User:Eekiv/sandbox/TGIF/TGIF UC Berkeley

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See main template: The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF)

The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) at UC Berkeley is a program that channels dedicated student green fees into grants that support student-developed sustainability projects on campus. The UC Berkeley TGIF was passed as a referendum vote by 67% of the student body during the Spring 2007 Associated Students of the University of California elections. The grant-making program is modeled after the 2006 UC Santa Barbara TGIF.

((Still in process:does this count as encyclopedic? From its inception in 2007 to 20XX, UC Berkeley's TGIF has raised over ($n) in project funding.))

((Encyclopedic? The fee is active for 10 years from inception. The initial fee was $5 per student per semester, and will cap at $6 in its final 4 years. One-third of the fee is dedicated to offsetting the cost for students eligible for financial aid.)) [1]

UCB TGIF mission statement

“The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) provides funding for projects that reduce UC Berkeley's negative impact on the environment and make UC Berkeley more sustainable. TGIF will allocate funds to projects that promote sustainable modes of transportation, increase energy efficiency, and reduce the amount of waste created by UC Berkeley. Portions of the fund also support education and behavior changes initiatives, student aid (via return to aid), and internships. TGIF is supported by student fees and administered through a student-majority grant-making committee.”[2]

Projects

2008

• Strawberry Creek Native Plant Nursery: (no resources outside ucb.edu)
  • See also:Sustainability at UC Berkeley#Strawberry Creek Restoration Project
• Dashboard'': A realtime online database of campus building resource consumption.

2009

• Berkeley Student Food Collective (BSFC): A student-run cooperative grocery store located on Bancroft Way across the street from the main UC Berkeley campus.
• BicyCAL: A student-run on-campus bicycle repair cooperative. BicyCAL began in 2008 as a bike share program after winning a grant from the UC Berkeley “Big Ideas” competition. After winning a 2009 TGIF grant, BicyCAL shifted its focus to bike maintenance and expanded into a full-service on-campus bike repair workshop. The TGIF grant offsets resource costs, making BicyCAL a free service for UC Berkeley students. (Opened shop in 2011.)
  • (See also:Missing Link Bike Co-op)
  • See also: East Bay Bicycle Coalition (add "see also:BicyCal, Missing Link, BART Bike Station,..." to EBBC)
  • (BART Bike Station) [3]
• Lawns to Meadows grant http://tgif.berkeley.edu/index.php/grants/projects/2009-projects/57-lawns-to-meadows
• Recycling at Cal Program (in progress. Exclude?)

2010

• Hydration Stations (in Daily Cal):
• Reduxn in chem use at UC Botanical Garden
• Human-powered gym
• Water metering? [4]
• Wurster Hall sub-metering

2011

• [ASUC] Green Certification program: An audit of student groups' environmental impacts and sustainability efforts. The program is run by the [ASUC]'s [ASUC#Sustainability Team Sustainability Team (Steam)|Sustainability Team (STeam)].
• Campus bike initiative ($10,900 to BicyCAL and $16,925 to Campus Bicycle Committee)
• Compost Alliance
• Hydration systems
• Low H2O irrigation
• Waste Reduction in the Greek Community (Greening the Greeks): (rewrite found in .odf)

Notes

Redirect Associated Student of the University of California to own page (currently redirects to UC Berkeley)!

• Eekiv's ASUC
• other attempts have been made. Abandon this and just include include in UCB mirror.