CACS Sustainability Summits
CACS first met in October 2003, and within a year hosted the first annual UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit. Since then, CACS has hosted a UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit every April during Earth Week. These events serve to gather the campus sustainability community - to honor achievements with Sustainability Awards, to give general community members the chance to green their campus with Green Fund Grants, to highlight major initiatives, and above all to reconnect and share.
The 9th Annual Sustainability Summit
The 9th Annual Sustainability Summit will be held on April 19, 2012 during the afternoon.
The 8th Annual Sustainability Summit
Featuring the Chancellor and Keynote Address with Dr. Peter Gleick.
This year's summit began with a poster session displaying various sustainability projects funded by the CACS Green Fund Grant program and The Green Initiative Fund. Short presentations followed, highlighting sustainability achievements and efforts on campus. Then, Chancellor Birgeneau not only announced presented grants and awards, but proposed the campus' first water reduction goal. Dr. Peter Gleick president and co-founder of the Pacific Institute and UC Berkeley Alum will provide the keynote address: “The Business of Water: Moving from a Commodity to a Human Right.” Dr. Gleick then offered a book signing for Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.
