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Boalt Environmental Law Society

The Boalt Environmental Law Society is the activist component of Boalt's environmental law program. In addition to sponsoring the environmental speaker series, ELS provides the resources necessary to take effective action on a variety of environmental issues, including the San Francisco Bay, endangered species, old-growth forests, recycling, organic food standards, and fair trade issues.

Contact: Caitlin Sislin- csislin@berkeley.edu

Berkeley Mic

The purpose of the Berkeley Mic is to promote social and environmental justice through the production of a bi-monthly magazine. Combining activism and creative expression, the Mic uses a variety of media to inform and organize students, drawing the connections between campus, local, and global politics.

Berkeley Watch

Berkeley Watch is a University watchdog group located at UC Berkeley. Made up of concerned students, faculty, and community members, Berkeley Watch works to promote democracy, social responsibility, transparency, and academic freedom on the campus of UC Berkeley. We see that corporate control of the University has privatized what was once public and intellectually free, at the expense of diversity and community interests. Berkeley Watch strives to shed light on the development of the University/Industrial/Military complex and the resulting dilution and deletion of alternative paths for the future of the University, while simultaneously working for affordable education and equal access to higher education.

For more information go to: http://www.berkleywatch.org or contact us at: contactus@berkeleywatch.org

The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability

CACS was founded in February of 2002 at the third UC Berkeley Recycling Summit. Originally proposed by an undergraduate student, the CACS has blossomed into perhaps the loudest institutionalized voice for the environment at UC Berkeley. Committee members are selected by specific campus entities, but subcommittee membership is not restricted. Meetings are always open to the public.

Center for the Built Environment

CBE is a collaborative research center at the University of California, Berkeley. CBE's research is directed at improving energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality in buildings by studying promising new technologies, design strategies, and buildings in operation. This work serves a diverse consortium of building industry leaders that includes design firms, building owners, builders, manufacturers, and government agencies. The Center has published hundreds of technical papers and articles, and has developed computer tools widely adopted by the building industry for design, performance monitoring, and evaluation.

More information can be found at www.cbe.berkeley.edu

Campus Recycling and Refuse Services

CRRS is a staff run office which handles coordination of all recycling and refuse collection activities on campus, and is working cooperatively with many other aspects of campus to bring about greater environmental sustainability for the University. We design, develop and maintain solid waste and recycling outreach and education programs on campus for students, faculty and staff. We have several student projects, and welcome volunteers and students seeking internship opportunities.

Engineers for a Sustainable World

Engineers for a Sustainable World, is a student run organization that promotes appropriate technical solutions for problems faced by underserved communities. The organization provides a forum for students, faculty, professionals and community members to pursue research and education surrounding sustainable engineering solutions. Engineers for a Sustainable World also collaborates with organizations operating in underserved communities in the US and abroad. With an emphasis on site-specific solutions, student interns work with the local population to help solve technical problems.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~esw/, or contact Ashley Murray at amurray@ce.berkeley.edu.

The Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory

RAEL, directed by Professor Dan Kammen, is engaged in both research and outreach on energy science, policy, and educational issues.

Details of their projects can be found at: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~rael

Re-USE

Re-USE, the campus materials exchange, collects donations of usable items and redistributes them to the campus community for FREE! We carry office and school supplies, house wares, computer equipment, random cool stuff and more. We also organize the Reader/Notebook Drive at the end of every semester and keep a database of the course readers available from previous semesters.

The shop is located in the northeast corner of the MLK Student Union parking garage, underneath Lower Sproul. Bike trailer pickup service is available for donations.

For shop hours, volunteer information, or anything else, please visit our website at http://recycle.berkeley.edu/reuse

Or email us at reuse_contact@berkeley.edu

The Residential Sustainability Education Coordinators

RSECs are students living in the residence halls who are dedicated to the environment and to the education of their peers. Our goal is to instill a sense of environmental responsibility in students by helping them to understand and implement simple, hands-on activities and changes that will conserve resources and help set a lifetime pattern of “green” living. We do this through a combination of fun activities and outreach. There are four to five RSECs per hall. RSECs are volunteers, but there is one paid position per unit to be determined by application. No experience is necessary.

http://recycle.berkeley.edu/ssec

Contact: Tami Lau and Stephanie Kong at cal_ssec@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

SVTC is a diverse grassroots coalition that engages in research, advocacy, and organizing around the environmental and human health problems caused by the rapid growth of the high-tech electronics industry

Goals: to publish a report on the electronic waste stream that is currently coming out of universities in California, to develop a ‘report card’ for evaluating universities’ purchasing and disposal of electronics.

http://www.svtc.org/

Contact: John Doucette

Student Sustainability Education Coordinator

The SSEC program consists of two students who develop and implement education programs in sustainability awareness on campus for other students. Students are usually hired from the pool of previous RSEC volunteers. The program hiring commitment is for 2 years.

Contact Tami Lau or Stephanie Kong at cal_ssec@yahoo.com or Lisa Bauer at lisabauer@berkeley.ed