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Living Green : How Cal Students Can Do It

Living Green : How Cal Students Can Do It. Workshop presented by Students for a Greener B e r k e l ey Spring 2007. Outline for Today’s Meeting. Sustainability Structure and Overview at Cal Sustainability Secrets How to be a Sustainable Student General Tips Discussion/Q&A.

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Living Green : How Cal Students Can Do It

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  1. Living Green: How Cal Students Can Do It Workshop presented byStudents for a Greener BerkeleySpring 2007

  2. Outline for Today’s Meeting • Sustainability Structure and Overview at Cal • Sustainability Secrets • How to be a Sustainable Student • General Tips • Discussion/Q&A

  3. Guide to Student Sustainability Participation Click to edit Master title style Faculty/Staff/Students Undergraduates Grad Students Graduate Assembly ASUC Chancellor Sustainability Team (STEAM) Administration • Click to edit Master text styles • Second level • Third level • Fourth level • Fifth level Environmental Sustainability Committee (ES) Chancellors Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS) Students for a Greener Berkeley (SGB) Green Campus BEAR Campus Refuse and Recycling Services (CRRS) Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) Re-USE California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) RSEC (Res Halls) Professional School Groups: • Boalt: Environmental Law Society (ELS) • GSPP: The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) • Haas: Net Impact , Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) Berkeley Institute for the Environment (BIE) Internships Green Building Research Center CALPIRG LEGEND 3 Part of Formal Reporting Formal Collaboration Staff Only Bodies Created by SGB – email greenerberkeley@gmail.com if your group was inadvertently left off

  4. Campus Sustainability Assessment • Conducted collaboratively under CACS • Evaluated 9 systems, progress & opportunities • Example 1. Energy: Progress Opportunities - Green Building Policy - Electricity consumption rising and Clean Energy Stnd - ENERGY STAR purchase policy - Onsite solar projects - communication • Example 2. Water: Progress Opportunities - Decrease use in last 25 yrs - Recycle/reuse graywater - Improve wastewater quality - More water-efficient fixtures - Communication

  5. Example of How To Make a Difference In 2002-2003, • Berkeley was last of all UC’s in terms of purchasing of recycled content (RC) paper. Now (after SGB initiated discussions with campus administrators) • RC paper was prioritized in recent negotiations with the University's preferred vendor for office supplies, Office Max. Now 30% recycled content paper costs the SAME as virgin paper. • The campus Administration as well as UC Printing have adopted a policy to use at least 30% RC paper.

  6. Sustainability Secrets of Cal • RE-USE • Cal Overstock and Surplus Den • Cal Dining (compost and organic salad bar) • The Local • Recycling • OSC Bins • Funding!!!

  7. Re-USE Main Shop (MLK Parking Garage)HOURS: Monday 11-1pm, Tuesday 12-2pm, Thursday 12:30-1:30pm, Friday 1-2pm Re-USE Satellite Stations • 260 Mulford Hall, Student Resource Center • Open Monday thru Friday 1-12pm and 1-4pm • 4th Floor Minor Hall Near the Student Lounge • Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm • Unit 2 beside the Mail Room • Open Monday thru Friday 4-6pm and 7-9pm http://recycle.berkeley.edu/reuse Free school supplies! Free bike tool lending program!!

  8. Cal Overstock and Surplus Den • Office supplies, furniture, cars, computers, laptops, components, etc. • 1000 Folger Ave (near San Pablo/Ashby) http://businessservices.berkeley.edu/HtmFiles/OverstockDen.htm Tel: 642-1186 • Community Personal Computer Recycling, every 3rd Friday of the month, 9am to 3 pm • Auction on Publicsurplus.com

  9. Cal Dining • First “Green Business” on campus • The nation's first campus Organic Certified Kitchen • 100% organic salad bars • The only two green certified buildings on Cal’s campus • Donate food to a non-profit community center and food waste for composting • Recycle within their food service operations • Serve fair trade and organic coffee, and sustainably grown coffee beans • To-go box & pizza box composting • Purchase environmentally friendly items, such as cleaning products • Offer beverage discounts for those with reusable beverage containers • Recent winner of the “Oscar of Eateries”

  10. The Local • First ever UCB student cooperative organic vegetable/fruit stand on campus! • Prices are based on a not-for-profit basis to bring cheap, healthy fruits and veggies to our fellow students. • Locally-grown, sustainable produce that supports small, local farmers. • EVERY WEDNESDAY @ Kroeber Fountain (Bancroft and College), 11am-3pm

  11. Recycling at Cal • Batteries – RSF, the res halls (SM booth) • Radioshack, Ace Hardware (Ni-cad, Li-ion). • Paper, Cans, Bottles • Tri-bins and silver bullet bins on campus Cal: recycle.berkeley.edu, www.ehs.berkeley.edu City of Berkeley: www.stopwaste.org

  12. OSC (One Side Clean) Paper Reuse Bins • Designed unique paper re-use collection bin Locations: • All Microcomputing Facilities (Tan, Moffitt, Evans, Doe) • Some libraries (Doe, Bechtel, Ed-Psych, Philospophy, Chemistry) • OCF • Dorm Academic Service Centers • Many copy rooms

  13. Funding Opportunities • Campus Green Fund Grant (CACS) • http://sustainability.berkeley.edu • Community Service Grant (GA) • http://ga.berkeley.edu • Minigrant • http://www.stopwaste.org • ASUC grants • http://www.asuc.org

  14. More Sustainability Secrets of Cal Campus mug discount Save $0.10 at campus and local café’s!! PV Panels 59 kW of solar panels on MLK! Class pass -- Unlimited rides on AC transit! TGIF -- $200,000 in funding per year Sustainability Director Administration committed to hiring a permanent staff member!

  15. Ways to be a sustainable student • Recycle your containers, paper, batteries, universal waste • Get notebooks from Re-Use or buy notebooks made from recycled content (RC) paper. • Ask GSI/Prof to print on RC paper. Ask if you can turn in HW on OSC paper. GSIs – double side assignments, encourage OSC paper use. • Print drafts N-up, on OSC paper, double-sided, etc. • Turn off classroom/bathroom lights when you leave (if possible) • Turn off monitors in computer labs when done • Bring your OWN mug!! Save money on campus, and eliminate waste. • Extra points: Carry silverware with you. And a bag for shopping!

  16. More ways to live sustainably • You have a CHOICE! • Walk, bike, bus around town. • Eat less meat. (Meatless Monday’s!) • Buy local food (farmer’s markets, or in-store). • Avoid heavily packaged foods. • Turn off your electronics when done, and unplug them too! • Turn off the water as much as possible. • Replace incandescent lamps with CFLs • Use rechargeable batteries • Take bags with you when going shopping. • Carry tupperware to restaurants for leftovers. • Encourage your friends • Make a pledge!

  17. www.pledgegreen.com

  18. About Us Formed Feb 2005 Student group focusing on improving sustainability of UC Berkeley (projects and events) General meetings every third Wed 6:30-7:30 pm, Chinquapin Room (4th floor MLK) The 2006 CACS Sustainability Student Group Award!

  19. Skit • Volunteers

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