicated to community organizing centered around sustainability and opening discussions on environmental justice. Held each April on West Crescent Lawn, this event brings together students, faculty, and community members to celebrate clean energy, creativity, and collective action towards a greener future. As a 100% free and open event, Sunstock emphasizes accessibility and inclusivity, ensuring that environmental awareness and activism are available to all.

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FUELSAFE - Fuel-Reduction, Ecological Stewardship, and Fire Education

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The FUELSAFE Project (Fuel-load Reduction, Ecological Stewardship, and Fire Education) aims to reduce hazardous fuel loads, improve forest health, and expand experiential learning opportunities for UC Berkeley students at Russell Research Station. The project focuses on shrub and small-tree removal, burn-pile creation, controlled burning support, and road restoration to increase wildfire resilience. FUELSAFE also seeks to enhance student engagement with land stewardship and long-term ecological management at a UC-owned research forest. ...

Sustainability in Energy and Business Speaker Series

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Project Leaders- Jay Shah
Goals of Your Project- The goal of the Sustainability in Energy and Business Speaker Series is to deepen students’ understanding of how sustainability can be embedded in real-world business and energy decisions. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and startups, the series aims to expand sustainability education, spark interdisciplinary engagement, and create mentorship opportunities. Ultimately, it seeks to strengthen campus sustainability culture and inspire students to pursue climate-conscious projects, careers, and...

UVA Community Garden

Project Description Improve on-site composting of garden waste and waste generated at the local pantry by installing an aerated static composting system. Produce biologically rich compost for the garden community. Reduce organic waste from ending up in the landfill. Share compost use and composting education with the garden community.

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Tending the Oaks: Community Learning for a Resilient Landscape

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The project will provide nature-based, experiential learning opportunities to K–12 students in lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods, assist in training UC Berkeley students in community engagement and outreach efforts relating to land stewardship and sustainability, and, lastly, help support ongoing oak regeneration efforts in a savannah woodland habitat. These goals will be mainly implemented during the spring semester of 2026.

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Stooping Club

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Stooping Club is the world’s first free online chain store. Its vision is to transform society's throwaway culture into a reuse culture and build the circular economy. Through its international network of 16 student-run stores across six countries, Stooping Club seamlessly diverts useful items from landfill to good homes. tackling the growing waste crisis and the lack of affordable access to household items. By listing community donations, excess small business inventory, and curbside finds on an online platform, Stooping Club keeps thousands of usable products...

Self-Healing Sustainable Concrete using Saturated Recycled Aggregates

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The goal of the project is to develop recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) that have a high self-healing capacity while retaining mechanical properties for implementation in construction projects in order to reduce carbon emissions and material waste. Once we have an RCA that satisfies parameters we will develop replicable and cost effective procedures that can be used in industry.

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