Campus
University of California Sustainability
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)- UCB
Campus Recycling and Refuse Services- UCB
Berkeley Student Food Collective
berkeleystudentfoodcollective.org
Peralta City College District Office of Sustainability
City of Berkeley
City of Berkeley Sustainability
cityofberkeley.info/sustainable/
Ecology Center- City of Berkeley Recycling
Other
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E): pge.com
East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD): ebmud.com
Alameda County Waste Management & www.stopwaste.org
An awesome resource for recycling and reusing in Alameda County. Go here and download the “Recycling Guide,” under the “Residents” section.
Berkeley Ecology Center: www.ecologycenter.org
This is Berkeley’s place to go for green classes, programs and resources.
Berkeley Solid Waste: www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/pw/swm.html
See what you can put in the bins and the recycling rules of Berkeley
Bay Area Junk Mail Reduction Campaign: www.stopjunkmail.org
Although it’s great to recycle your junk mail, it’s even better to stop getting it . . . this website tells you how
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse: www.creativereuse.org
See what creative reuse is looking to collect and ideas on how to reuse
Goddess of Garbage: www.goddessofgarbage.com
Turn your trash into treasure, see the Treasure Tips Archive
Make-Stuff: www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
Find things you can do with old CD’s, yogurt containers, making lamps and vases from glass bottles, and a ton of other things you can do with trash
Ready Made Magazine: www.readymademag.com
Berkeley reuse magazine
Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening: www.bayfriendly.org
How to garden and landscape in environmentally friendly way; a great resource for in-house composting and a place to buy compost bins for your house
Build It Green: www.builditgreen.org/guide
A guide about where to get green materials for everything from plumbing to doors for all your maintenance, HAPS, BAPS needs.
Home Composting “Rotline”: (510) 444-7645
Free classes and low cost compost bins
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/home_office.html
Energy Savers: tips on saving energy and money at home from the U.S. Department of Energy
Environmental Energy Technologies Division: www.eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Reports/45967.pdf
Some info about standby power
Home Energy Saver: www.HomeEnergySaver.lbl.gov
Developed by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to help consumers identify technologies that will save energy and money