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CalCAP History
The initiative was kicked off in early 2005 by an undergraduate student Brooke Owyang, Professor Dan Kammen, Eli Yewdall, and Scott Zimmermann, with support from Tom Kelly at KyotoUSA. We put together a petition in which we gathered support from students, faculty, and administrators from across the campus calling for us to take responsibility for our GHG emissions. Vice Provost Cathy Koshland then convened the CalCAP Steering Committee in early 2006, bringing together a broad constituency from across campus to provide recommendations to the Chancellor. The Steering Committee consists of 25 students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
In April 2006, the Chancellor announced that the campus would strive to achieve Governor Schwarzenegger’s state targets as a minimum, and he called for a feasibility study to identify mitigation opportunities and to determine financial feasibility of aggressive targets. The campus hired Fahmida Ahmed as CalCAP Project Manager in October 2006 to conduct the feasibility study. The team included graduate student researcher Scott Zimmermann and undergraduate intern Dana Riley.
Since its inception, CalCAP continues to gain momentum at Cal as a research and implementation engine on sustainability and climate change issues on campus. CalCAP is managed by the Office of Sustainability.
Milestones
Former Team & Partners
Fahmida Ahmed, Former Sustainability Specialist, Department of Administration
Student Research Team:
Sam Borgeson, Ctr Environ Design Research (Fall 2007)
Avery Cohn, Environmental Science, Policy & Management (Fall 2007)
Merrian Fuller, Haas School of Business (Fall 2007)
Dan Milstein, Goldman School of Public Policy (Fall 2007)
Dana Riley, Undergraduate intern, Environmental Studies (Fall 06-Spring 08)
Scott Zimmermann, Energy & Resources Group, Boalt Hall (Fall 2006, Spring 2007)
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