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UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza Foot Traffic Control Board, or SPFTCB, announced Monday that all student organizations, socialist clubs and other groups are now banned from flyering on Sproul Plaza, a popular spot for this activity.
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For the second year in a row, the United States Environmental Protection Agency awarded the university a Green Power Leadership Award to recognize its commitment to renewable energy.
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UC Berkeley Facilities Services is hosting “Zero Waste October,” a series of events aimed at “celebrating, highlighting and achieving zero waste,” according to its website.
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Standing three or more in a row, one of the most familiar sights across the UC Berkeley campus is, in fact, its trash cans. Many of the waste bins, marked according to specified material, sport the phrase “Zero Waste by 2020,” calling on students, faculty and visitors alike to do their part in the campuswide project to promote sustainability.
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Mayor Jesse Arreguín pledged Berkeley’s commitment to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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The California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG — one of the largest environmental groups at UC Berkeley — has managed to recruit nearly 10 percent of the campus population into funding its public interest campaigns.
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Our country was on the road to independence from fossil fuels — replacing it with renewable energy, being responsible citizens of the world and doing our part to stop climate change before it is too late.
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Twenty-four city and state ballot measures passed into law during the 2016 general election. One year later, The Daily Californian took a look at some of those that passed to see how much progress has been made on the promises.
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Alameda County is expanding the reusable bag law beginning Wednesday to ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags at eating establishments.
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Here’s why you should keep listening to the people on Sproul.
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