The Opportunity Now at UC Berkeley
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Right now, UC Berkeley scientists are using microbes to create clean, renewable energy. Berkeley economists and lawyers are shaping policies to guide corporations and consumers. Berkeley architects and planners are designing carbon-neutral sustainable neighborhoods. Berkeley engineers are developing improved cookstoves, water treatment technologies, and public transportation systems. These and other research initiatives are proving the power of UC Berkeley’s potential to confront environmental challenges. As a California land grant university, UC Berkeley has always had public service as its mission. The Berkeley Institute of the Environment continues and expands this tradition. |
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| Now is the time to leverage these collective intellectual resources for global environmental action. By integrating this incredible community of scientists, engineers, and scholars, the BIE is developing effective new approaches for addressing environmental problems. | ||||
| Unique among environmental institutions and programs, UC Berkeley is home to: | |
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300 of the world’s leading environmental scholars, seven Nobel Laureates and over 130 members of the U.S. National Academies 86 undergraduate and graduate academic degree programs with foci on the environment 87 environmental research centers 60 campus environmental organizations comprised of students, staff and faculty |
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