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TIME: How One Activist Is Reimagining Climate Education

"For climate activist Sage Lenier, 24, education is a tool for empowerment. Too often, she says, higher education focuses solely on the problems instead of exploring solutions..."

I created a class about zero waste. It turned into much moreActivist and graduate Sage Lenier created a course at UC Berkeley about sustainability and the circular economy. We sat down with her for a quick chat.

Five Rausser College students recognized with CACS awardsThe Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability awards graduating students for environmental advocacy.

Student-Led Course Focuses on Sustainable Action For students

Our feature in the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources Breakthrough Magazine: Spring 2020 Edition.

New York Times: Climate Forward Newsletter

"This semester at the University of California, Berkeley, one of the college’s most popular courses is, remarkably, being taught by a 21-year-old senior, Sage Lenier."

DeCal class: A guide to zero waste, building a sustainable futureWhen Sage Lenier, a fourth-year in conservation and resource studies, created her DeCal course, there were 25 people enrolled. Now, there are 160 with 45 people on the waiting list

UC Berkeley students strike for UC Green New DealWith about 300 people in attendance, Students for Climate Action and the Sunrise Movement organized a climate strike Friday to demand the UC system adopt a Green New Deal.

Berkeley takes home five higher ed sustainability awardsFrom a curriculum with solutions for a sustainable future to a campaign to create an herbicide-free UC, Berkeley’s work shined at the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Confere…

Sage accepted the UC Academics Award at the 2019 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference for creating this curriculum.

Award-winning zero waste DeCal reframes sustainability educationCampus senior Sage Lenier is reframing the way students learn about the environment and sustainability with her award-winning zero waste DeCal.

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