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The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) Disclaimer
Please note that no administrative entities within the University of California took a position on The Green Initiative Fund Referendum, but UC Berkeley will help ensure that the funds raised by the program are appropriately used. Also, further approvals are still needed from the Berkeley Chancellor and UCOP before the fee will go into effect and the program becomes active.
For more information, read this post on TGIF.
Sixth Annual UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference
Sunday-Wednesday June 24-27th, 2007 Sixth Annual UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference University of California, Santa Barbara Keynotes, Eban Goodstein and Michael M'Gonigle Staff, students, and faculty from campuses throughout California will come together to share best practices on sustainability and climate change, which they have successfully implemented and strategies for moving forward. Topics discussed will include: Curriculum and Research, Energy, Sustainable Food Systems, Green Building (New Construction, Existng Buildings, and Commercial Interiors), Institutionalizing Sustainability, Procurement, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Student Affairs, Sustainable Transportation, and Water and Landscaping. To learn more or to register, please visit http://geog.ucsb.edu/sustainability/conference2007/. Students get in for only $50 (including housing, food, and registration) and scholarships are available to everyone who has financial need (non-students and students).
UC Systems Adopts Pioneering Sustainability Policy
The University of California System recently announced the adoption of a pioneering Policy on Sustainable Practices. The new policy expands upon and replaces the System's Policy on Green Building Design, Clean Energy Standards, and Sustainable Transportation Practices, which among other things, committed the System to: designing all new buildings to minimum standard equivalent to the LEED Certified rating; procuring 20 percent of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2010; and generating up to 10 megawatts of local renewable power by 2014. The new policy retains these commitments, and makes many new commitments, including: LEED requirements for building renovations; LEED-EB Certified equivalent standards for most existing buildings; a zero waste by 2020 goal with an interim target of achieving 75% waste diversion by 2012; a minimum standard of 30% post consumer recycled content paper for all office supplies; procurement of electronics registered as Bronze or higher under the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT); and responsible disposal of electronics waste. In addition, the new policy incorporates the commitment to climate neutrality set out in the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, to which the University is a signatory. * Above summary from AASHE.
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