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  • Bike Week

    May 10th through the 17th is Bike Week.  People are encouraged to bike to work and school throughout this week....
  • EPA Names UC Santa Cruz Sixth-Largest Campus Purchaser of 'Green Power' For Second Year in a Row

    For the second year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the sixth-largest campus purchaser of "green power" in the country.

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  • Student Environmental Center Hosts Non Violent Communication Workshop

    This coming Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 SEC will be hosting a training in Non Violent Communication in the College 8 Red Room. Anyone is welcome to come.

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  • Climate Scientist Benjamin Santer to Speak at UCSC on Thursday, May 8


    Benjamin Santer, will deliver the fourth annual Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Theater at UC Santa Cruz.

  • Sign up for fresh, organic produce from the UCSC Farm

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    The UCSC Farm is enrolling members in ...

  • TAPS Recognized for Environmentalism

    The United Way honored UCSC's Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) Department as a "Community Hero" at its 2007 Community Assessment Project Year 13 press conference and celebration on November 19, 2007.

  • Campus Seeing Recycling Boom

    Workers pulling up to campus recycling containers on their weekly rounds have lately been greeted with an unusual sight: Full bins. Packed bins. Bins that are stuffed to the bursting point.

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  • Campus gets a little bit "greener"

    In several campus kitchens, workers have begun scraping leftover grease or oil from cooking pans into large buckets before putting the pans in the dishwasher.

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  • Zero Waste Event

    OPERS Fall Festival Zero Waste EventWith an eye towards sustainability, this year's OPERS Fall Festival was our first large-scale Zero Waste Event!

    In our efforts to redu...

  • Chancellor Blumenthal signs Climate Action Compact

    Chancellor George Blumenthal joined Santa Cruz city and county officials in pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at their respective institutions and to encourage private, public, and nonprofit investment as part of the solution to global climat...

  • UCSC partners with Zipcar to bring car sharing to Santa Cruz

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, and Zipcar, North America's largest on-campus car-sharing service, have formed a joint partnership to provide Zipcars to campus faculty, staff, and students, as well as community residents, as an environmentall...

  • UCSC launches reclaimed water study

    Building on a strong foundation of water conservation and management, UC Santa Cruz is initiating a study to assess the feasibility of developing an on-campus system for reclaiming and recycling water. The assessment will identify practical ways to sto...

  • College Eight wins sustainability award

    College Eight's Sustainability Project won the Outstanding Project Award given by the American College Personnel Association at its annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

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  • EPA ranks UC Santa Cruz the sixth largest 'green power' purchaser among campuses

    A vote by UC Santa Cruz students to boost their own fees to enhance campus support for "green power" has brought national recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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