sus.tain’a.bil’i.ty

n. the ability to meet the needs of the present while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems and without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Welcome to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability

The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS) promotes environmental management and sustainable development on campus.  Membership is drawn from faculty, staff, students and alumni and all meetings are open to everyone.

Announcements

2012 Sustainability Summit
This year's summit drew a crowd - highlights of the event included the project poster session highlighting 30 campus sustainability initiatives and Chancellor Birgeneau's remarks and announcement of this year's sustainability awardees and grant recipients. A Cal Alumni panel of women now working in sustainability fields closed the summit with a thought provoking discussion on their career paths and future opportunities in the green workforce.
Learn more about the summit

• 2012 Sustainability Awards
• The 2012-13 Grant Funds support these new projects

Advancing Water Sustainability at UC Berkeley
At 2011 Sustainability Summit the Chancellor announced the first water reduction goal for the campus - 10% below 2008 levels by 2020. Over the next five years the campus will undertake projects and conservation campaigns to get us to this target. CACS, along with other campus stakeholders, worked tirelessly over the last two years to help the campus make this important commitment.

More information from the summit -including copies of the posters and presentations, and video of the Chancellor's Remarks and Dr. Gleick's keynote address- are posted here.

Final Campus Water Report and Presentation From CACS

Learn more about The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability's Final Campus Water Usage and Conservation Report and Water Report Presentation.. For more information email sustainability@berkeley.edu

Submit Items for our Meetings or Digests

Have issues you want CACS to address at their meetings? Have events you want to publicize on our digest? New information has been added throughout the site instructing readers on how to do so. In short, any agenda proposals should be submitted to Katherine Walsh or Kaela Colwell by the Friday before a given meeting. Agenda items are subject to approval by the Executive Committee but may include: updates on campus sustainability initiatives, Berkeley and UC sustainability policy changes, or other items of interest to the Committee.
If you would like to submit an item for the digest, please email Sarah Bae, CACS Administrative intern.

 

Past Announcements

 

UN-sustainability at Cal?

Sprinklers on in the rain, lights left on all night...Please let us know by contacting sustainability@berkeley.edu or the Communications Manager for Facilities Services.