Bright Green-Cool Campus News from the Office of Sustainability

[Kira STOLL]

	April 2019
		Happy Earth Month! At UC Berkeley we are committed to taking action to be sustainable, resilient, and environmentally-just. Join us for the great events we have this month to celebrate this wonderful planet we call home!
	Cool Campus Challenge is Back and We Need You! April 1st - 26th UC-Wide Call to Carbon Action Want to take action to tackle climate disruption, have fun, and crown Berkeley the Coolest UC? From April 1-26, all ten campuses are going head to head in the Cool Campus Challenge. The goal is for all faculty, staff and students to reduce their carbon footprints and help the University of California become carbon neutral by 2025. Sign up now: http://www.coolcampuschallenge.org and start pledging your carbon reducing actions. If you've signed up but haven’t gotten fully engaged yet, why not try the Cool Climate Calculator and Reduce your computer power usage pledges for 500 points each? Or watch a great Climate Lab video and Nominate your Climate Hero for more points! Take 10 minutes to achieve 1,000 carbon saving points or more and win solar chargers and gift cards. See the Berkeley CCC Facebook Page for Resources & Events
	Summit Agenda 3:00-4:00 pm:  Interactive poster session and plant-forward refreshments 4:00-4:30 pm:  Remarks and Sustainability Awards Presentation with CACS & Marc Fisher, Vice Chancellor Administration 4:30-5:00 pm:  Reception and Celebration	UC Berkeley’s 2019 CACS Annual Sustainability Summit Monday, April 22, 3pm – 5pm Spieker Forum, Chou Hall, Haas School of Business   The campus community is invited to the annual Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Sustainability celebration. This year's summit is a call to action to reduce our carbon footprint here and in the world and engage in the Cool Campus Challenge!     See the flyer, and see you there!
	Join the Berkeley environmental community for a variety of educational and celebratory events during April for Cal's Earth Month & Cool Campus Challenge! This calendar brought to you by the Student Environmental Resource Center.
	See the Full Calendar of Events HIGHLIGHT EVENTS:   Leading the Pack: How Companies are Collaborating to Tackle Plastic Packaging Waste Thursday, April 18th 12:30-2pm | Spieker Forum, Chou Hall, Haas School of Business Hosted by Haas Center for Responsible Business the Peterson Speaker Series with key industry players collaborating to overcome our reliance on plastic packaging and the resulting waste. Prison Abolition is Environmental Justice Monday, April 22nd 6-8pm | 159 Mulford Hall Mass incarceration, failing prison infrastructure, and penal labor are pressing environmental injustices that are often overlooked. Join the Student Environmental Resource Center and Underground Scholars to discuss the relationship between prisons and the environment, and further the idea of prison abolition as an environmental justice issue.

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Kira Stoll, AICP
Director of Sustainability

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration

University of California, Berkeley
510-642-0074
st...@berkeley.edu

April is Earth Month

Join the Cool Campus Challenge

Come to Berkeley's Annual Sustainability Summit

And, Get your Carbon Offset Project Funded

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