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The Sustainable Future DeCal is a solutions-based course and, therefore, encourages students to be active members of their community. This is a page dedicated to environmentally-minded jobs, clubs, volunteering, civil engagement, and other opportunities.
Cal Has 40 Environmental Organizations!
Cal Has 40 Environmental Organizations!
UC Berkeley offers 40 environmental organizations for students to get involved in. The Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) is the environmental hub that oversees these organizations. Check out their page for frequent updates on jobs, internships, and campus clubs. Below are some student organizations we would like to highlight! Click on the photos to visit their website or Facebook.
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Berkeley Student Farms
ASUC Sustainability Team (STeam)
Housing and Dining Sustainability Advocates (HADSA)
Students for Climate Action
Zero Waste Coalition
Take another environmentally-focused course on campus!
Take another environmentally-focused course on campus!
SERC now maintains a directory of sustainability-related courses. See it here.
Things To Do From Home
Things To Do From Home
Ditch Google
Ditch Google
Ecosia is a search engine that uses ad revenue to plant trees in regions of the world where they are needed the most. So far, Ecosia has planted over 80 million trees! Reforestation is an important and impactful aspect of addressing the ecological crisis. Add the extension to Chrome or Safari.
Purchase Ethically
Purchase Ethically
Fast fashion not only goes out of style quickly, but is also a contributing to accelerating and increasing the rate of environmental degradation. Do research into brands before buying from them. Good On You is a useful website that shares the environmental impact, labor conditions, and animal welfare of thousands of brands.
Opt Out of Junk Mail
Opt Out of Junk Mail
Americans receive five-million-tons of junk mail each year. Forty-four percent enters the wastestream before it has ever been opened or read. The solution to this waste is simple, Stop the ads before they make it to your mailbox.
Share on Social Media
Share on Social Media
Most of us have made it routine to post and scroll through social media. Use your platform to speak-out and share information on ways to get involved and support the movement! Even one person being impacted by your post is one more vital person for creating the change we need.
Research Your Representatives
Research Your Representatives
Your representatives have one primary responsibility: to represent you. As the countdown to vote starts now, do some research into how your representatives have voted on past environmental bills with this environmental scorecard. If they have abstained from voting on or voted against environmental protection regulations or policies, meet with your representative and let them know that you disagree.
Calculate your Ecological Footprint
Calculate your Ecological Footprint
Addressing the environmental crisis requires both system change and individual action. Without individual action system change cannot occur. Learning about your personal impact is the first step in identifying how you need to change. Use the Footprint Calculator.
BYO Tupperware and Reusables
BYO Tupperware and Reusables
When you go out to eat or go to grab coffee with a friend, there's always the temptation to use a single use ware. Say no to single-use ware and instead bring your own reusables from home! The impact of even this seemingly small action is tremendous, a study found that the 58 billion paper cups discarded every year require 20 million trees!
UC Berkeley Zero Waste & Carbon Neutrality Goals
UC Berkeley Zero Waste & Carbon Neutrality Goals
Cal Zero Waste is a University program hosting waste management and assessment teams and student staff that run educational and outreach programs. Open intern positions with CZW, if available, can be found on SERC's website. If you are interested in getting involved with the Carbon Neutrality Initiative Fellowship, contact Sage to inquire about potential available positions.
Contact Your Representatives
Contact Your Representatives
Many of the environmental decisions we make on a daily basis are limited by surrounding infrastructure and resources. However, by using our collective voices, we can make systematic changes. Below are people and offices that politically represent our environmental interests. We also encourage reaching out to grocery stores, restaurants, corporations, and other identities that are responsible for enabling either environmental preservation or damage.
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