Spring Grants

These projects were funded during our Spring grant cycle, where projects receive more than $5,000 for projects that take between one to three years to complete. 

BERC Energy Symposium 2011

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

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Cultivating Equity for a Just Future (CEJF): Empowering Latinx Students Through Sustainable Research

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The Latinxs and the Environment Initiative (LEI) is launching the CEJF Project, a year-long program intended to promote sustainability and environmental justice research to BIPOC students on campus through educational workshops and presentations and provide a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate Latinx/BIPOC students at UC Berkeley to receive hands-on experience with faculty and graduate student researchers conducting research about sustainability and environmental justice. This project will relieve students of financial burdens for summer housing,...

I Heart Tap Water Campaign

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Hire two interns for the I Heart Tap Water campaign.

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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...

SMART for Campus Construction

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The SMART (Sustainable Monitoring with Advanced Remote Techniques for Campus Construction) project is dedicated to addressing environmental challenges resulting from intensive construction on the Berkeley campus. Through the utilization of cutting-edge additive manufacturing and intelligent sensing techniques, the project aims to markedly mitigate issues like dust pollution and noise impact, empowering the construction team with effective management and mitigation strategies. This initiative will ultimately advance sustainability efforts on campus by developing a...

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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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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