The Green Initiative Fund

Students at Cal Zero Waste received a $26,400 grant this fall to promote and study waste reducing practices in and around UC Berkeley. 

With lab spaces taking up 25% of campus buildings, mitigating the negative environmental impacts of research in labs is a necessary step to achieving some of campus's long-term sustainability goals.

The League of Conservation Voters of the East Bay endorsed Greg Magofña and Ben Gould in the Berkeley City Council District 4 race.

Out of the nearly $1,400 of campus fees students pay every semester, $8 are collected by the The Green Initiative Fund, or TGIF — a student referendum first passed in 2007 that allocates funds to campus environmental initiatives in the form of grants.

At its weekly Wednesday meeting, the ASUC Senate discussed the Menstrual Product Initiative and two other resolutions, as well as appointing new officials.

A grant from The Green Initiative Fund, or TGIF, will enable Sigma Chi fraternity to begin installing a solar panel system for its chapter house Wednesday, making it the first fraternity at UC Berkeley to harness electricity through solar energy. The installation is scheduled to be completed Friday.

The Green Initiative Fund, UC Berkeley’s campus sustainability fund, was founded in 2007 by a student fee referendum championed by UC Berkeley students passionate about environmentalism and student empowerment.

UC Berkeley students will vote in April during the 2016 ASUC general elections on whether to approve a student fee to continue financing environmental sustainability projects.

The restoration project on Strawberry Creek near Eucalyptus Grove, where two failing check dams were replaced by three new structures, was completed and opened during a ceremony Wednesday.

Two problematic dams in Strawberry Creek will be replaced within the next few weeks by more ecologically sustainable alternatives to improve one of the spawning habitats on campus for native fish, as part of the Strawberry Creek Ecological Stabilization Project.