Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance

Make Cabrillo a Hub for Sustainability Education in Our Community

We are growing an alliance of students, faculty, staff and administrators at Cabrillo College, all working to transform our college into a hub for sustainability education in our community. We seek to improve sustainable practices on campus, and to increase ecoliteracy education inside and outside the classroom.Emerging websites:http://www.cabrillo.edu/~kgr ...learn more

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Created: Jan 11, 2008

Updated: Feb 08, 2010

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CABRILLO SUSTAINABILITY AND CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTION PLAN Spring 2010 Flex Week activity will work to develop our campus sustainability action plan for the APUCC. Join us on Monday, Feb 1st, 1-3pm in room 508. Thanks for making our Fall 2009 Flex week Sustainability activity a success!

Anthropology 19G - Surviving the Future: The (Re)Emergence of Sustainable Cultures will be offered in Spring 2010.

Cabrillo College has joined AASHE - faculty and staff may create a login using their Cabrillo email for full access.Students: contact a faculty or staff member involved in the Climate Task Force to get an invitation.

UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability 2010 http://2010higheredsustainabilityconference.org/

Cabrillo's APUCC 2008 carbon emissions report

was submitted July 2009 thanks to Judy, Nicole and the rest of the Cabrillo Climate Initiative Task Force!

Event:

Peter Meehan, KoAnn Skrzyniarz, Joshua Levine & Sandy Skees

"Sustainability and Social Innovation: Doing Well by Doing Good"

Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz
Hosted by UCSC
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/event?ID=1849

See Cabrillo's April 2009 write-up in the Good Times.

Student Transportation Impact calculated by Craig Hayward **- Total lbs. of CO2 emitted per week from student solo car trips*: 362,993 lbs (165 tons**; *using 19.8 lbs of CO2 per gallon). Student commutes represent over 49% of Cabrillo College's CO2 emissions.

Cabrillo Earth Week April 20-25, 2009 was a great success. Help us plan for EARTH WEEK 2010!

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Sustainable Cabrillo Flex Workshop Outcomes

"Fall 2009 Flex Week Activity: Strides toward Teaching Sustainably was on Monday, 24 Aug 2009 See http://cabrillo.edu/~mmerrill/flexfall09.htm for info and handouts"" ...more

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Do food miles matter?

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March 2009 Mission Statement: The Friends of the Swallows at Cabrillo College is a group of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and community volunteers who have come together to advocate a ...more

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Join the Climate Task Force - Earn Cabrillo Units via CWE...

Help the planet. Help Cabrillo. Help yourself to some units. As a member of the Cabrillo Climate Commitment Task Force, you can use your skills and learn new skills working on a sustainabl ...more

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Cabrillo Sustainability

Michelle Merrill's Cabrillo Sustainability Site focuses on classes and other activities to enhance learning about sustainability and making Cabrillo College a more sustainable community college.

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From the Sustainable Cabrillo web site: The purpose of this site is to inform all about our work at Cabrillo College to bring campus activities and practices in line with sustainable principles. This ...more

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Cabrillo College Sustainable Cultures Class Blog

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