General Sustainability Announcements

Make Berkeley even more sustainable...Get involved in a student project to upgrade recycling at the RSF! We need students and groups to make signs to encourage recycling, promote more/bigger recycling bins, and spread the word. To hear more or help out, contact:

Samantha Johnston sjohnston@berkeley.edu
Cristina Arthun cjarthun@berkeley.edu
Jon Yee jonyee@berkeley.edu

UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference
REGISTRATION OPEN!
June 24-27th, 2007.

If you are a UC, CSU, or IOU Staff REGISTER EARLY and get a $100 DISCOUNT on your registration! This discount is funded by the UC/CSU/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership and there are only a limited number of discounts.

The University of California, Santa Barbara campus is proud to host the 6th annual statewide UC/CSU/CCC sustainability conference, highlighting best practices that you can implement today!

Enjoy Two days of conference sessions on:

Curriculum and Research
Energy
Sustainable Food Systems
Green Building (NC, EB, and CI)
Institutionalizing Sustainability
Procurement
Waste Reduction and Recycling
Student Affairs
Sustainable Transportation
Water and Landscaping

Pre and Post Conference Trainings:
USGBC LEED Technical Reviews: Credit Requirements & Processes Workshops, LEED EB and CI
Curriculum Development Workshop by Geoffrey Chase, San Diego State University
Using LEED-CI to Green Campus Renovation Projects
Student Convergence

An awards banquet celebrating the work of campus staff

Keynote lectures by:
ban Goodstein, Project Director of Focus the Nation and Professor of Economics at Lewis and Clark College
and
Michael M'Gonigle, EcoResearch Professor in Environmental Law and Policy in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.

See http://geog.ucsb.edu/sustainability/conference2007/keynote.php for full biographies of keynote speakers.

Participants will come from UC, CSU, community college, and private university campuses, government agencies, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and the general public. Together we will look at best practices and new technologies in all aspects of "greening" campus life and explore how to meet the challenges of responsible growth with environmental stewardship.

To register, please visit: http://geog.ucsb.edu/sustainability/conference2007/index.php

Cal Day is thinking greener! The organizers are planning to set up an area on campus just for campus groups to show off/publicize/do outreach for their sustainability efforts. The
idea is to have the road between LeConte and the Campanile Esplanade be a
'green space' - tables and tents will be set up the way they are in front of Dwinelle.

This is a great opportunity! Cal Day, which is Sat. April 22, is an
annual open house for the campus. Approximately 30,000 visitors have come
in the past few years to learn more about the campus and all the exciting
things going on here. It is also an important day for potential incoming
students - the event falls after they have received their acceptance
letters and before they have to make their decision about where to go.

I need to know what groups are interested in being part of Cal Day. Any
campus group is welcome to be part of the green space and please think
expansively!

Please let Christine know no later than Monday March 5 if your group is interested
in being part of Cal Day. (cshaff@berkeley.edu or 643-4793) I'll share
the initial information about how many groups want to participate with Cal
Day planners and will provide detail as further planning takes place. One
important note: groups must commit to having people at their table from 9am
- 4pm. If you have any questions about participation or the day in general
I am happy to answer them.

Please consider being a part of Cal Day! I know April is a busy month.
This is an exciting, great opportunity for us to let a large audience know
about all the wonderful work we are doing on the campus ourselves along
with the contributions we are making to the larger community. It's great
to get to be part of this annual campus event and to have a specific role
that can only grow.

1st EVENT
CAL Overstock & Surplus Den FREE Community Computer Recycling Public Service Events
Dates: Every 3rd Friday of the month -- the next event is Friday, February 16th, 2007
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm each date

E-waste items accepted:
Laptops, CPUs, Monitors, Keyboards, Mice (the computer kind), Televisions
Location: 1000 Folger Ave., loading docks
Those disposing must fill out a short form, for California State compliance reasons, stating their name and address and identify which items they are dropping off.
Don't forget to remove any confidential records you have on your hard drive before disposing it!
If you have questions about the program, please feel free to contact sreckler@berkeley.edu

2nd EVENT
Cal Overstock & Surplus Den Showroom Sale and Computer Recycling Extravaganza
Date: Saturday May 19, 2007
Time: 8:00am-12:00pm, 510-642-1186,
sreckler@berkeley.edu or dclipson@berkeley.edu
Location: 1000 Folger Ave., Berkeley, CA 94720 Bring your Trucks and SUVs

SALE: Office furniture, computers and MORE...
RECYCLING: Community Computer Recycling "drop-off" available for Monitors, Laptops, CPUs, TVs, Keyboards, and Mice Bring this ad on 5/19/07 for a 15% discount on that day on any single item (not valid on vehicles) VISA, MC, Cashier's Checks, Money Orders ONLY!

Register today for the 1st Annual GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, 2007 Theme:
GLOBAL CHANGE

You are invited to attend the 1st annual Graduate Research Symposium,
showcasing the diversity of graduate student research in the Department of
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. The symposium
will be held at 159 Mulford Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on *Saturday,
April 28, 2007* from 8am to 6pm. The one-day Graduate Symposium will feature
student presentations, a poster session, catered lunch, reception and
keynote speaker Gretchen Daily.

Students will present a wide variety of research under the broad theme of
the Symposium this year "Global Change: Interdisciplinary investigations of
the causes, processes and effects of global change at the local, regional,
and global scales." The theme is intended to capture the diverse research
of graduate students in the Department and encompasses several topic areas,
such as ecosystem services, climate change, land use and management,
environmental governance and others. More information about the Symposium
can be found here: http://espm.berkeley.edu/grs/index.html

The Graduate Research Symposium is free and open to all, regardless of
academic affiliation. However, we ask you to register so that we can better
accommodate space and food needs. We hope you consider participating in this
event. Register now at: http://espm.berkeley.edu/grs/registration.html.

You are cordially invited to the Third Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)! Please join us for a night of networking and an opportunity to learn about current sustainability leadership efforts at Cal. Thursday, March 15, 6-8 p.m. at Alumni House on the UC Berkeley campus. For more information, please visit www.calbean.org or email info@calbean.org.