General Sustainability Announcements

Who may apply: UC Berkeley Students

Pay: $12/hr

Time: 5-10 hrs a week

Project Title: One-Side Clean (OSC) Bin Project

Project Description:

Interested in doing something positive for the community and for the environment? Here's your chance. Every day at UC Berkeley, thousands of pieces of "useable" paper are discarded instead of re-used, causing unnecessary waste and demand for new resources.

An exciting new bin specifically designed to facilitate paper re-use has been created. The overarching goal of this project is to make these new bins as widely and easily accepted as the blue bins are for paper recycling.

So far, almost 100 bins have been made and placed around campus. An assessment of their current success and overall impact at UC Berkeley, and potential for impact on a larger scale is required.

Help make UC Berkeley the first university in the nation to implement this type of bin and then help OSC bins become a nationwide phenomenon!!

Intern Responsibilities:

The intern would be integrally involved in assessing the design, impact, and success of the OSC bins. This will include interacting with bin "owners", compiling and analyzing paper data, predicting environmental impact and financial savings, assessing bin functionality, writing a report, and working on a proposal to make OSC bins widespread.

Desired skills: Seeking motivated individuals with an ability to work independently, and in a team environment. Must have excellent written and verbal communications skills, and be able to perform basic data analysis, internet research, report writing, and proposal writing.

For more information on the bins, go to http://sgb.berkeley.edu/osc.shtml

Interested? Please send resume to Gabe Harley. gharley@gmail.com . Application process will be open until filled. Posted 2/18/2007.