Student Environmental Organizations

The Sustainability Team program is dedicated to three major goals: 1)Create and implement projects that address campus environmental problems, establish sustainable practices on campus, and raise sustainability awareness to students, faculty, and staff. 2) Provide students with the training and tools necessary to accomplish effective sustainability advocacy and project implementation, navigation of the campus bureaucracy, and experience required to succeed in future leadership roles. 3)Serve as a liaison between students and the ASUC, GA, administration, faculty, staff, and Berkeley community; facilitate effective networking between all environmental entities on campus

Our mission is to educate students and businesses about the environmental and economic benefits of more environmentally sustainable business practices. We provide students with the opportunity to implement sustainable practices in a real world environment and provide businesses with quality consulting that encompasses up to date environmental knowledge.

Harness the strengths of students, faculty and research programs across the energy and natural resources sector. Create a community with shared interests in energy and natural resources, encourage leaders to be active in the community, create an online place where people can access Berkeley’s energy and natural resources information, make Berkeley the most attractive place for students interested in “clean tech,” and identify student-led projects that reinforce “clean tech.” BERC is a student-led organization whose mission is to connect and develop the UC Berkeley energy and resource community. The group acts as a bridge between the many schools, programs, and labs at the University, including the Boalt Hall School of Law, College of Chemistry, College of Engineering, College of Natural Resources, Energy & Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy, Haas School of Business, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, UC Energy Institute, and others. To foster productive applications of university research and technology, BERC also forges connections with the larger energy and cleantech cluster that is growing in the Bay Area and beyond.

The main purpose of Roots and Shoots is to actively develop awareness and foster communications about three main elements: animals, the environment, and the human community. As such, the grass-roots program emphasizes community, peace, and equality.

The Environmental Law Society is an organization of student activists at Boalt dedicated to environmental protection, education, and social justice. ELS provides opportunities for Boalt law students to gain hands-on legal experience with established environmental organizations in the community, to discuss local, national and international issues with prominent environmental attorneys, and to learn to appreciate and protect nature. In addition to sponsoring the environmental speaker series, ELS provides the resources necessary to take effective action on a variety of environmental issues, including the San Francisco Bay, endangered species, old-growth forests, recycling, organic food standards, fair trade issues, and environmental justice. Its activities focus on the need for law students to share their individual knowledge, inspiration.

Environmental and consumer watchdog group with activities such as Affordable higher education, Zero Emissions, and Hunger and Homelessness education week.

CRSSO exists to facilitate a community among CRS majors and supplement educational activities. Some of CRSSO’s major activities include sponsoring a mentor system for ESPM 90 and holding monthly potlucks

ESW is at Cal is a college chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, a non-profit organization working to reduce poverty, and improve global sustainability. We are interested in engineering issues surrounding appropriate technologies in development

To make an impact in local and global environmental and health issues through service learning, action, and education. Collaborating with Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) to ensure that university funds are used in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

To have UC Berkeley undergraduates conducting outreach to Bay Area high school and middle school students. The program is also intended to lay a foundation for future inclusion of environmental science as a high school mandatory science requirement.

To provide a forum for students interested in the environmental sciences

The Forestry Club is a social and academic community open to anyone at Berkeley with an interest in forestry. The Forestry Club has many activities during the year, including participating in Society of American Forester events, holding an annual Christmas tree cut and sale, sponsoring “Bean Feed” dinners, competing in logging sports, and working in community outreach.

To provide a living and learning environment for students interested in social, economic, and scientific issues affecting our Earth’s urban, rural, and global environment

To save energy on university campuses through a student-led campaign to identify and reduce energy waste through improvements in energy use behaviors, student purchasing decisions and operations changes; to build student awareness about the relationship between energy efficiency and the environment and the need to use energy efficiently; and strengthen academic learning by facilitating the incorporation of Green Campus activities into students' academic plans.

Provide environmentally minded students at the Goldman School of Public Policy, or those interested in environmental policy, a forum to discuss issues of interest. To this end, the group will plan networking events and educational events, host social functions, organize community activism and more.

A Plant and Microbial Biology Student Organization. The Mycophytes provide social and academic resources to students majoring or minoring in Genetics and Plant Biology and Microbial Biology. Some of the Mycophytes’ activities include holding socials, faculty dinners, and information outreach events to promote their majors.

The Net Impact club works to help MBA students gain the critical knowledge, support and connections that will help them succeed as leaders in socially responsible business and not-for-profit management. Our resources and activities include a roadmap to classes and career development opportunities, speaker series, the Board Fellows program, Net Impact Firm Night, and the annual Nonprofit and Public Management Dinner.

The primary objective of SAFE is to provide students from diverse backgrounds with an open forum on fire ecology through which research can be shared, networks formed and funding and information resources can be accessed.

To manage the UCB Student Garden and to provide information and resources for students interested in organic gardening. It also sponsors classes and educational events.

For students interested in organic gardening, stop by open hours or enroll in the student-led decal: Intro to Organic Gardening.
For a more thorough and intensive organic gardening educational and training, consider ESPM 117: Urban Garden Ecosystems.

A program designed for the Residence Halls to promote sustainability awareness and aid operations management with sustainability issues. They do projects such as battery recycling, goodwill drive, sustainability week, and green room.

The Students for a Greener Berkeley will promote and implement environmental practices and policies on campus that will increase sustainability in all aspects of campus operations. In order to achieve this goal we are working with campus administration, staff, and faculty, in addition to graduate and undergraduate students. Email majordomo@lists.berkeley.edu with "subscribe greenerberkeley" in the body to be added to the email list.

Students for Energy and Environmental Development (SEED) develops and teaches K-12 curriculum about traditional and alternative energy sources, efficiency, and conservation. Ways to get involved include teaching, curriculum development, website development, fundraising, etc. Time commitments range from a few hours a semester to a few hours a week.

SpeakOut is an activist organization dedicated to educating ourselves and our community about social justice and economic equality. Our goal is to understand the societal forces that create poverty, war, and environmental destruction and to include communities outside the student milieu. Ultimately we hope to create a sustainable and just world.

To help coordinate efforts of environmental student organizations (broadly defined); serve as forum for discussion and research.

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is a grant-making fund for sustainability projects on UC Berkeley's campus. About $170,000 per year are available for grants; students, faculty, and staff are eligible to submit project proposals. Projects will be selected for funding by an annually appointed Grant Making Committee consisting of students, faculty, and staff, in which students have the majority vote.

Make available a trio of living areas that demonstrate how to live more sustainably. Each area shows different ways to lessen one's impact on the environment ranging from green technologies to simple habit changes.