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CACS Internships

CACS Internships

CACS annually funds Student Sustainability Internships, and through these paid positions, Berkeley students have access to new fields of applied learning.

Campus members with sustainability projects in need of helping hands can apply for internship funding, usually during the summer break, and with the return of undergraduates in the fall, the positions are filled.

CACS Internship Funding Application

CACS is currently soliciting proposals from campus members with sustainability projects in need of helping hands. Internships will be awarded to support student labor for projects on campus that support the goals identified in the 2009 Campus Sustainability Plan and/or  Cal’s Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP).  Internships that support new and innovative initiatives will be given higher priority. 

Internship awards of up to $1,500 will be made. Any UC Berkeley faculty, staff, or graduate and undergraduate student group can apply. 

Applications are due Wednesday, August 31, 2011 by 5pm and should be submitted electronically to sustainability@berkeley.edu.

To learn more about how to submit a proposal click here.

2011-2012 CACS-funded Internships

  • Little Green Book Project Coordinator (RAEL, RSSP): The Coordinator will manage the website (littlegb.berkeley.edu), engage in publicity efforts, and reach out to green businesses in the city of Berkeley as well as student groups on campus.
  • Web Design Intern (CRRS, ReUse, Compost Alliance): The intern will update the Campus Recycling and Refuse Services (CRRS) and associated student groups website to create a hub for recycling, reuse, and compost on campus.
  • Pat Browns Grill Green Interns (RSSP): The interns will assist with LEED documentation for a project to renovate Pat Brown's Grill Renovation. This facility would be the first campus dining facility to attempt formal green building certification.
  • Berkeley Student Food Collective Intern (Food and Dining, Green Purchasing Policies): The intern will create a system for a sustainable relationship between vendors, the BSFC and cooperatives, sororities and fraternities for the sake of future purchases, as well as accommodate special bulk orders.
  • Green Campus Program Interns (Office of Sustainability): The interns will educate the campus community on energy conservation and implement projects in residence halls and the Greeks.
  • UCBG Green Garden Intern (UC Botanical Garden): This intern will support the greening of the UC Botanical Garden through the move to a fully organic plant health regimen.
  • METIS, On-line Chemical Assessment Tool Intern (Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry): The intern will serve as the primary author and developer of the METIS user manual, in consultation with the DuPont scientists who developed METIS, and with UC Berkeley scientists.
  • LEED EBOM Intern (PPCS): This intern will be assisting PPCS in documenting departmental policies and procedures for the credits required to have University Hall and Wurster Hall LEED EBOM certified. Also, the credits that are applicable to entire Campus will be submitted for the Volume Certification.

See Past CACS Internships 

CACS Internship Highlight

In 2008, through a CACS-funded internship, Facilities Services and the Office of Sustainability worked with UC Berkeley students Marshall Geck (senior: energy and water outreach intern) and Chad Kunert (junior: graphic designer) to design a Campus Energy and Water Conservation Campaign under the heading "WATCH US GO GREEN."

poster thumbnail Download the campaign posters.