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Students for a Greener Berkeley

Fall 2006 Kickoff Meeting

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Outline for Today’s Meeting

• Intros

• About SGB

• Accomplishments and Past Events

• Active Projects

• Drawing For Prize

• Meet Project Leaders and Social

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About Us

• Formed Feb 2005• Grad student group focusing on improving

sustainability of UC Berkeley (projects and events)

• General meetings every third Wed 6:30-7:30 pm, Chinquapin Room (4th floor MLK)

Dates: Oct 4th, Oct 25th, Nov 15th

• Exec meetings 1 week before general meetings

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SGB SUCCESSES

• Recycled paper purchasing policy• OSC bins in use• Greener Hearst Mining Building• Environmental Sustainability

Committee in the Graduate Assembly• Commitment to staff position

devoted to campus sustainabilityAnd for these efforts…

• The 2006 Sustainability • Student Group Award!

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Past Events

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Sustainability Quiz

Which UC campus purchased the least amount of recycled content

paper in 02-03? • a.  Berkeley• b.  Irvine• c.  San Diego• d.  Riverside

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Sustainable Investing at UC Berkeley

• How can our endowment contribute to environmental and social goals?

• Meetings w/ admin & UCB Foundation• Advisory committee, fund manager

criteriaTO DO:• ASUC & GA funds• Continue working with UCB

Foundation

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Sustainability Quiz

• A CFL that produces the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb saves what percent more energy?

• A) 10%• b) 50%• c) 75%• d) 90%

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Green Your Campus Building

• Hearst Mining Building– Recycling system and website – Dish washing station– Sustainability committee– Waste audit– Energy Audit

• How you can get involved:– Choose a campus building and make it

greener!

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Energy Audit

• Hearst Mining Building• Collected about 3 weeks worth of data

– Lighting– Occupancy– Temperature

•How you can get involved:- Analyzing data- Making recommendations- Performing more audits in other buildings

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Earth Quiz

• How many Earths would we need to support the world if everyone lived like the average North American?

a. 0.5 b. 1 c. 2d. 4

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The Green Initiative Fund

• Student fee referendum to raise funds for projects to improve environmental sustainability on campus– Renewable energy, energy efficiency, water

conservation, climate change mitigation

• $5/semester to raise ~$200,000/yr• On the ASUC ballot in May 2007• Student control over funds• WHY? Strong statement by students of

commitment to a greener Berkeley! Other schools have already taken the lead (e.g. UCSC, UCSB)

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Sustainability Quiz

• Q: A 1kW PV system prevents 1260 gallons of water from being used and ______ pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere each year:

• a)110 b)3600 c) 41,362 d)97,000

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Looking for a writer…

• Goal: Increase awareness for sustainability through a column/feature in Daily Cal– Introduce and present compelling arguments for green

living, ways to implement– Using vehicle of positive change, emphasize ease of

integrating sustainable practices in daily life, rather than sustainability as deprivation

• Ex// flyers on Sproul

• To do:– Persuade Daily Cal editors to carry this feature

• Alternatively, can publish online– Find a writer– Brainstorm preliminary article ideas

• Time commitment– Lots be a writer!– Little contribute ideas

Contact: Joanne (jwyim@berkeley.edu)Gabe (gharley@lbl.gov)

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Battery Recycling Program

• Public not aware of necessity of recycling batteries

• No means for students to recycle batteries on campus

How you can get involved:- Increase public awareness of recycling batteries- Work with the campus to install battery recycling

bins

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OSC (One Side Clean) Paper Reuse Project

• Designed unique paper re-use collection bin

• Distributed ~100 bins• To date bins have been very

successfulTO DO:• Analyze effectiveness of bins• Develop proposal for

large scale manufacture

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Sustainability Quiz

• A ton of recycled paper saves how many trees?

a. 200 b. 100 c. 50 d. 17

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Cup Abatement Initiative

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Cup Abatement Initiative

Phase 1Collect Data

Determine Benefits

Phase 2Encourage re-use

Work with Local Businesses

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Pop Quiz

True or False?

There is currently an official, centralized group/office on campus

dedicated to sustainability.

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Greening Local Copy Shops

• Objective– Work with local copy shops to improve their

purchasing practices (RC paper)– Identify productive end-use for their OSC paper

How you can get involved:– Draft letter to copy shop managers – Circulate a petition around campus departments

expressing commitment to do business with those shops who ‘go green’

– Develop system for convenient collection of OSC paper and find appropriate end-user

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Pop Quiz

About how much of UC Berkeley's unrecycled waste (by weight) is

paper?• a. 15%• b. 30%• c. 50% • d. 80%

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Other ways to get involved:

• Executive Board – President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary,

Webmaster, Project Leaders, Recruitment Officer, Publicity Officer

– Treasurer opening– New openings in Jan 06

– Meet at Raleigh's one week before general meetings (Sept 27th, Oct 18th, Nov. 8th, Nov. 29th)

– Welcome participation from everyone

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www.pledgegreen.com

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Useful Cal Facts

• REUSE• Battery recycling• Can/bottle recycling vs. paper• PV Panels (59 kW)• Campus mug discount• Class pass

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Projects and Leaders

• Sam – Sustainable Investing• Claudia – Green Building/Energy

Audit• Becca – TGIF• Gabe (for Weilun) – Batteries• Gabe – OSC Bins• Scott – Cup Abatement Initiative• Ashley – Greening Local Copy Shops