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. 

Healthy You for a Healthy University / I Heart Tap Water

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Promote tap water with a public information campaign and distribute free bottles.

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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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Lower Sproul Plaza Redevelopment Eco-Charette

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Incorporate an Eco-charrette into the Lower Sproul Plaza Master Plan & Feasibility Study.

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UC Berkeley Campus Dashboard

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Will develop a centralized database and website that aggregates resource consumption data for UCB campus

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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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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...

ASUC Sustainable Campus Food System Designathon

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This designathon aims to empower students to share their voices on decisions about the campus food system, because it should be catered to their needs and values. The Pour Out Pepsi campaign pressures the UC Berkeley administration to end the exclusive pouring rights contract with PepsiCo due to its unsustainable and inequitable practices. There are currently discussions in the UCOP about establishing a UC system-wide exclusive pouring rights contract, likely with PepsiCo or Coca-Cola, demonstrating that they value profit over students. The food and beverage...

FoodWare at Haas

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Catered events at UC Berkeley lead to unnecessary waste and carbon emissions from disposable packaging. Approximately 100-1000 single-use items are discarded at each event. After connecting with the sustainability team at the Haas School of Business and realizing the school shares the same sentiment, we are taking action and launching a pilot in cooperation with Haas with the hope of expanding to the rest of campus. Our project aims to fully replace single-use food packaging for catered events by introducing a reusables service driven by a sustainability...