1. In the beginning there was (some)
recycling. But there was no zero-
waste target or green-department
certification process. No Cal Dining
sustainable-seafood certification or
Green Initiative Fund. No climate-
action, bicycle or water-use reduc-
tion plan. No greenhouse-gas inven-
tory. No energy-
incentive pro-
gram, Power
Agents or LEED-
certified build-
ings.
The list goes on. There was no
campus Energy Office and no Office
of Sustainability. No wa-
terless urinals or water-
bottle refill stations. And,
of course, there was no
annual sustainability re-
port.
All that has changed since the
launch 10 years ago of the
Chancellor’s Advisory Com-
mittee on Sustainability,
which many mark as the
beginning of a concerted
10 years’ Progress in Getting to Green
Bright Green News
The Campus Sustainability Newsletter
VOLUME 40
May 2013
The
Office
Update
IN THIS ISSUE
 A Decade of Berkeley Sustaina-
bility
 CACS Sustainability Summit
 2013 Sustainability Awardees &
Green Grant Recipients
 Register: CA Higher Education
Convergence—June 23-27
 Barrows Hall Spring Cleaning
 Haas –New Green Department
 Sustainable Efforts by the School
of Optometry
 myPower Updates
 2013 CSSC Wrap
 New Bicycle Fix-It Stations
 UCB Named Bicycle Friendly
University
 2013 TGIF Recipients!
campus effort to go green. A for-
mal and deliberate committee with
a student co-chair and many
stakeholders at the table,
CACS has managed to “stay
out in front,” notes Director of
Sustainability Lisa McNeilly, and
thus to help institutionalize
sustainability at Berkeley.
To read the rest of this story and
see the slideshow “Blue, gold and
green all over”, click here.
2013 CACS Sustainability Summit Wrap
“I can’t think of our work over the
last ten years without recognizing
the efforts of our stu-
dents…they form groups,
fundraise, teach DeCals,
intern on campus projects,
and are even the source of
funding for The Green
Initiative Fund, which has
supported over 80 campus
projects and 165 student
internships with $1.3 mil-
lion in student fees.”
Chancellor Birgeneau also highlight-
ed the many efforts of staff that
green our opera-
tions and buildings
and faculty that
teach and research
in support of the
environment. At
the conclusion the
Chancellor an-
nounced this year’s
Green Fund Grant
recipients and (continued...)
On Earth Day, the Chancellor’s
Advisory Committee on Sustainabil-
ity (CACS) held the 10th
Annual
Sustainability Summit. This summit
celebrated the campus sustainability
achievements over the last decade
and looked to the future.
A highlight of the day was the key-
note address provided by Dr. Mike
Biddle, plastics pio-
neer and co-founder
of MBA Polymers.
His inspiring talk—
”Creating a Circular
Economy with Plas-
tics” - provided both
a glimpse at the
complex issues associated with
plastic waste and real solutions that
he has developed.
Dr, Biddle started MBA over 20
years ago—literally from his garage.
He has since grown his company to
what is now the world’s leading
multi-national company re-covering
plastics from end-of-life durable
goods, such as computers, electron-
ics, business equipment, applicances,
automobiles and now mu-
nicipal solid wastes. MBA
has over 300 million
pounds per year of pro-
cessing capacity in Europe,
China and the US to turn
waste into plastics for use
right back into the same
type of products
from which they
came. Some of the
largest manufacturers in the
world use MBA’s plastics to
replace virgin plastics in their
new products.
If you missed his talk – it is highly
recommended – watch the video.
As this was Chancellor Birgeneau’s
last summit in his role as campus
leader, he spent time reflecting on
the outstanding work and accom-
plishments Berkeley has made in
sustainability – particularly those of
students.
Article by Cathy Cockrell,
UCB NewsCenter
Dr. Michael Biddle, MBA
Chancellor Birgeneau
Monica Hornato,
student awardee
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lighting over 25 projects funded by a CACS grant
or The Green Fund Grant (TGIF) fund.
Thank you to all the speakers, participants,
projects and organizers for a wonderful
celebration of the 10th CACS Sustainabil-
ity Summit!
(...continued) Sustainability Awardees. Read the
article below for more details on the recipients.
Video of Birgeneau’s remarks, along with other
speakers, can be found here.
To recognize all the Chancellor has done for
sustainability, the Summit’s MC’s and CACS Co-
Chairs Nolan Pack and David Scrimger present-
ed him with a green fund grant award. A bicycle
rack in his honor is being installed by Le Conte -
the home of his Physics lab
where he will be returning
to teaching and research in
June.
And no Summit is com-
plete without the poster
session – this year high-
2013 Sustainability Award & Green Fund Grant Recipients
The new Green Fund Grant Projects
include:
“Spring Cleaning in Campus Closets” - Ron
Holmstrom, Space Management and Capital
Programs. This project will improve the utiliza-
tion of space on campus through a “Campus
Sustainable Cleanup” effort. This outreach pro-
gram will help departments free up underutilized
space and repurpose it by coordinating the recy-
cling and reuse of un-used materials that are
taking up space.
“Sigma Pi L.E.D.’s the Way to Energy Sav-
ings” - Garrett Vogel, a second year student in
Conservation and Resource Studies. This initia-
tive will reduce water and electricity use in the
fraternity house by installing energy-efficient
devices and materials. Sigma Pi aims to reduce
water consumption by 15% and will install over
30 LED lightbulbs and insulation in their base-
ment.
“’Swag’ Bags for Bicyclists” - Greg Haet,
Associate Director, Environmental Protection
and Chair, Campus Bicycle Committee. This
program will provide sustainable promotional
and safety items to hundreds of cyclists at the
two campus Energizer Stations during this year’s
Bay Area-wide Bike-to-Work Day on May 9th.
“Fitting Plant to Place: Site-Specific Resto-
ration Planning on Strawberry Creek” -
Dylan Chapple, PhD student in Environmental
Science, Policy, and Management. This grant will
fund the work of two undergraduate
students to perform site preparation,
collect planting data, acquire native
plants from local nurseries, and propa-
gate plants in the Strawberry Creek
Native Plant Nursery as part of the
campus effort to restore the water-
shed.
And this year’s
Sustainability
Awards go to:
Arpad Horvath,
UC Berkeley Pro-
fessor in the Engi-
neering and Project
Management Pro-
gram and in the
Energy, Civil Infra-
structure and Cli-
mate Program in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering. Not only is Profes-
sor Horvath’s research advancing the under-
standing of climate impacts and engineering and
teaching students about cutting edge methods,
he has also been a contributor to campus sus-
tainability efforts for the last ten years. Arpad
was a founding faculty member on CACS and
the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP).
He continues to be a faculty leader in campus
sustainability, engaging his students in campus
efforts and providing expertise as the campus set
its next greenhouse gas emissions target.
Kira Stoll, Sustainability Manager. Kira has
been a sustainability champion her entire career
at Berkeley, first as the campus Transportation
Planner and now in the Office of Sustainability.
Kira has been an active member of CACS since
the beginning and Co-Chaired the committee in
2011. She is both a big-picture thinker and detail
-oriented, contributing to campus-wide initia-
tives while also producing results and accom-
plishments day-to-day. Some successes this
award is recognizing her for include co-authoring
Berkeley’s first bicycle plan and zero waste plan,
managing Berkeley’s climate inventories and
reporting, producing the monthly Bright Green
News, and mentoring countless students.
Monica Harnoto, UC Berkeley B.S. Environ-
mental Sciences, spring 2013. Monica is never
merely content with the status quo and con-
stantly inspires and motivates colleagues to think
of new and innovative ways to improve sustaina-
bility in Cal Dining. One of Monica’s most nota-
ble projects has been Chews to Reuse -- a reus-
able to-go container program in dining halls.
Before Monica created this program, the dining
halls provided patrons with compostable to-go
containers made from sugarcane plant fibers.
Starting out as a pilot, the program has now
been expanded to all dining commons, in large
part due to Monica’s strategic implementation.
Nature Village: Nature Village is a multidis-
ciplinary and multicultural group of University
Village residents, students, staff, and campus
sustainability groups that work together to pro-
mote sustainable living practices at the Universi-
ty Village. In its inaugural year Nature Village
launched three programs including the Green
Family Program –with 50 families participating in
pilots for energy and water saving tools like low
flow shower heads and racks for air drying
clothes. In the long term, Nature Village seeks
to create a replicable model for institutionalizing
sustainability in student family residential units,
particularly for the UC system and more broadly
for universities in the U.S.
Popular poster session Article by Kira Stoll & Photos by
Michael Drummond
Photo by Michael Drummond
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the departments for better space utiliza-
tion.
 3,430 pounds of paper shredded and
recycled
 3 ½ truck loads sent to Overstock and
Surplus
 13 boxes of ReUSE materials
Kudos to Ruben Meija and Trevor Oda for all of
their efforts to recruit and support the offices in
Barrows Hall! One participant notes that "I was
able to get rid of stuff that had been sitting
around for last 20 years.”
If you’re interested in learning more, con-
tact Ron Holmstrom at
rholmst@berkeley.edu.
A newly formed collaboration launched during
Earth Week aims to improve the use of space on
campus through a “Campus Sustainable Cleanup”
effort. The program will help departments free
up underutilized space
and find other uses for
that space by clearing
out un-used materials
and coordinating their
recycling and reuse.
Led by Ron
Holmstrom, Space and Capital Resources, the
team also includes Overstock and Surplus, Mov-
ing Services, ReUSE, Campus Recycling and Re-
fuse Services, Records Retention Services, CAL
Shredding, EH&S, and Mail Services – basically all
of the departments who can help units get rid of
unwanted items and arrange collection or drop-
offs. In this initial phase, these services are pro-
vided at no cost to the units participating, thanks
to funding from Space and Capital Resources and
a CACS Green Fund grant.
During the Earth Week launch in Barrows
Hall, approximately 60% of the assignable
square feet were included, with participants
from the Beatrice Bain Research Group,
Gender and Women Studies, African Ameri-
can Studies, Ethnic Studies, Political Science,
Sociology, KALX, Center for Race and Gen-
der, and the Energy and Resources Group.
And the results are
impressive:
 1,000 square
feet that will be
re-purposed by
Launch of New “Clean-Up” Services
2013 California Higher Education Sustainability Convergence, June 23-27
management, green build-
ing, greening healthcare,
and more.
An awards ceremony will
be held at the conference – Berkeley will be the
recipient of three awards this year.
All of the conference rates are posted on the
registration site. Scholarships are available to
assist with costs for those that need it.
Visit the Conference Website for more details.
Registration Now Open!
Hosted by the University of California, Santa
Barbara this year, the California Higher Educa-
tion Sustainability Conference
highlights cutting-edge research,
as well as case studies with prov-
en successes in curriculum devel-
opment, operational programs,
and community partnerships.
This unique event is jointly orga-
nized by independent/private
colleges, California Community Colleges, Cali-
fornia State Universities, and the University of
California creating the opportunity for dialogue
across institutions.
Also being offered are several
in depth pre and post confer-
ence workshops and local field
trips on topics such as commu-
nication strategies, waste re-
duction and recycling, energy
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Article by Lisa McNeilly
games, and trash talkers. They also distributed
the Haas Green Event Toolkit at this event.
Haas has installed a hydration station in Cheit
Hall, as well as a bottle refilling station in the
FIFO Café and staff and faculty lounges. Refill
stations are in each of the three buildings of the
Haas School and available for use by students,
staff, and faculty. Haas got additional points for
hosting other sustainability-related events, like e-
waste collection and freecycle events, having a
shoreline cleanup event, and a virtual food drive.
Read about two more green departments –
Procurement Services and EH&S – in our next
newsletter.
The Haas School of Business is the most recent
certified green department. Haas is only our
third academic partner to complete the process,
and is the first department to have students as
active members of their Green Team – and we
want to congratulate everyone at Haas who
worked to achieve the certification!
Haas certified 20 points to attain the highest (or
Green) level. Their initiatives include having
multiple scanners for employees, as well as in-
stalling the new recycling signage throughout
their building. Impressively, Haas also offers
composting in five locations: the staff lounge,
PhD student lounge, faculty lounge, Wells Fargo
conference room, and FIFO Cafe.
Haas certified a green event in 2012 called
“Beyond Yourself Consumption Function” spon-
sored by the MBA Net Impact Club. This event
was for current and prospective students, staff,
and faculty. It included sustainable food, wine/
beer, an eco-fashion show, a bike-powered
blender for smoothies, compost and recycling
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ASUC, Doe Library, Tan Hall, Latimer, Pimentel,
LeConte, Cory, GPB, LSA, and VLSB.
See the google map of refill stations on campus
in publically-accessible locations.
You can also take the “I Heart Tap Water”
Pledge here!
At Cal there are a lot of reasons to
love tap water. It’s sourced from Sierra
Nevada snowmelt, it’s clean, it tastes
good, it’s sustainable, and it’s free!
However, two barriers still drive stu-
dents to purchase single use water
bottles -- lack of knowledge that our
tap water is safe and tastes great, and
access to tap water sources that make
it easy to refill a water container.
Those barriers are starting to fade with
several more water bottle refill stations
installed throughout the campus. TGIF
has funded new refill stations in Sproul Hall
(first floor by the visitor center), Wheeler
Hall (first floor near room 130), and Kroeber
Hall (by the Hearst Museum of Anthropolo-
gy). Several departments have added refill
stations including locations in Barrows Hall
ground floor by room 44 and Hearst
Gymnasium next to the west entrance.
TGIF also funded bottle fillers installed
on existing ADA-compliant water foun-
tains, a cost-effective solution allowing
more installations in more buildings. You
can find bottle fillers on fountains in the
New Water Bottle Refill Stations and Fountain Bottle Fillers Funded by TGIF
on both physical and behavioral energy-saving
projects.
Linda’s successor, Cliff Lob-
beregt (pictured right), joined
the School of Optometry in
September 2012. Cliff has
taken the baton from Linda
with an incredible drive and
passion for saving energy.
Read more of the article on the myPower web-
site.
Tucked away behind Wurster and
Hertz Music Hall is the School of
Optometry’s Minor Hall and Minor
Addition. The School has pioneered
research in many areas of optome-
try including cornea physiology and
contact lens development since its establishment
in 1923. Although it is highly recognized as one
of the top optometry schools in the country, it
should also be recognized for its efforts in sus-
tainability and energy efficiency. The actions of
both the out-going and in-coming facilities man-
agers have created some substantial energy sav-
ings for both Minor Hall and Minor Addition.
Out-going facility manager Linda Schmidt has
been proactive in following up with the Energy
Office on Strategic Energy Plan (SEP) projects in
both buildings. This has resulted in energy sav-
ings through actions such as repairing economiz-
ers. She has also implemented a "no personal
space heater" policy (except for the winter
months in select cases). Linda has set a great
precedent for future facility managers by taking
A Clear Vision of Sustainability
Article by Joe Martorana
VOLUME 40 May 2013
Even little stickers can make a big difference.
Following up on the myPower report from
March, we’re happy to say that the energy re-
duction noted in Unit 1
after 1,100 light switch
shut off reminder
stickers that were
placed during winter
break are showing
persistent reductions.
After Spring Break another 1,000 stickers were
put up in Unit 2 and over summer break an
additional 400 will be
added on the Clark
Kerr Campus.
As another semester is
coming to an end, myPow-
er now is tallying up 93 buildings (plus 15 individ-
ually sub-meters in Stanley Hall) with
live dashboards and a new mobile-
friendly site showcasing 58 buildings.
It’s now easier than ever to look up a
building’s real time energy use on the
go.
Additionally, during the past couple of
months, with the help of building man-
agers and enthusiastic occupants, the
myPower team has been able to audit
even more buildings and provide feed-
back as to how each building can reduce its en-
ergy use. By both analyzing the building’s energy
dashboard – assessing spikes and anomalies –
and by observing occupant behavior and habits,
the myPower survey team has been able to give
tailored energy-saving suggestions. For example,
myPower recommended that the Tang Center
(UHS) consolidate lesser used refrigerators,
upgrade appliances for newer more
energy efficient models, and consider
using vending machine misers which
could reduce costs by up to 46%.
The buildings myPower has recently
surveyed include the Silver Space Lab,
the Department of Linguistics
(Dwinelle Hall), Summer Sessions, Tang
Center, University Relations, the Oper-
ational Excellence Program Office,
Warren Hall, and the Haas School of
Business. All building surveys conducted thus far
can be seen here. If you’re interested to sched-
ule an energy survey in your area, just email us at
myPower@berkeley.edu.
myPower Dashboard & Survey Update Successful myPower Stickers
Article by Trish Ratto
Articles by myPower Team

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You are invited to this free event featuring
acclaimed journalist and author, Mark
Hertsgaard.
Imagine walking down the streets of Berkeley
and seeing community gardens where there
were once vacant lots, apartment buildings cov-
ered in solar panels, and neighbors out of their
cars and headed to work on foot, bike, or bus.
Feels good just thinking about it, huh? These are
just some of the projects the Berkeley Climate
Action Coalition is working on to create a safer
and healthier Berkeley.
You are invited to join a special quarterly con-
vening, featuring keynote speaker and acclaimed
journalist and author, Mark Hertsgaard -- the
author of HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty
Years. Over dinner, we'll have a chance to con-
nect with other community members, and hear
about and get involved with the Coalition's ac-
tion-oriented projects.
UC Berkeley’s Office of Sustainability is working
with the coalition and welcomes new partici-
pants in the effort.
For more about the Climate Action Coali-
tion, including information about how to join a
Working Group, please click here.
Berkeley Climate Action Coalition Convening & Dinner (free)
followed by a nighttime music concert. Thank
you to the
student coordi-
nators at UC
Berkeley and
passionate
individuals who
made the
weekend a
success!
From April 26-28th, UC Berkeley became a hub
for student sustainability innovation when it
hosted the Spring 2013 California Student Sus-
tainability Convergence.
Hundreds of students
across the state gathered
on our campus to discuss
the latest challenges, devel-
opments, and solutions to
improving green awareness
and action among students.
Keynote speakers Crystal Lameman, Hunter
Lovins, and Garth Lenz
commenced the conver-
gence by sharing their
insights on diverse range
of topics, from environ-
mental consulting to eco
-photojournalism.
Along with intensive
panel discussions and
workshops in Dwinelle,
students also enjoyed dinner on Memorial Glade
Berkeley Hosts the Spring 2013 California Student Sustainability Convergence
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Article & Photo by Nik Crain
When: New time! Monday, June 3, 2013 from
6pm-9pm.
Where: Ed Roberts Campus in South Central
Berkeley, at the Ashby BART Station. 3075
Adeline St (between Tremont and Woolsey Sts).
Accessible by the #12 and #49 AC Transit bus-
es.
Cost: Free
RSVP: By Monday, May 27, 2013. Email Leah
or call 510-548-2220 x235
cycling community. This award confirms that
we're on the right track, and motivates us to
continue making improvements.”
Thanks to the many programs and services that
have helped make our campus so bicycle-
friendly. Don’t forget to ride your bike on
Thursday, May 9 – the Bay Area’s 18th
an-
nual Bike to Work Day!
The League of American Bicyclists has recog-
nized UC Berkeley has as one of nation’s top
Bicycle Friendly Universities (BFU)! The BFU
program recognizes higher
education institutions for
promoting and providing
bicycle-friendly campus for
students, staff and visitors.
UC Berkeley was one of
only eight universities recognized in California,
and one of fifty-eight nationwide.
“It's a great honor to receive this award
from the League,” said Greg Haet, Chair of
the Campus Bicycle Committee at Berke-
ley. “The number of students, faculty, and
staff coming to the campus by bicycle con-
tinues to increase, and we're working hard
to make Cal a better place for our growing
Berkeley Recognized for being a Bicycle Friendly Campus
Make sure to keep your bicycle in top condi-
tion with these valuable resources to stay safe
on your daily transit.
Do you need a quick tune up on your bike? The
installment of UC Berkeley’s second fix-it-
yourself bike repair station is ready for use out-
side Moffitt Library.
Along with the station near the Energy Biosci-
ences Building near the campus’ west entrance,
the central Moffitt station includes
air pumps, tools, and instructions to
make basic adjustments and repairs.
It is free and available for the entire
campus community.
Bicycle Fix-It Stations
Article by Nik Crain
Article by Rachel Balmy

6. Refills not Landfills – Claire Porter, Megan
Fabian, Nick Cash
Refills not Landfills will collaborate with local
beverage sellers to create a stamp card that can
be used by customers who bring their own
mugs. Each time a customer BYOM's s/he will
receive a stamp and work towards a free drink,
with a goal of incentivizing customers to "refill"
or reuse, not "landfill".
Restorative Ecology Training Program –
Celine Pallud, Anders Olsen
The Restorative Ecology Training Program will
develop an intensive training course for UC
Berkeley undergraduate students geared toward
young ecological professionals interested in sus-
tainable soil use and habitat restoration. The
training program will include lab, field, and out-
reach components.
Slow It, Spread It, Sink It- Low Impact
Development on Strawberry Creek – Alys-
sa Massell
Slow It, Spread It, Sink It will help Strawberry
Creek regain ecological stability by applying basic
LID strategies and habitat restoration measures.
Grant funding will finance the design phase of the
project.
Solar Powering Cal – Kira Stoll
Solar Powering Cal will ensure student engage-
ment in the campus efforts to install solar on
selected campus buildings and will make TGIF a
key partner in solar as new reality at UC Berke-
ley. TGIF will also play a role in the larger re-
gional effort to bring over 100 solar PV installa-
tions to public agency sites around the bay area.
SPROUTS – Shannon Davis, Kristen Klein,
Hanna Miller
SPROUTS, or Student Projects Redefining Our
University's Trash, Sustainably, will be a waste
education and outreach team focused on events,
education campaigns, working with Overstock
and Surplus, and teaching a standardized campus
waste audit.
Congratulations to all the grant award recipients!
Good luck with your upcoming projects!
For more information: http://tgif.berkeley.edu
The Green Initiative Fund is proud to announce
the 2013 TGIF Spring Grant Awards. TGIF is
awarding a total of $278,500 across 14 projects.
Berkeley Student Food Collective Sustain-
able Business and Development Internship
Program – Carli Baker
Interns will be hired to investigate and promote
the long-term financial and environmental viabil-
ity of the BSFC. The four positions will be Store-
front Sustainability intern, Real Food Advocacy
intern, Community Relations intern, and Finan-
cial Viability intern.
CalCAP 2.0 Internships – Kira Stoll
CalCAP 2.0 will support three important student
climate related internships. The work the stu-
dents will perform will be integral to the campus
setting its next greenhouse gas emissions target,
to informing the next campus Climate Action
Plan, and to achieving our CalCAP education
objectives—including a report on adaptation.
CSS Cycles – Rebecca Andersen
CSS Cycles will offer a shared electric assist
bicycle available to CSS staff as an alternative to
private, internal combustion powered vehicles,
for the purpose of transporting staff as needed
to and from the main UC Berkeley campus and
the new Campus Shared Services (CSS) Center.
Campus Tree Inventory - Katherine
Walsh, Jim Horner, Phil Cody, Theron Klos
This project will inventory the main campus
trees to create a tree database system for cam-
pus maintenance and to apply for tree campus
USA status.
Cool Towers – Sara Shirazi
Cool Towers will hire two student associates to
assist PP-CS in the development of a compre-
hensive cooling tower inventory. The students
will identify system type, controls, water treat-
ment type, and chemical usage, as well as an
indication of overall water usage, strainer and
basin health of the cooling towers. PP-CS will
use the data to identify water and energy conser-
vation opportunities and develop a campus-wide
standard for future cooling tower installations
and retrofits.
Fitting Plant to Place: Site-Specific Resto-
ration Planning on Strawberry Creek –
Dylan Chapple
Fitting Plant to Space will refine the trait-based
approach tested by the 2012 TGIF Grant by
measuring soil characteristics (moisture, organic
matter content, nitrogen, texture and pH) and
landscape factors (proximity to road, slope, and
surrounding vegetation communities) at each site
before planting. Fitting Plant to Space will also
engage 500 volunteers and improve the efficiency
and standards of the Strawberry Creek volun-
teer program.
Hearst North Field Soil Restoration –
James Sanner
Hearst North Field Soil Restoration project will
eliminate the amount of synthetic leachate
washed off from the field, and greatly reduce the
watering needs of the field by 20%-30% with an
estimated captured savings of over 250,000 gal-
lons annually. The management methodology
consists of covering the field with high quality
compost, working the compost into the soil, and
regularly applying a liquid compost brew to the
turf.
Nature Village Phase II – Mila Moran, Tra-
vie Tipton
Nature Village Phase II will build upon 2012 TGIF
Grant Project Nature Village by implementing a
sharing campaig and a hazardous and electronic
waste program, expanding the Green Family
Program, and shooting a 3 min. Nature Village
video.
Pedaling Towards Zero Waste – Nick
Cash, Claire Porter
Pedaling Towards Zero Waste will fund a hybrid
human-electric powered Truck Trike to be used
by ReUSE, CRRS, and other licensed and trained
campus individuals for pick-ups and deliveries of
reusable materials or during sustainability related
projects.
Spring 2013 TGIF Grant Award Recipients
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