Learning and Engaging with Sustainability

UC Berkeley offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees with an environmental focus or the opportunity for environmental specialization, including the Engineering and Business for Sustainability Certificate.  Students organize clubs or projects around sustainability themes - there are at least 25 student run organizations, and a variety of service learning opportunities.

The campus also supports a large number of faculty and research centers related to the environment and sustainability, while staff continue to expand their engagement by incorporating sustainability practices into the everyday operations of the campus.

 

Advancing Complex Environmental Issues

The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE) is a campus-wide initiative created to leverage UC Berkeley’s collective resources for multidisciplinary research, teaching, and action to help address the planet’s most critical environmental problems. 

The Institute’s goals are to address complex environmental problems through:

• Faculty Roundtables and Working Groups: Fostering collaboration and new ways of thinking about critical environmental problems across disciplines.
• Research Programs: Applying the most promising real world environmental solutions through demonstration projects, locally and around the world.
• Student Programs: Training a new generation of environmental researchers, citizens and professionals.

On BIE’s environmental portal find information on more about the 400 environmental courses, some 300 faculty, 86 academic degree programs, dozens of research centers, and over 30 student groups.

 

CAMPUS LEARNING & ACADEMICS RESOURCES UCB Environment and Sustainability Portal – BIE: Find out more about the 400 environmental courses, some 300 faculty, 86 academic degree programs, and dozens of research centers at UCB. UC Berkeley Extension: Sustainable practice courses, from sustainable design to solar energy, corporate social responsibility, and water resource management. Student Environmental Groups: Over 25 student groups focus on sustainability issues and activities Building Sustainability at Cal is a service learning program, coordinated by students, that trains and utilizes students to help reduce the environmental footprint of campus buildings.   Energy DeCal is a student-facilitated group study course that explores the social, environmental and economic consequences of our carbon-based economy.  Green Campus is a student-led campaign to identify and reduce campus energy waste through improvements in energy use behaviors, student purchasing decisions and operations changes. Residential and Student Service Programs provides a variety of environmentally friendly programs for students that support the Cal community.