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Earth Week at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley's student group, Steam (The ASUC Sustainability Team) hosts the campus wide Earthweek celebrations throughout the week of April 21 - 25. With participation from over 40 on-campus organizations and 30 off-campus organizations, Earthweek is a whirlwind of guest lectures, panel discussions, film showings, art shows, outdoor performances and Sproul tabling all geared toward educating Cal about environmental and sustainability issues.

It's not too late to get involved! Check out the schedule of events here.

Sustainable Eats at your next event

As athletes, health gurus and avid workout fanatics, it can be hard to keep your social life in line with your health and fitness. Don't fret, we've found a few ways to make your next event a little bit healthier, for you and the environment.

#1 Promote buying local by serving locally purchased or grown fruits and vegetables. For a large event, hire a local caterer that supports local farmers and food. For small events, buy your food at a local Farmer's Market.

#2 Use compostable and biodegradable utensils, plates, napkins and to go containers. Try Treecycle or Excellent Packaging for eco-friendly products.

#3 Offer healthy options for the main course such as certified organic and sustainably raised poultry, fish, or seafood that are roasted, baked, broiled, or grilled instead of fried.

Take Cal Recreational Sports for example. On Wednesday, April 30th we're hosting the Fourth Annual Taste and Sounds of Berkeley, a fantastic event opportunity for Berkeley restaurants and caterers to promote their services, and adding an eco-friendly twist. At the event, we're promoting local restaurants (less distance to travel), making all of our materials, menus and promotions available online instead of in print and we're handing out compostable to go containers to all of our attendees to reduce waste and allow them to share the delicious samples.

Fifth Annual UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit

Sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of the present while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

This year's Annual UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit is larger than ever before. It will be held on Monday, April 21st located in Pauley Ballroom from 8am-1:30pm. This year's summit will recognize staff, faculty, and students addressing sustainability issues on campus and provide information at breakout sessions about various related issues and personal choices we can make as individuals and a campus community to help reduce our environmental footprint.

Be sure to stop by MLK to be a part of this campus wide event. For more info click here.

Source: Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, viewed April 20

March Madness Celebration

Our March Madness Celebration, the second in our series of green events, will be held March 10-13! Held at the RSF, the four day event celebrates the countdown to the NCAA March Madness Tournament and your Spring Break.

Stop by the RSF during the event and enter our "How will you PLAYgreen this Spring Break?" Sweepstakes for a chance to win a Travel Gear Package from KIVA Designs. Enter at the event or on our Cal Rec Sports – RSF Facebook group.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Week of Love

Week of Love, the first in a series of green events, will be held February 11-14! Held at the RSF, the four day celebration is all about building, sharing and experiencing Green Love! Our goal is to recognize our partners who are taking the step to "green" their business, services or products offered to the campus. More details to come!