June 2014: Contests and Funding

Join UCSC's Campus Sustainability Council
The role of the Campus Sustainability Council (CSC) is to provide funding to registered UCSC student organizations for programs and events that create, implement, and monitor environmentally sound practices on campus as established through the protocol outlined in the Blueprint for a Sustainable Campus. These organizations additionally facilitate greater collaboration between students, the administration, staff, faculty, and the community.

2014 Green 4 Green Video Contest
National Office Furniture is now accepting original 3-minute video submissions describing how cash would be used for an environmentally-friendly project. Deadline to submit a video is midnight on June 2nd (today)! Even if you are unable to submit a video, you can vote for your favorite videos between June 2 and July 31.

AASHE Webinar Discusses More Effective Energy and Water Reduction Competitions
Join this webinar to gain a better understanding of how to coordinate campus energy and water reduction competitions. Learn how to facilitate an effective competition on campus to inspire behavioral change and realize tangible decreased energy cost. Presenters will discuss the benefits and challenges of water and energy monitoring, how to establish baselines and ways to engage campus stakeholders. Participants will leave this webinar with the knowledge to define and initiate next steps to structure and gain support for an on campus energy and water reduction competition.