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These projects were sponsored by a registered student organization

Incorporation of Waste Streams into Algal Bioethanol for Sustainable Energy on Campus

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For the past decade, the Biofuels Technology Club has been collecting waste cooking oil from campus dining halls to convert it into biodiesel. This process has significant pitfalls such as waste glycerol production and variable diesel quality. This project aims to solve these issues by using algal biomass as a secondary source for both biodiesel and bioethanol. The waste glycerol serves as nutrient-rich feedstock for the algae boosting intracellular lipid content that can be converted into diesel. The leftover algal biomass after lipid extraction can be further...

Building Student Capacity at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm

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“Building Student Capacity at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm'' is a partnership between the UC Gill Tract Community Farm and the Food Institute Graduate Council. The project will establish an undergraduate internship program facilitated by graduate students and Gill Tract Farmers to increase campus engagement with the Farm. The project will strengthen the UC Berkeley community's role in the local food system as both contributors to urban farming and consumers of local food by promoting volunteering at the Farm and utilizing the Farm's farm stand. Building...

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...

BERC Energy Symposium 2011

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Sponsor the 2011 UC Berkeley Energy Symposium, a clean energy conference.

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Building Diverse Coalitions for a Just Energy Transition: BERC 2025 Energy Summit and Case Competition

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The Energy Summit, held each spring, is the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative’s (BERC’s) flagship event, a conference that for nearly 20 years has fostered dialogue and collaboration among students and professionals advancing the clean energy transition. The 2025 Summit – entitled “Building Diverse Coalitions for a Just Energy Transition” – will feature panels with experts from government, private sector, and advocacy groups; an expo for graduate students’ climate research; a career fair with private, public, and non-profit organizations; and workshops...

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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Berkeley Student Food Collective Storefront

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Create a natural and sustainable food cooperative on campus.

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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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Earth Week 2009-2013

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Fund Earth Week (a week-long gathering of environmentally conscious individuals and organizations) for 5 years.

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Biofuels Technology R&D

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Started in 2015, Biofuels Technology Club (BTC) is a student-run organization whose mission is to engineer a pilot processing plant that will repurpose waste cooking oil produced by Cal Dining facilities into biodiesel for use as a cleaner alternative fuel for campus vehicles.

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