Theme: Education & Behavior Change

These projects focus on environmental justice or sustainability education, behavior change, or other large-scale marketing campaigns to support campus sustainability goals. 

Climate Fix Radio and Podcast

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The project plans to create a lively and intelligent audio series that delivers compelling stories and increases the uptake of climate solutions. Audio interview clips will be played on the radio, posted on podcast platforms, and a Climate Fix website with a blog will be created.

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Eco Community Development Department

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The overall goal of the Eco-Community Development Department of the ASUC Eco Office is to promote involvement in the Eco-Community and retainment of current members. To address our overarching goal, we have set two main projects, the Mentorship Program and overall Coalition Building.

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Student Fellows Activating Campus

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This project proposes a team of students in fellowship roles to develop and implement key priority strategies of the plans. Fellow positions include:
Environmental Justice Fellowships: identifying how the OS can improve diversity, equity and inclusion in practices and policies; Air Travel Mitigation Program Fellow: activate a pilot mitigation program currently in design that proposes assessing a fee on air tickets to build a fund for projects that reduce carbon emissions on campus and promote more sustainable alternative travel; Sustainable Science Fellows:...

Teaching, Learning, and Change (TLC)

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Create year-long career training and mentoring effort for students and staff.

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Custodial Staff Outreach 2010-2011

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Conduct an outreach/education campaign between custodial staff and building occupants.

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ASUC Green Certification

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Encouraging and educating student groups about ways their groups can reduce their environmental footprint both on and off-campus.

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Talking Louder About Sustainability, Next Generation

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The Office is requesting TGIF funds for communication internships both for our current team for next year and the next generation of specialists for next two academic years.

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Sustainability Map Project

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Creation of an interactive web-based campus sustainability map.

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Circularity

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Circularity fills this void by providing environmental justice learning materials for free -- centering accessibility and actionable steps towards incorporating EJ fundamentals into everyone’s work. In this way, campus organizations have access to readily available tools that move past basic education and engage all students on campus with concrete environmental justice organizing and action, allowing for collaboration that leads to impactful projects. We will provide this access through a free social app, recurring guides available for purchase, and a website,...

Social Impacts of Development on Treasure Island/Below the Bridge Documentary

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We want to make a documentary on the transformation of Treasure Island from a historical sacrifice zone to a site of intense development and gentrification. We are interested in the impacts that the development plan will have on current residents of the island, as well as businesses and organizations located there. We recognize that this case is likely one of environmental injustice, as the low-income, underserved, predominantly African-American and Latinx communities are going to be the first to face the repercussions of this gentrification. Our documentary will...