Enviroslug

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In the Spring of 2003, the SEC was instrumental in getting Ballot Measure 9: Campus Sustainability Programs Fee passed. This ballot measure created the Campus Sustainability Council (CSC), ensuring the institutionalization and long term viability of efforts towards campus sustainability, funded through a $3.00 per quarter fee paid by every undergraduate student. In Spring of 2005, Ballot Measure 22 was passed, with an additional $3.00 per quarter fee added, bring the total allocation to campus sustainability movements to $6.00 per quarter, per student.

The CSC distributes funds from this fee on a bi-annual basis to UCSC student organizations for programs and events that facilitate collaboration between students, the administration, faculty, and the community to create, implement, and monitor environmentally sound practices on campus, established through the protocol to be outlined in a Blueprint for a Sustainable Campus, a living document which is updated each year at the Campus Earth Summit.

In the last decade, many institutions have made crucial changes in their approach to ecological stewardship, social equity, and economic vitality. These changes are motivated by the realization that it is not enough to comply with environmental regulations, but that a forward-looking commitment to dramatically reducing environmental impacts through life-cycle economic benefits with positive externalities over time, both for the individual institution and for society as a whole. There are currently a number of opportunities for us to advance the values of sustainability here at UCSC.

Update: If you applied for a CSC grant in the Winter 2008 funding round, please give us your feedback.